Any way around this custom bitmap conundrum?

rbuser

Hi all,

I was hoping to alternate colours on a shape graph created at
run-time. If I try ...

ppShape1.brush.bitmap := bsBricks;
if odd(seqNum)
then ppShape1.brush.color := clBlack
else ppShape1.brush.color := clNavy;

I get solid black and blue alternating bars. Close but no cigar.

If I try ...

if odd(seqNum)
then ppShape1.brush.color := clBlack
else ppShape1.brush.color := clNavy;
ppShape1.brush.bitmap := bsBricks;

I get the bricks pattern, but all the sections are black, the
default colour.

What I want is ppShape1 to be black brick, followed by
ppShape2 as navy cross-hatch, followed by ppShape3 as
black diagonal, etc...

Is it possible to colour a custom bitmap programatically?

And while I've got the bandwidth, is it possible to get a ppImage
that will tile a bitmap? That would SOLVE SO MANY PROBLEMS
including patterns that appear okay on the screen, if a tad small, but
are really nothing but a grey screen when printing to a 600 dpi
printer.

Thanks, GM
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nicocizik

Gary,

Try accomplishing this with a TShape first just using Delphi and get that
working. Then you can port the code over to work with a ppShape in
ReportBuilder.

There is nothing built into ReportBuilder to give you a tile bitmap. You
might look for a third-party utility that will do this for you. Then you
can load the tiled image into a report once it has been processed.

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rbuser

Nico,

For any lurkers out there -- Do any of you know of a third-party product
that will do this?

Your suggestion of using an image, saving the result, and then loading the
complete bitmap into a ppImage is something to consider. The first try
at this was with an image to take into account existing bitmap
patterns. But the stretching left the results unpleasant. BUT, if I
can create a complete to size tiled bitmap, save THAT to the disk and
then read it into the ppImage, it might be workable.

Thanks. I'll keep you apprised.

GM

On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 13:08:00 -0600, "Nico Cizik \(Digital Metaphors\)"