Re: SHED'd graphics question

["David M. Brown" <dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com>]

gyaker -at- csc -dot- com wrote:
> 
> Since only the dataset that has changed, theoretically I can futz with the
> screens to make them appear as if different data was there. Here's my problem:
> It seems that once a bitmap has been SHED'd, it is nolonger a true bitmap and
> can not be edited. Is this true?
> 
> Is there any application that will let me edit the image content (colors of
> discrete pixels) while leaving the dimensions and number of hotspots intact?

Not exactly, but just as good.

For each graphic you need to change:

1. Open the .bmp source file and make the changes.

2. Copy the entire image to the Windows clipboard (Ctrl+C).

3. Open the corresponding .shg file.

4. Paste the contents of the clipboard "over" the existing image.
   (The hotspot definitions are unchanged.)

Later versions of SHED offer a more graceful way of doing this (using a new menu item), but this method worked 6 years ago and should still work today.

Good luck!

--David

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