Captured bitmaps appear black

MicroActive · Unread post by **MicroActive** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 8:54 am

After using H&M, and capturing dozens of images, the bitmaps are not captured correctly. They appear as black rectangles. Upon closing and reopening the H&M application, it appears fixed for a few more images before it happens again.

Rebooting the computer seems to help for a longer period of time. The problem is not related to the application that the images are being captured from ... it has happened on many different applications.

Unread post by **Tim Green** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 9:01 am

What format are you saving the bitmaps in? When working in H&M you must use BMP or the IPP Impict format -- the graphics are converted to compressed JPG, GIF and PNG formats (depending on your settings in Project Properties) at compile time.

MicroActive · Unread post by **MicroActive** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 9:06 am

Hi Tim. They appear black during 'design time' ... as soon as they are captured by the H&M utility and displayed on the screen.

Unread post by **Tim Green** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 9:17 am

Hmm...several people have been reporting this recently, I haven't seen it myself. Odd. May be that it only appears in connection with specific hardware configurations. You can either wait until someone finds out what it is and posts a workaround or contact support at EC Software directly at:

support@ec-software.com

Alex (the chief developer of H&M) is often on the forum and he may post an explanation soon...