Bitmaps
Don,
IMHO, I think items like this (printing and scaling graphics) should
definitely be included as internal VB commands, bigger VBRUN
notwithstanding.
While you're absolutely correct that it will still require similar
variables, the user won't be forced to figure out the arcane way that API
declarations and calls are done.
Instead of the strange stuff we now have to do to deal with StretchBlt, the
user could simply write to properties like ScaleX, ScaleY, PrintBitMap,
etc.
Remember, if you will, that not everyone is able, or even willing, to
extend their knowledge to do stuff.
Yes, this is version 1.0, but…I think that the capability to put a
graphic on the screen in a number of ways should be extended to printing
that same graphic, whether or not you want to print text on the same page.
What is the user going to want to do? That seems to me to be the question
for software designers. It's easy for someone who is comfortable with the
SDK to say, "Well, they can make a call to an API function to do that…"
Still, I wonder just how many people are capable of figuring out the stuff
you must do to scale graphics and print them *with text* on the page.
I love this environment! There are just a few tools I'm missing. Here's a
test: What's your guess on how many downloads BMPKIT.ZIP will get? That'll
be some indication of how much this tool was needed.
George