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Re: Is Crossplatform toolbar usable right now?

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Subject: Re: Is Crossplatform toolbar usable right now?
From: Keith DeLong <lists at redcort dot com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:56:12 -0800
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> On Jan 31, 2007, at 11:24 AM, Keith DeLong wrote:
> 
>>> I need to port a Mac OS X app to Windows and I´ve done a simple test
>>> that looks bad on Win.
>> 
>> There's currently a fatal bug: The windows toolbar implementation uses
>> monochrome masks, causing typical Mac icons with masks to render
>> poorly.
>> 
>> Sign on here:
<http://support.realsoftware.com/feedback/viewreport.php?reportid=qtlougrt>

Brad wrote: 
> It's not a REALbasic bug so much as platform difference. Windows only
> supports 1-bit masks, so you need to use a different set of images on
> each platform. 

Elsewhere in RB things like canvases display the same icon/mask information
consistently across platforms. These platform differences can be resolved
internally by RB and should be.

> It's a pain, but fairly easy to work around.

Can you share the easy work around? Coming from a Mac centric development
environment, I've not been successful in creating useful monochromatic masks
for my windows icons.

Keith DeLong


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