Re: flooding region w/ paint -- how?

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From: lynch
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 23:22

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>You know how in MacPaint and similar paint programs you can click on a
>pixel and fill the surrounding region with paint?  
>
>I need to do this -- i.e., given a graphics window whose contents I
>know nothing about, and a pixel, flood the region around that pixel
>with paint.  B/W is ok, tho' color would be useful.
>
>I don't suppose there is a primitive quickdraw command for this? :-) 
>Suggestions?
>
>Thanks for your kind attention.

I believe the ToolBox routine you want is call SeedFill, or SeedCFill.

When I last attempted to make it work, I failed miserably.

Good luck.
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