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Re: BMP to ICON? help

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From: Peter Nielsen INF
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 00:00
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Rich Chong (U41602@uicvm.uic.edu) wrote:
: I have a 256 color 40x40 BMP that i'd like to turn into an ICON.
: My attempts with OS/2's ICON Editor, using cut and paste, pallete,
: and various device forms, leave me with a 256 color 40x40 icon that
: looks 16color, and loses the nice color gradations in the bmp.
: Any pointers on which is the proper form to use and steps to get
: what I want? I didnt see anything specific on Hobbes to do the
: conversion, or did i miss it?  Thanks
:                                      rich

Hello,                                                                     
                                                                           
PMView 0.93 can do this for you. It supports more than 30 different file   
formats and lets you convert to WinICO, OS/2 1.2 ICO and OS/2 2.0 ICO      
                                                                           
The beta version of PMView 0.93 is currently only available to registered  
users. The official version of PMView 0.92 can be downloaded from PMView's 
web pages: http://www.wilmington.net/bmtmicro/pmview                       
                                                                           
Best regards,                                                              
        Peter Nielsen (pnielsen@abo.fi)                                    
        [Author of PMView]                                                 
                                                                           
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From: pnielsen@news.abo.fi (Peter Nielsen INF)
Subject: Re: BMP to ICON? help
Date: 1996/07/14
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