Re: BitBlt question

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From: James Seidman
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 1991 17:16

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In article <703@anaxagoras.ils.nwu.edu> welter@ils.nwu.edu (Pete Welter) writes:
>I am trying to display a large colored bitmap using BitBlt.
>When the bitmap is drawn, it appears rather slowly in a series
>of (about 4 or 5) horizontal swipes...
>My question is: Is there any reason why BitBlt would redraw in
>these horizontal strips?

The BitBlt functionality is implemented by the video display driver, not
the GDI.  Are you using the standard VGA driver?  If not, you might try
switching to it and seeing if the problem goes away.  (I've never seen
the symptoms you're describing.)

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