Obtaining Bitmaps for Embedded Windows

To display a bitmap in an embedded window, first create or obtain the bitmap using whatever tools you want—the only requirements are as follows:

The image can be displayed in Windows.

The image is no larger than the size of the display.

The image is in DIB format. If your files are in a different format, use the Microsoft Convert program (described in the Data Preparation Tools User's Guide) to convert them to DIB format.

Bitmap files can reside in one of two places:

In a normal MS-DOS directory (typically, a subdirectory of the project directory). Unless you specify otherwise, bitmap files are stored in this way.

As part of the file system associated with the .MVB file. This storage method gives Viewer more efficient access to the bitmap, but it increases the size of the .MVB file. (See “Storing Bitmap Files Within a Title,” later in this chapter, to learn how to store bitmap files in the .MVB file system.)