Visual Help uses inline bitmaps and full-screen bitmaps. The following table shows the characteristics of these bitmaps.
Bitmap |
Size (width by height) |
Description |
Inline | 40 x 11 pixels maximum | Includes text. Bitmap is placed on a black background. |
Full-screen | 223 x 44 pixels exactly | Does not include text. The bitmap uses the entire screen for the topic. |
All bitmaps must use the eight-color palette supported by an Auto PC display. However, they must be saved as 16-color bitmaps; this includes monochrome (black and white) bitmaps. The following table shows the supported colors and their common uses.
Color |
Use |
White | Editable text |
Black | Background |
Cyan | Non-editable text and unselected items |
Magenta | Not used |
Red | Alerts and warnings |
Green | ENTER key and enabled items |
Yellow | Selected items |
Blue | Unavailable or unselected items |
All bitmaps must be installed in the same directory as your application executable file.
The following table shows the bitmaps included with Windows CE for the Auto PC. Bitmap |
Image |
Indicates |
Wince.bmp | START key | |
Updwn.bmp | UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW key | |
Lftrt.bmp | LEFT ARROW and RIGHT ARROW key | |
Entr.bmp | ENTER key | |
Lftvce.bmp | Left speech command quotation mark | |
Rgtvce.bmp | Right speech command quotation mark | |
Note.bmp | I’m ready beep (single note) I’m listening beep (double note) |
|
Asterisk.bmp | ASTERISK key | |
Pound.bmp | # key | |
Backi.bmp | BACK key | |
Help.bmp | HELP key | |
Menu.bmp | MENU key | |
Mute.bmp | MUTE key | |
Numkeys.bmp | Number keys |