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OK, I decided to make a simple drawing program this morning cuz I was bored. So fars its got a nifty color selector with a fill and erase color, a toolbar with a working pencil tool to start with that can use the fill (left click) color and erase with right, like paint (I''ll add them last cuz i''ll make a whole bunch). It has the following working menu items: New, Open..., Save, Save As..., Print, Exit, Image Size, View
ColorBar,ToolBar,StatusBar).
My question is first off, when the mouse enters the image that is being editted I change the cursor to another, but for some reason this cursor is always appearing in b&w, so I took a peak at paints icons and they were b&w. Is this because they have to be or is that just how paint decided to have them? Either way, anyone know a way to fix this.
Second, before I can add a copy, cut, paste etc.. I''ll need the selection tool made because you cant select anything to copy cut etc.. without it. When I started to think about it I wondered how would I go about makng it correctly. IE When you are dragging it creates a smooth dotted box. Is this a built it efficient function like a caret or are they just drawing it like you would when creating a line?
And finally, if anyones made a program like this do they have any advice on this tool and the making in general.
ColorBar,ToolBar,StatusBar).
My question is first off, when the mouse enters the image that is being editted I change the cursor to another, but for some reason this cursor is always appearing in b&w, so I took a peak at paints icons and they were b&w. Is this because they have to be or is that just how paint decided to have them? Either way, anyone know a way to fix this.
Second, before I can add a copy, cut, paste etc.. I''ll need the selection tool made because you cant select anything to copy cut etc.. without it. When I started to think about it I wondered how would I go about makng it correctly. IE When you are dragging it creates a smooth dotted box. Is this a built it efficient function like a caret or are they just drawing it like you would when creating a line?
And finally, if anyones made a program like this do they have any advice on this tool and the making in general.
