Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/02/03/22:45:49
Storofile AT aol DOT com wrote:
> 1. does anyone have a library to control scanner?
Hewlett Packard used to give developers a free Twain-compatible scanning
library for 16-bit DOS. All I had to do was answer a 5-minute
over-the-phone questionnaire. I don't know if they now offer a 32-bit
version, or even if they still offer it at all.
> TWAIN requires Windows as everything is bundled in DLL's & the header file
> requires windows.h
Twain is an interface standard and does not require Windows. All that's
required is a Twain-compatible device driver and library.
> 2. With Allegro 3.0 is it possible to spilt the screen so that the image to be
> printed takes up 95% of screen height, with a status bar the bottom 5%, or
> should I be looking at a different library.
Of course, though different approaches are possible for different video
modes. You have to decide which approach you want: hardware split
screen with mode-x, software control through overlapping bitmaps with
software scrolling, software control through stretching bitmaps to fit
the given screen, etc.
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Tony O'Bryan
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