#1 DOTS Editor?

[Jim Doolittle]

Version 1.0.2 works great. How about adding a DOTS
editor that will create a DOTS entry?

[Abraham Liebsch]

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Do you mean, like an editor to create a DOTS file that can be
saved? Or something to quickly make a DOTS file and send
it?

[Jim Doolittle]

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I mean a both an editor that can create a DOTS file that can
be saved or to send it. Almost sounds like I want to make a
BESPIN plugin. Could do that in VB couldn't I?

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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Well, the easiest way to save a DOTS file is to simply use
your favorite image editor (paintbrush works fine) to create a
bitmap 7 pixels tall and however many pixels wide as your
picture is. Each pixel represents and LED. Draw your
picture and save it. Then, when defining a DOTS file, instead
of the 0011001;2004000;0011100 and so on, simply insert the
name of the bmp file, like this:
<BBMSG ID="testdot"
DO="setdots">c:\dots\testdot.bmp</BBMSG>

BESPIN will analyze the bmp file and make a "best guess"
on the color based on the RGB (well, actually only the RG)
values that you use.

If you want to build a plugin that would incorporate the
functionality, that would be great too! I'll post the developer
information as soon as I'm done typing it up.