Re: Mousepaint HiRes help

[Mike <mike@bogus.address.net>]

Simon Williams wrote:

> Wondering how to use a HIRES screen made with MOUSEPAINT in another
> program.
> I've tried this but it only works on the second go round:
> 
>    10 PRINT CHR$(4)"PR#3"
>    20 PRINT CHR$(4)"BLOAD MY.PICTURE"
>    30 HGR2
>    40 FOR I = 1 TO 1000 : NEXT I : REM KEEP SCREEN OPEN FOR A WHILE
> 
> Using that at the beginning of my STARTUP program I see no picture
> when I first boot, but if I RUN STARTUP again it works fine so I
> presume I'm on the right track.
> 
> SW

The HGR2 command clears the screen.   Put it before line 20.  Also, you may 
want to change the BLOAD MY.PICTURE to BLOAD MY.PICTURE,A$4000 to ensure it 
loads to the second hi-res screen.  (use A$2000 for page one.)

Mike