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Using the Windows Bitmap Tool
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Using the Windows Bitmap
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What you will learn
This chapter contains the following sections:
Introduction to the Windows Bitmap Tool
The Windows Bitmap Tool is an application that allows you to test and
correct your Windows application's appearance by comparing two or more
bitmaps and identifying the differences between them. The bitmap tool is
especially useful for testing inherently graphical applications, like drawing
programs, but you can also check the graphical elements of other
applications. For example, you might want to compare the fonts you expect to
see in a dialog with the fonts actually displayed, or you might want to verify
that the pictures in toolbar buttons have not changed.
Capturing bitmaps
The bitmap tool can be used as a stand-alone product, in which you create
and compare bitmaps of entire windows, client areas, the desktop, or selected
areas of the screen. More commonly, however, you use the tool in
conjunction with SilkTest. Bitmaps captured within SilkTest can be opened in
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Introduction to the Windows Bitmap Tool
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Windows Bitmap Tool window
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Starting the Windows Bitmap Tool
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Capturing bitmaps
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Comparing bitmaps
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Creating and applying masks
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