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See also: GET IMAGE

GET BITMAP

The purpose of the GET BITMAP command is to store the contents of the screen in a variable, just the bitmap component so without color component. The syntax requires the point from which to start storing the image, whose dimensions are implicitly obtained from the variable. This command ssupports ATLAS and SEQUENCE version, so you can acquire a single frame from the screen.

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SYNTAX

 GET BITMAP var FROM [x], [y]


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  • id : identifier
  • type : datatype
  • v : value
  • "..." : string
  • [...] : optional

EXAMPLE

 background = NEW IMAGE(16, 16)
 GET BITMAP background FROM 0, 0


ABBREVIATION: GeBm

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In order to reduce space you can use this abbreviation for this instruction: 

GET BITMAP ↔ GeBm

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