Re: embedding bitmap images into code

[Guillaume Brocker <guillaume brocker digital-trainers com>]

Hello !

XPM images [1] may be a solution. In this format, an image is stored as 
a char array defined in a C header file. You will just need to include 
that file to get the image embedded in your code.

The problem is that cairo does not provide a way to handle XPM data. You 
can use Gdk::Pixbuf [2] to load XPM data and then 
Gdk::Cairo::set_source_pixbuf [3].

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_PixMap
[2] http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtkmm/stable/classGdk_1_1Pixbuf.html
[3] http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtkmm/stable/namespaceGdk_1_1Cairo.html

Guillaume

Le 06/10/2010 07:28, Igor Gorbounov a écrit :
> Hi,
> I'm looking for a way of placing bitmap images (for example, PNG-images,
> embedded into C++ code as arrays) in a cairo surface.
>
> Any help is needed.
>
> Igor Gorbounov