Note the following:-

var
  bitmap:tbitmap;
begin
  bitmap:=tbitmap.create;

  bitmap.width:=100;
  bitmap.height:=100;

  { DO SOME SIMPLE DRAWING ON THE CANVAS INVOLVING
  { DRAWING LINES USING ABOUT 6 COLOURS (All of which
    are 'standard' colours) }

  bitmap.savetofile('TEST.BMP');

  bitmap.free;
end;

I have no problem with the above code, but the resulting
file that is generated is in 16 million colours, which
results in a large BMP file.

Is there any way of setting the bitmap to 16 colours
when i create the bitmap, or when i save it to file.

PS: I am using DELPHI 1.

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   Richard Hosking, BSC (Hons) Software Eng, Year 2
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        Not with TBitmap.SaveToFile. (Unless you're running on
a 16-color system - then TBitmap.SaveToFile will save 16-color
bitmaps whether you want it to or not.)

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