' This structure holds Bitmap informationPrivate Type BITMAP bmType As Long bmWidth As Long bmHeight As Long bmWidthBytes As Long bmPlanes As Integer bmBitsPixel As Integer bmBits As LongEnd Type' This structure holds SAFEARRAY infoPrivate Type SafeArray2 cDims As Integer fFeatures As Integer cbElements As Long cLocks As Long pvData As Long cElements1 As Long lLbound1 As Long cElements2 As Long lLbound2 As LongEnd Type' API declaresPrivate Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" (pDest As _ Any, pSrc As Any, ByVal ByteLen As Long)Private Declare Function GetObjectAPI Lib "gdi32" Alias "GetObjectA" (ByVal _ hObject As Long, ByVal nCount As Long, lpObject As Any) As Long' Swap two colors in a PictureBox that holds a 256-color bitmap'' the two color arguments are the indexes of the colors to be swapper in ' the 256 palette (must be in the range 0-255).Sub SwapColors(pictbox As PictureBox, ByVal color1 As Integer, _ ByVal color2 As Integer) ' these are used to address the pixel using matrices Dim pict() As Byte Dim sa As SafeArray2 Dim bmp As BITMAP Dim r As Integer, c As Integer Dim value As Byte ' get bitmap info GetObjectAPI pictbox.Picture, Len(bmp), bmp ' exit if not a supported bitmap If bmp.bmPlanes <> 1 Or bmp.bmBitsPixel <> 8 Then MsgBox "This routine supports 256-color bitmaps only", vbCritical Exit Sub End If ' have the local matrix point to bitmap pixels With sa .cbElements = 1 .cDims = 2 .lLbound1 = 0 .cElements1 = bmp.bmHeight .lLbound2 = 0 .cElements2 = bmp.bmWidthBytes .pvData = bmp.bmBits End With CopyMemory ByVal VarPtrArray(pict), VarPtr(sa), 4 ' swap colors For r = 0 To UBound(pict, 1) For c = 0 To UBound(pict, 2) value = pict(r, c) If value = color1 Then pict(r, c) = color2 ElseIf value = color2 Then pict(r, c) = color1 End If Next Next ' destroy the local temporary array CopyMemory ByVal VarPtrArray(pict), 0&, 4 ' inform VB that something has changed pictbox.RefreshEnd Sub' Support routine for SwapColorsPrivate Function VarPtrArray(arr As Variant) As Long CopyMemory VarPtrArray, ByVal VarPtr(arr) + 8, 4End Function


GM Creates Open Source uProtocol and Invites Automakers to Adopt It: Revolutionizing Automotive Software Development.
General Motors (GM) recently announced its entry into the Eclipse Foundation. The Eclipse Foundation is a prominent open-source software foundation. In addition, GMC announced its contribution of “uProtocol” to facilitate