; $Id: convert_bmp.pro,v 1.2 2005/02/03 18:04:12 azuah Exp $
;
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;  The software in this file is written by an employee of 
;  National Institute of Standards and Technology 
;  as part of the DAVE software project.
;
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;  and is in the public domain. It should be considered as an
;  experimental neutron scattering data reduction, visualization, and
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;  included in another product.
;
function convert_bmp,filename
if n_params() eq 0 then filename = 'c:\rsi\idl56\resource\bitmaps\hscn.bmp'
x = read_bmp(filename,r,g,b)
xsize = size(x)
if xsize[1] eq 16 and xsize[2] eq 16 then xred = x else $
	xred = congrid(x,16,16)
array = reform([[r[xred]],[g[xred]],[b[xred]]],16,16,3)
return,array
end
