Resizing bitmap graphics

How can you resize the bitmap graphics? I know the book says you can't do it but I am sure someone has been innovative enough to find a way.

You can use any good graphics package to resize a bitmap. For instance, Paint Shop Pro (PSP) does a pretty good job. You may download a trial version of PSP from download.com.
You can also save the bitmap as a WMF in PSP if you wish to resize the graphic within Lookout. Use the Animator object for resizing it at runtime.
Hope this helps.
Rgds,
Khalid

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> In AW 7, can you dynamically resize a graphic (jpg, or
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> on the screen, with some sort of code. Need help. Trying
to build a piece,
> but having issues w/ space. Thanks for any help.
>
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