TMetafile / TMetafileCanvas

About

TMetafile / TMetafileCanvas is a implementation of the Windows EnhMetafile API. It is supposed to be Delphi Compatible.

This components implement TMetafile/TMetafileCanvas using Enhanced Metafiles (support for WMF was droped).

The download contains the component, an installation package and a demo application, that illustrates the features of the component.

Screenshot

Here is an exemple of TMetafile drawn on a Form (in windows).

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Author

Luís Rodrigues

License

LGPL (please contact the author if the LGPL doesn't work with your project licensing)

Download

The latest stable release can be found on lazarus-ccr sf download site.

Change Log

• Version 1.1: 05-02-2007 - Bugfix
• Version 1.0: 31-01-2007 - Initial Release

Dependencies / System Requirements

• Lazarus 0.9.20+ and FPC 2.0.4+ (most probably older versions will work too)

Status: Beta

Issues:

• SaveTo* LoadFrom* not implemented
• only works on windows

Installation

• Download the package from sourceforge and unzip it anywhere you want.
• Install the package or copy mymetafile.pas to your program directory

The TMetafile Example Application

Installation

• Open Sample/Project1.lpi
• compile
• run

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From the Free Pascal wiki, page "TMetafile / TMetafileCanvas", as it stood on 2010-10-04 after a change by Chronos, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's Licensing page. If you have concerns about this material, message the admin.