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New Release: Graphics Library for DataFlex 2021

9-15-2021

We are pleased to announce the release of the Graphics Library for DataFlex 2021. With the Graphics Library you can display, edit and view properties of images supported by Microsoft’s GDI+ component installed on your computer. This includes bitmaps, icons, jpg, tiff, gif, png. You can also program the use of shapes and write text strings to the device.

Changes

New

cGDIStringFormat class added
cGDIFont class added
cGDIFontFamily class added
cImageFormatMenuItem class added
Codecs Info Dialog component added
New CreateThumbnailFromImageDemo demo program
New cGDIImageDecoders and cGDIImageEncoders classes
ImageGallery demo application enhanced with image rotation option
Added package with language IDs

Changed

All code now 32/64 bit compliant
All code now Unicode compliant, including removal of StrToWStr, WStrToStr and WPStrToStr as they are no longer needed
Variable type changes such as address to pointer, integer to uinteger where needed
Shapes demo application extended with Drawstring example
Documentation with many changes
Technique of loading an image from disk, see pbLoadImageFromUCharArray
Pasting an image (from Clipboard) triggers the OnImageSelected event only when the save was successful
CodeJock property grid (used as demo in ImageGallery) updated from v12 to v18.3 (note: you are not allowed/licensed to use the component in your own applications without first purchasing a license with CodeJock Software)
Imageproperties enhancements
Display of thumbnail image in properties grid
GraphicsAbout.dg enhanced
EditImage demo application restructured
cDbImageContainer class improved to avoid errors during object destruction
Renamed structs (like tBitmapInfoHeader -> tWinBitmapInfoHeader) to get in line with DataFlex
CloneMatrix returns a new DataFlex cGDIMatrix object instead of a pointer to a GDI+ Matrix object