Delphi Area TPicShow & TDBPicShow

OVERVIEW
Version 2.67
Last updated on June 5, 2002
Supports Delphi 3, Delphi 4, Delphi 5, and Delphi 6
Freeware for both commercial and non-commercial use
Full source code is included
DESCRIPTION

TPicShow is an image slider control with 127 transactional effects in pure Delphi code. The major characteristics of TPicShow are:

  • Image transaction can be controlled programmatically
  • Image can be stretched or centered in the client area of the control
  • Control can show a background image as centered, stretched, or tiled
  • Transaction process can use a separated thread
  • New transactional effects can be easily implemented and added to the control
  • Can be compiled as windowed or non-windowed control

TDBPicShow is the data-aware version of TPicShow with ability to load bitmap or jpeg images from a blob field.

WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.67 (June 5, 2002)
Bug on releasing the thread fixed.

Version 2.66 (May 9, 2002)
Memory leak bug fixed.

Version 2.65 (March 8, 2002)
A minor bug on effect no 118 (Fade) fixed.
Version 2.64 (February 9, 2002)
A little improvement in performance.
Version 2.63 (January 14, 2002)
The last update had produced a bug on the control's thread, which is fixed now. In addition, in this release the new event OnStart has added. Please read the ReadMe file (and demo) for description of the new event.
DOWNLOAD
picshow.zip (773KB)
Component's source code, documentation, and two applications as sample that demonstrate components' usage.
KNOWN ISSUES
When compiled as a non-windowed control, sometimes transactions may produce flickers.
Transaction on big images is slow.
Control does not support a transparent background.

If you have found any bug in this component, please send its details to me at kambiz@delphiarea.com.

FUTURE PLANS

No future plan!

If you have any suggestion or comment about improving this component, you could send it to me at kambiz@delphiarea.com.

WHERE IS IT RUNNING?
Portfolio Pro
Portfolio Pro is a slide show application written by Gary Bond. It packages up jpeg images into a self contained slide show that you can e-mail or send to others. The recipients do not need any other software to run the slide show.
PhotoPlayer
PhotoPlayer is a standalone program for playing images on CDs as well as on hard drives provided by UniDream Technologies Inc. It includes features like automatic search and play, very simple shortcut keys, custom background image, 127 animation effects, four display modes including a tile mode, picture frame, four view styles including a minimal view, custom music list, user-defined comment or caption, dynamic play interval, resumable play, on top while playing, WYSIWYG CD autorun, cleanup and more. Supports most common graphic formats including animated GIF.
Zee-Troll
Zee-Troll is a slide show creator for CD presentation by Pal Emil Lucian. The slides could be various image files, MP3 files, AVI files and animated GIFs. On the static images you can apply over 120 animated effects. This slide show editor uses transition effects between the images.

If you have used TPicShow or TDBPicShow in your application and you would like your application to be listed here please send a link to your application's homepage and a brief description about it to me at kambiz@delphiarea.com.


Copyright © 2001 Kambiz R. Khojasteh, all rights reserved.

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