Subject: Re: Delphi : component load bitmaps from .DCR or .RES?????
It certainly is possible. Use Image Editor (or another Windows
resource editor) to create a .RES file. Put your bitmaps in the
Bitmaps section. Just DO NOT put them in the .RES file with the
same name as your project (.DPR) file. Delphi maintains this
resource file and will anything you put in it.
In the unit where you wish to access the bitmaps, place a
{$R xxxx.RES} in the implementation section, substituting
your resource filename for the 'xxxx'. You can then
load the bitmaps with something like the following:
FBitmap := TBitmap.Create;
try
FBitmap.Handle := LoadBitmap(hInstance, 'BITMAP_1');
except
FBitmap.Free;
end;
Substitute the name you gave your bitmap in the Bitmap
section of the resource file for BITMAP_1, above.
(The hInstance variable is a global handle to the application
instance, which is defined by Delphi.) Remember, despite
what the Delphi documentation may or may not say, the name
you give LoadBitmap() IS case sensitive.
Typically, you would place this kind of LoadBitmap call
in the Create or OnCreate method of your Component/Form/etc.
You would then use Canvas.Draw(x, y, FBitmask) to display
the bitmap on a canvas. Don't forget to call FBitmap.Free
in the Destroy/Close/etc. method to free up the memory
allocated for the bitmap.
Hope this helps!
--Mark R. Johnson
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From: bstowers@cybernetics.net (Brad Stowers)
Subject: Re: DELPHI: TImage with resources
Date: Sun, 28 May 1995 16:55:30 GMT
{...code begins...}
var
Bmp: TBitmap;
{$IFDEF RESOURCE_IN_DLL}
Handle: THandle;
{$ENDIF}
begin
{$IFDEF RESOURCE_IN_DLL}
Handle := LoadLibrary('BITMAPS.DLL');
{$ELSE}
Handle := hInstance;
{$ENDIF}
Bmp := TBitmap.Create;
{$IFDEF NAME_IS_A_NUMBER}
{ Typecase the number into a PChar. }
Bmp.Handle := LoadBitmap(Handle, PChar(100));
{$ELSE}
{ Must use uppercase for name }
Bmp.Handle := LoadBitmap(Handle, 'MYBITMAP');
{$ENDIF}
{ Do whatever needs to be done like Canvas.Draw(x,y,Bmp); }
Bmp.Free;
end;
{...code ends...}
Regards,
Brad
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