procedure TDrawObj.ScaleBitMapToSize(var anyBitMap: Graphics.TBitMap;
newWidth, newHeight: Integer);
//scale the passed bitmap according to the width and height dimensions
//passed in...
var
tempBitMap: TBitMap;
newRect: TRect;
begin
tempBitMap := TBitMap.Create;
newRect.Left := 0;
newRect.Right := newWidth;
newRect.Top := 0;
newRect.Bottom := newHeight;
tempBitMap.Width := newWidth;
tempBitMap.Height := newHeight;
tempBitMap.Canvas.StretchDraw(newRect, anyBitMap);
anyBitMap.Width := tempBitMap.Width;
anyBitMap.Height := tempBitMap.Height;
anyBitMap.Assign(tempBitMap);
tempBitMap.Free;
end;