I finally got around to posting one of the old TGIFImage examples that have been ported to TGIFImage version 3.

The example is a small application that demonstrates:

• Creating an animated GIF at run-time.
• Optimizing a GIF to reduce the file size.
• Displaying an animated, transparent, GIF in TImage.

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In this first of two articles, I will demonstrate how to easily create an alpha blended translucent splash screen using Delphi.

Although I use Delphi 2007 and PhotoShop here, the techniques apply equally well to other versions of Delphi and other image editing tools.

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The VersionInfo library basically just wraps the Win32 GetFileVersionInfo (and related) API functions. The library makes it very easy to read values from the Version Info resource of Windows executables and DLLs.

Features

• Reads all integer version info values:
  File version, product version, File flags, OS, file type, file sub-type and file date.
• Reads any named version info string value such as:
  Product Name, Product Version, Company, Copyright, etc.
• Supports languages, character sets and translations.
• Optionally extends the TApplication class with a version info property.

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