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edited July 2005 in Component Writing
how to rotate ppimage? who can help me?

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  • edited July 2005

    That is not something that is built into the TppImage class. You would need
    to create a descendant of TppImage and create a custom TppDrawCommand
    descendant class.


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    Article: Draw Command Architecture
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    Page Objects
    -------------

    When a report prints it generates Page objects. Each Page object contains an
    array of DrawCommand objects (Page.DrawCommands[]) that describe what needs
    to be rendered for the page.

    Report --> Pages.DrawCommands[] ---> Device (Printer, Screen, ..) --> final
    output


    DrawCommands Objects
    --------------------

    Component --> DrawCommand

    Each TppComponent generates a DrawCommand object each time
    it prints on a page. For example if the component is a TppLabel and prints
    at the top of the page - one draw command object will be created for each
    page. If the Label is in the detail band, many draw commands will be created
    for each page.

    A DrawCommand contains a complete description of the location and content to
    draw. See ppDrwCmd.pas for the existing DrawCommand class descendants
    (DrawText, DrawImage, etc.)

    Some of the basic DrawCommand classes such as DrawImage and DrawText, rely
    on the ScreenDevice and PrinterDevice classes to render their content. Other
    DrawCommand classes such as TppDrawBarCode and TppDrawRichText render
    themselves to the appropriate device canvas directly.


    Creating Custom Components
    --------------------------

    Each component has an associated DrawCommand class that is
    is the value of its DrawCommandClass property. For a Label,
    the DrawCommandClass is TppDrawText. This value is normally
    set in the constructor. Examples of the common components
    are located in ppCtrls.pas.



    constructor TmyComponent.Create(AOwner: TComponent);
    begin

    inherited Create(AOwner);

    DrawCommandClass := TppDrawText;

    end;


    Each time the component prints, a DrawCommand object of
    the designated DrawCommand class will automatically be
    created and the components PropertiesToDrawCommand method
    will be called. You override this method to transfer the
    appropriate property values from the component to
    the drawcommand object.


    {------------------------------------------------------------------------}
    { TmyComponent.PropertiesToDrawCommand }

    procedure TmyComponent.PropertiesToDrawCommand(aDrawCommand:
    TppDrawCommand);
    var
    lWrappedText: TStrings;
    lTextBuf: PChar;
    lPrinter: TObject;
    lDrawText: TppDrawText;
    llCharPos: Longint;
    begin

    inherited PropertiesToDrawCommand(aDrawCommand);

    if not(aDrawCommand is TppDrawText) then Exit;

    lDrawText := TppDrawText(aDrawCommand);

    {set properties here}

    lDrawText.Alignment := Alignment;
    lDrawText.AutoSize := AutoSize;
    lDrawText.Color := Color;
    lDrawText.Left := PrintPosRect.Left;
    lDrawText.Top := PrintPosRect.Top;
    lDrawText.Height := PrintPosRect.Bottom - PrintPosRect.Top;
    lDrawText.Width := PrintPosRect.Right - PrintPosRect.Left;
    lDrawText.Text := Text;
    lDrawText.Transparent := Transparent;
    lDrawText.WordWrap := WordWrap;
    lDrawText.Font := Font;


    end;



    Creating Custom DrawCommands
    ----------------------------

    When you create a descendant component you can either
    use an existing draw command class or create a new one.
    For the TeeChart wrapper components, we chose to use
    the existing DrawImage class to specify the TeeChart
    as a metafile image. So it is not always necessary to
    create a draw command class.

    Examples of DrawCommand classes are located in ppDrwCmd.pas.
    A drawcommand will contain published properties that
    contain a complete description of the location and
    content to be rendered.

    DrawCommand classes must be registered - see the
    initization and finalization sections at the bottom
    of the ppDrwCmd.pas unit for an example.

    DrawCommand classes should publish all properties
    used to describe the object.

    DrawCommand classes must implment the Assign
    method to assign the values of all published
    properties from one draw command to another.


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