Declaration

TIEMultiBitmap = class(TIECustomMultiBitmap);

Description

TIEMultiBitmap is an array of images. It allows you to work with multiple-frame images in memory, such as GIF, TIFF, AVI, etc. It is also used by TImageEnMView to store images within the grid.

Debugging Visualizer

You can view the content of a TIEMultiBitmap while debugging by hovering over the object and clicking the Inspect button:

Examples

// Convert a multi-page TIFF to a PDF
mbmp := TIEMultiBitmap.create;
mbmp.Read( 'D:\input.tif' );
mbmp.Write( 'D:\output.pdf' );
mbmp.Free;

// Add an image to the current image list
MBitmap.AppendImage( 'C:\MyImage.tif' );

// Delete the third image from the image list
MBitmap.DeleteImage( 2 );

// Create an animated GIF file from ten source images
mbmp := TIEMultiBitmap.create;
for i := 0 to 9 do
begin
  mbmp.AppendImage( format( 'D:\Source\Frame %d.bmp', [i] ));
  mbmp.Params[i].GIF_DelayTime := 10; // Display each frame for 1/10th of a second
end;
mbmp.Write( 'D:\animated.gif' );
mbmp.Free;

Methods and Properties

General

Page Editing

Image Access

Image Information

Input/Output

Input/Output Parameters (Meta-Data)

Image Manipulation

Virtual Multi-Bitmaps

Events

See Also

- TIEDBMultiBitmap

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