Semi-Transparent Marquee

[Kambiz]

Something came in my mind and because of curiosity I wrote it to see how it looks.

It's the demo of Real-Time Marquee Component as semi-transparent. And, in the background there is an instance of PicShow Component.

Screenshot of Semi-Transparent Marquee

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The attached file contains source and executable of the demo (written in Delphi 7). If you are going to compile the demo, you need the following components:

• FindFile Marquee Component
  Used for preparing list of image files.
• PicShow Component
  To have a dynamic background.
• Image Work Package
  To have small download size, the sample images are low resolution and small. I've used ScaleImage function of ImageWork package to scale images up to the screen's dimensions.
• Real-Time Marquee Component
  All is about this component.

[HPW]

Very interesting!
What would I need to do it in front of my own component/Bitmap?
Is the Real-Time Marquee Component changed or is it the release version 2.0 ?
Would be a nice option for the 2.0 neobook-plugin.

[HPW]

The SlideShow.Exe from the demo rar only shows a black full-screen with the scrolling yellow marquee-text!
It also show no icons with the scrolling text.

I have not compiled it myself, since I have not installed all the used components.

[Kambiz]

There is nothing new.

It's just a trick. I put the marquee on a borderless form with AlphaBlend set to 192.

I guess you didn't extract the files with directory structure.

Directory structure of Semi-Transparent Marquee

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[HPW]

I guess you didn't extract the files with directory structure.

Yes, that was the reason.
Now it works and looks very good.
Impressive demo.

[genyus00]

hi u have some problem for register the findfilew components, its required TntClasses, TntSysUtils. how i can do..

[Kambiz]

Remove FindFileW.pas from your package. This unit is TNT version of FindFile.pas.

[genyus00]

ok, thanks, I did work in my application, good supply,

[profh]

the attachment can't be extracted, corrupt header is found.
could you update it? thanks.

[Kambiz]

Sorry for the inconvenience but I don't have the original file.

When I moved the site from old host to the current one, I realized that the most of posts' attachments are corrupted. Sadly, I was also backing up the damaged files for the past several years.