SVGMagic adds support for SVG and animated SVG graphics files to Embarcadero® RAD Studio Delphi® and C++ builder® Visual Component Library (VCL).
Once installed, any SVG image can be displayed using the native IDE components just as with the bitmap-based formats (.bmp, png,
.jpg,…). All components using TGraphic support SVGs, among which: TImage, TPicture, TCanvas.
When an SVG is used to display an image, its quality does not change, even when the image is stretched. This feature offers a certain advantage when the application has to support the high dpi, because the resizing of the images naturally accompanies the interface.
SVGs fully support transparency. No more anti-aliasing issues experienced with bitmap based images.
SVGs are incredibly smaller than bitmap based images, even when compressed. Furthermore SVGs also support compression.
SVGs are widely used for internet graphics, and several well known and powerful creation tools are available, like Inkscape or Adobe® Illustrator. In addition, you don’t need to create SVGs yourself as there are plenty of vector image libraries available online such as SVG Repo, Flaticon and many others.
SVGs can easily be expanded to other components such as buttons, checkboxes, radiobuttons, popupmenus and many more.
SVGMagic is used on a daily base in commercial software like CopyTrans.
The SVG standard allows to obtain spectacular effects including animations, then to change them completely without modifying one line of code.
SVGMagic demo application SVGMagic demo source code SVGMagic Delphi/C++ Builder package
To fully experience the library's capabilities, test it now. Follow the quick guide to install the SVGMagic library.
Open your Embarcadero RAD Studio IDE, then from menu “Component” -> “Install Packages”, click “Add…” button, and browse to c:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\[Product Version]\Bpl\WSVGD.bpl file, then confirm twice with “OK”.
[Product Version] for your IDE version is:
“9.0” = XE2
“15.0” = XE7
“16.0” = XE8
“17.0” = 10.0 Seattle
“18.0” = 10.1 Berlin
“19.0” = 10.2 Tokyo
“20.0” = 10.3 Rio
“21.0” = 10.4 Sydney
Common issues:
SVGMagic works on Windows 10, 8, 7 and is available for RAD Studio XE2, XE3, XE4, XE5, XE6, XE7, XE8, 10 Seattle, 10.1 Berlin, 10.2 Tokyo, 10.3 Rio, 10.4 Sydney.
All licenses come with 2 years of free updates and support.
For other licensing options, please email us at hello@svgmagic.io.
All purchases come with 2 years of free updates and support.
For all requests email us at hello@svgmagic.io.
There are two ways to use the SVG graphic component. You can either use it natively, through the VCL TImage component. In this case, simply put a TImage on your form, then open the Picture property to load a file, and select the SVG file to open as any other image.
Or you can use it in your code exactly the same way as any TGraphic descendents, like a TPngImage or a TJpgImage. For example, here is a sample code that illustrates how to paint a SVG onto a canvas:
pSVG := TWSVGGraphic.Create;
pSVG.LoadFromFile('MyFile.svg');
pSVG.Width := ClientWidth;
pSVG.Height := ClientHeight;
Canvas.Draw(0, 0, pSVG);TWSVGGraphic* pSVG = new TWSVGGraphic();
pSVG->LoadFromFile(L"MyFile.svg");
pSVG->Width = ClientWidth;
pSVG->Height = ClientHeight;
Canvas->Draw(0, 0, pSVG);pSVG := pPicture.Graphic as TWSVGGraphic;
pSVG.AnimationPosition := 0.5; // in percent, between 0.0 and 1.0pSVG = dynamic_cast<TWSVGGraphic*>(pPicture.Graphic);
pSVG->AnimationPosition = 0.5; // in percent, between 0.0 and 1.0pImage.Animation.Position := 50; // in percent, between 0 and 100pImage->Animation->Position = 50; // in percent, between 0 and 100added: Embarcadero RAD Studio 10.4 Sydney support added: SVG symbol elements are now supported added: SVG embedded images are now supported, also supports embedded SVG added: enumerators can now be animated using key frames added: animation discrete mode is now supported added: LoadFromStr() function in TWSVGGraphic to allow SVG files to be loaded from a text fixed: several matrices based animations did not work properly, and may raise exceptions fixed: some properties could be lost from the source of an use element fixed: an incorrect pointer assignation could cause access violation during draw process fixed: documentation issues
fixed: clip path didn't work, now they are supported as expected added: missing .bpi files in package
fixed: animation of different types were not supported if defined in the same group fixed: matrix animation was never applied to groups, switches and actions fixed: array of values was not supported in animated transform matrices fixed: a rounding error could cause jerks in several animations fixed: a possible buffer overflow, which could happen in rare occurrences fixed: several SVG files could no longer be loaded with 10.3.3 Rio (perhaps also with 10.3.2 Rio)
improved: unified all the animation properties to share the same engine fixed: an issue in checkbox and radio button styles could cause the target content to be drawn incorrectly on high dpi fixed: the animation could run too quickly in TWSVGGraphic because the interpolation was applied twice fixed: in XE2, the component icons didn't appear on the designer fixed: in XE2, a stream corruption could break several images, which appeared with a fuchsia halo around them
improved: high dpi support fixed: issue with graphical cache, which prevented several brushes to be cached correctly fixed: several SVG images could be lost in design time the first time the project was reopened (since XE8)
fixed: library raised an exception while opening SVG files if decimal separator was not configured to "." in computer locale fixed: high DPI issues with component styles fixed: trial library could not be tested in 64 bit due to a memory error fixed: c++ demo project could not be compiled under 64 bit fixed: several configuration issues in 10.2.3 Tokyo and 10.3 Rio demo projects added: RAD Studio XE2, XE8, 10.0 Seattle and 10.1 Berlin support
fixed: incorrect BkColor default value in TWSVGImageList fixed: users no longer have to link the Uniscribe library (usp10.dll) explicitly added: new property (DPIScale) to allow image list content to be auto-scaled on DPI changes added: drag&drop support in TWSVGImageList design time editor changed: now TWSCGImageList design time editor is shown as a grid instead of a list
added: library version number property is now exposed in components fixed: now TWSVGImageList no longer clears its content when the size is changed fixed: Delphi demos for 10.2 Tokyo and 10.3 Rio contained several graphical glitches and path to DCU was missing for 64 bit compilation
First public release
SVGMagic was designed for our own project needs. With around 50’000 line of Delphi code, and after more than 2 years of intensive work, SVGMagic significantly shortens our development time and allows our applications to provide a cleaner user experience. It’s the reason why applications like the CopyTrans are using it.
According to Wikipedia:
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is an XML-based vector image format for two-dimensional graphics with support for interactivity and animation. The SVG specification is an open standard developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) since 1999.
SVG is a graphic standard based on vectorial rendering, that allows to draw images without loss of quality, regardless of the size and resolution, and with considerably smaller image file size. The format is widely used for graphics on the internet and all recent browsers support it. In addition SVGs natively support animations.