the x, y and x and y. Drop a TPaintbox on the form set the onpaint event
to the following and you're away.
cheers,
Dave
procedure TForm29.PaintBox1Paint(Sender: TObject);
var
graphics : TGPGraphics;
FontFamily: TGPFontFamily;
Font: TGPFont;
SolidBrush: TGPSolidBrush;
Matrix : TGPmatrix;
SolidPen : TGPPen;
r : TGPrectF;
GraphicsPath : TGPGraphicsPath;
begin
graphics := TGPGraphics.Create(PaintBox1.Canvas.handle);
FontFamily := TGPFontFamily.Create('Times New Roman');
Font := TGPFont.Create(FontFamily, 32, FontStyleRegular,
UnitPixel);
SolidBrush := TGPSolidBrush.Create(MakeColor(255, 0, 0, 255));
SolidPen := TGPPen.Create(MakeColor(255, 0, 0, 255));
// graphics.SetTextRenderingHint(TextRenderingHintAntiAlias);
// so you can see the box
graphics.drawRectangle(SolidPen, MakeRect(0,0,PaintBox1.Width-1,
PaintBox1.height-1));
// the normal text offset to the right half of the paintbox
graphics.TranslateTransform(PaintBox1.width div 2, 0);
graphics.DrawString('AntiAlias', -1, font, MakePoint(0.0, 0.0),
solidBrush);
// x mirror
matrix := TGPMatrix.Create(-1,0,0,1,PaintBox1.width div 2,0);
graphics.settransform(matrix);
graphics.DrawString('AntiAlias', -1, font, MakePoint(0.0, 0.0),
solidBrush);
matrix.free;
// y mirror
matrix := TGPMatrix.Create(1,0,0,-1,PaintBox1.width div
2,PaintBox1.height);
graphics.settransform(matrix);
graphics.DrawString('AntiAlias', -1, font, MakePoint(0.0, 0.0),
solidBrush);
matrix.free;
// x and y mirror
matrix := TGPMatrix.Create(-1,0,0,1,PaintBox1.width div 2,0);
graphics.settransform(matrix);
matrix.free;
matrix := TGPMatrix.Create(1,0,0,-1,0,PaintBox1.height);
graphics.multiplytransform(matrix);
graphics.DrawString('AntiAlias', -1, font, MakePoint(0.0, 0.0),
solidBrush);
matrix.free;
graphics.Free;
FontFamily.Free;
Font.Free;
SolidBrush.Free;
end;