When writing code it’s always a good idea to be thinking about the future. Today you are creating a desktop project but tomorrow you might…
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Ever wondered how to create those sleek, professional-looking loading animations you see in modern apps? In this blog post, we’re going to unlock the power…
Comments closedNow in Xojo 2024r2, we’ve enhanced emojis with vivid colors!
Comments closedGraphic chart support is new in Xojo Desktop and Xojo Mobile (iOS) in Xojo 2023r1. The new DesktopChart and MobileChart offer a similar look and behavior to what you find when using Xojo’s WebChart. Let’s review all the things you can do with the new DesktopChart and MobileChart in your Xojo projects.
Comments closedSometimes we need to rotate a Picture from portrait to landscape and vice versa. Since the introduction of the Graphics methods Translate and Rotate this is pretty simple to do! Continue reading and I will show you how to create a Method Extension for the Picture class that will be able to do that. This will work on Desktop and iOS projects by only copying and pasting the code, but you will need to make some changes to the example project for the Web version because of the need to convert Picture to WebPicture and back.
Comments closedThe DrawText method from the Graphics class offers a simple way to left-align text at the given X and Y coordinates, even applying a wrap value to wrap every line of the text block at the provided width value. Wouldn’t it be great to be able to do the same thing while aligning blocks of text to the right and center? Continue reading and I will show you a technique you can use as the starting point which you can fine-tune to your specific needs.
Comments closedWith the added functionality of the Brush property and the ClipToPath, Clip and DrawObject methods, Xojo 2022r1 completes the practical PDFGraphics class support for all the methods and properties that makes sense (or are applicable) from Xojo’s Graphics class.
Comments closedAmong the many improvements added to PDFDocument in Xojo 2021r3 is support for Graphics.Transparency as well as support for the alpha value in the color…
Comments closedAmong the major enhancements made to the images support in PDFDocument in Xojo 2021r3 release, in addition to transparency support, alpha channel support, and the new way the data is codified in the resulting PDF stream (no more DCTEncoding), we’ve also tackled an issue with images not being as sharp as they should have been.
The popular PDF support and features introduced last year in Xojo 2020r1, have gained several improvements and bug fixes in today’s release. Now, with Xojo 2021r1, Xojo’s PDF support include a set of new Graphics features that will continue to be expanded more in future releases.
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