> if I want load a bitmap picture for extracting a small preview of it, > what component or library would be best?
fcl-image (http://wiki.freepascal.org/fcl-image) is the basis of LCL image processing components and routines, so you can for sure use that. I use it to resize uploaded pictures in one of my web applications. TFPImageCanvas (TFPCustomCanvas to be precise) implements CopyRect which you can use for cropping. The wiki article (and the package directory) has some examples to start with. -- View this message in context: http://free-pascal-general.1045716.n5.nabble.com/picture-preview-tp5726793p5726794.html Sent from the Free Pascal - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal