well Harris i came up with oen work around which i think can fix it i used the code somethign like this
var H :thandle C :tcanvas begin c:= tcanvas.create; h:=getdc(memo1.handle); c.handle := h. c.brush.colur:clred; c.ellippse or c.rect end; i think this somehow gave me xcat idea to enhance my requirement i was just doing reseach on it figured out this will be better way to expand my requirement thanks for your help anyways i do apreciate it very much Regards Vikas On 1/14/08, Kyley Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok, > > You may be able to override the paint method of a tmemo, and after a call > to inherited do the drawing. > > It will probably be easier to Overlay the TMemo with a TPaintbox and draw > onto that.. TMemo is not good enough if you are talking about MS Word, or > Rich edit style highlighting, and Object drawing. in that case you have a > lot of work ahead of you. > > regards. > Kyley > > On Jan 14, 2008 9:57 PM, Vikas... <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Harris > > > > what i ment here is the background say i have to show soemthing in memo > > particular text so i colur then or draw cirlces on thm thats what i mean > > sorry my previous querry wa slitle unclear > > > > Regards > > Vikas > > > > > > On 1/14/08, Kyley Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Do you mean as a background to the text? > > > > > > Do you need to edit the text? you could use a label, on top of an > > > image? > > > > > > you need to be more clear on what you want to achieve. > > > > > > TMemo is a wrapper for a Windows API Edit control, so, while its > > > achieveable to draw stuff in the background, it takes effort and may not > > > be > > > what you actually need. > > > > > > Typically, I would create a transparent TMemo by subclassing the > > > Windows control via a new TMemo. I cant remember exactly how to do it, > > > (its > > > been a while) but it is related to the Control Opacity when you create the > > > window handle class at the api level. > > > > > > On Jan 14, 2008 8:10 PM, Vikas... <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > Is there any way to draw picture opn memo box like circles or lines > > > > or rectangles. Any idea? > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > Vikas > > > > Solution consultant > > > > National Cash register USA > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > > > > Post: [email protected] > > > > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > > > Unsubscribe: send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: unsubscribe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Kyley Harris > > > Harris Software > > > +64-21-671-821 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > > > Post: [email protected] > > > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > > Unsubscribe: send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > > Subject: unsubscribe > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > vikas > > _______________________________________________ > > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > > Post: [email protected] > > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > Unsubscribe: send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > Subject: unsubscribe > > > > > > -- > Kyley Harris > Harris Software > +64-21-671-821 > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > Subject: unsubscribe > -- vikas
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