Author: Lou Adler

Text to GIF

Answer:
1   
2   procedure TxtToGif(txt, FileName: string);
3   var
4     temp: TBitmap;
5     GIF: TGIFImage;
6   begin
7   
8     temp := TBitmap.Create;
9     try
10      temp.Height := 400;
11      temp.Width := 60;
12      temp.Transparent := True;
13      temp.Canvas.Brush.Color := colFondo.ColorValue;
14      temp.Canvas.Font.Name := Fuente.FontName;
15      temp.Canvas.Font.Color := colFuente.ColorValue;
16      temp.Canvas.TextOut(10, 10, txt);
17      Imagen.Picture.Assign(nil);
18  
19      GIF := TGIFImage.Create;
20      try
21        // Convert the bitmap to a GIF
22        GIF.Assign(Temp);
23        // Save the GIF
24        GIF.SaveToFile(FileName);
25        // Display the GIF
26        Imagen.Picture.Assign(GIF);
27      finally
28        GIF.Free;
29      end;
30  
31    finally
32  
33      temp.Destroy;
34    end;
35  end;