March 16, 1998 Multimedia Delphi Application Development Multimedia - enhanced text, sound, images, animation and video - has become an important technology for Delphi developers to understand and incorporate in their applications. This months meeting will focus on the major issues of interest to multimedia developers, investigate how multimedia can be handled in Delphi applications, and explore opportunities Delphi developers have for including multimedia technology in their applications. Using a multimedia Delphi application he recently developed, Howard Schutzman, Creative Computing, will demonstrate the multimedia effects he incorporated in the application and explain how he implemented them. The areas he will cover include: Canvas Rendering Techniques, including 3D effects Transparent Controls Active Controls ("pop up" when your mouse passes over them) Color and Palette Usage Device Independent Bitmaps Playing sound and movie files Understanding and incorporating these and other multimedia techniques in your Delphi applications will produce a more polished and usable look and feel then the standard Windows user interface.