Flags property

Applies to

acWin2kEffects as subproperty of AnimateOnShow and AnimateOnHide structures.

Declaration

type

TacWin2kAnimationFlags = set of (afHorPositive, afHorNegative, afVerPositive, afVerNegative, afCenter, afSlide, afBlend);

property Flags: TacWin2kAnimationFlags;

Description

Specifies the type of animation. This parameter can be one of the following values:

Value

Description

afHorPositive

Animates the window from left to right. This flag can be used with roll or slide animation. It is ignored when used with afCenter or afBlend flags.

afHorNegative

Animates the window from right to left. This flag can be used with roll or slide animation. It is ignored when used with afCenter or afBlend flags.

afVerPositive

Animates the window from top to bottom. This flag can be used with roll or slide animation. It is ignored when used with afCenter or afBlend flags.

afVerNegative

Animates the window from bottom to top. This flag can be used with roll or slide animation. It is ignored when used with afCenter or afBlend flags.

afCenter

Makes the window appear to collapse inward when form is hiding or expand outward if form is showing.

afSlide

Uses slide animation. By default, roll animation is used. This flag is ignored when used with afCenter.

afBlend

Uses a fade effect. This flag works in Win2000 or later (does not works in Win95/98/NT4!) and can be used only if you animating a top-level window.

Short tutorial

To show the rolling effect from left to right set the Flags property to [afHorPositive]:

acWin2kEffects1.AnimateOnHide.Flags := [afHorPositive];

To show sliding effect instead of rolling, just add the afSlide flag. For example, to show sliding effect from upper-right corner to bottom-left corner, set the Flags property to [afHorNegative, afVerPositive, afSlide]:

acWin2kEffects1.AnimateOnHide.Flags := [afHorNegative, afVerPositive, afSlide];

To show the alpha-blending effect, set the Flags property to [afBlend]:

acWin2kEffects1.AnimateOnHide.Flags := [afBlend];

Alpha-blending works on Windows 2000 and later only. If you will try to use blending effect on Windows 98, nothing will happends. When you're using fade effect, you don't need to specify any others flags.

See also

AnimateOnShow and AnimateOnHide structures.