Finally the so anxiously expected release of Organic Shape Pack Components V2.0 the skinable components for Delphi!

...with lots of improvements:

• Extensive bug fixes
• Skin calculation speed optimization with TSpeedBitmap
• New Organic Shape Shifter Component
• New Organic Shape Form Light Component
• TSpeedBitmap Delphi Class included free with every Organic Shape component

Upgrade for Free

If you are a registered user then you can upgrade for free. Contact Practical Soft to receive instructions to upgrade. Note that we already mailed every registered user.

Organic Shape Pack registered users can also register the new Organic Shape Shifter and Organic Shape Form Light component with a 20% discount (US$31.00 and US$8.00). This is a limited time offer. To register simply e-mail us with your request.

...Yet To Come...

We have a large to-do-list and we are always working hard to improve our components. Your comments and suggestions are very welcome. Please send them to us.

Right now we are working on these:

TSkinBrowser
Practical Soft is already developing a new Organic Shape component which is a Dialog component that will allow the user to browse all the available skins and to select one.

Gif and Jpeg support
All the Organic Shape components will support Gif and Jpeg image format for skins.

About skins

What are skins?
Skins are not just the looks of your program. Skins are the looks of your program with the ability to change it or create new ones. It's like if you could change the face of your program.

What can you do with it?
You can create a program that lets your users change the way it looks. You can create a program like Winamp or Neoplanet.

How do you use it?
Methods saveSkin and loadSkin does all the work for you. All you have to do is concentrate in your program functionality.

About Organic Shape Pack

The Organic Shape Pack includes 6 components:

	Organic Shape Form
The TOrganicShapeForm class is a descendant of TForm that provides a way to shape any form according to a bitmap used as a mask. This means that a form can easily have any shape you like, simply by providing a bitmap.

	Organic Shape Button
TOrganicShapeButton Delphi component is a 3 state button (normal, over, pressed) that shapes itself accordingly with a bitmap mask. This is a real transparent button that lets you see what's behind it and only accepts clicks inside its boundaries.

	Organic Shape Shifter
This is a new component added to version 2.0 of Organic Shape Pack. This is a very powerful and useful component that allows any windowed control (components that inherit from TWinControl) to have an irregular boundary by just providing a bitmap as mask. For instance: with this component you can shape any Button, Memo, MonthCalendar or even an ActiveX control like a WebBrowser.

	Organic Shape Form Light
This is a new component added to version 2.0 of Organic Shape Pack. It allows any form to have an irregular boundary by just providing a bitmap as mask. Its like an Organic Shape Form component with less functionality. Has the advantage to shape a form at design time.

	Organic Shape Image
TOrganicShapeImage Delphi component is a TImage like component with irregular boundaries. The boundary is set by a mask bitmap.

	Speed Bitmap Class
TSpeedBitmap is included for free. It is used to increase mask calculation speed, but it can be used for other purposes also. The TSpeedBitmap class is a descendant of TBitmap that provides high speed access to 24 bit bitmap pixels which is ideal for multimedia applications with graphic effects

.All these components have in common the ability to shape itselfs according to a bitmap used as a mask. It means that they can easily have any shape you like, simply by providing a bitmap.

This is great for building cool interfaces. Supports automatic skin saving and retrieval.

Please download the shareware version fully functional and with several demos included. The shareware version will occasionally display a little warning message.

It works with Delphi 3 and Delphi 4. It should work also with Delphi 5, although it has not been tested yet.

Register to receive the full source code.

Also, If you have any additional ideas for improvements, we would appreciate hearing from you.

Installation:

• Unzip all files to a directory of your choice. Be sure to preserve directory structure and to add this path to your Delphi Library Path.
• Install package delphi4\organicShape.dpk or delphi3\organicShape.dpk.
• Open demos folder and run some examples.

How to register

The Organic Shape Pack contained herein is for evaluation purposes only. All components included will show a warning message randomly when you run your program.

When registered, you will receive the full source code. Furthermore, you will receive updates and notification of new versions.

You can order the fully licensed version over the Internet from Qwerks with any major credit card. If you want you can also order by phone or by fax. The ordering page is on a secure server, ensuring the confidentiality of your personal information.

After you register you will be able to download the registered version immediately.

The registration will cost you US$89.00