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Color gradient in Delphi FireMonkey
Scott Hollows - 20/Nov/2016
	
	
		
			
	
			
			Scott Hollows - 20/Nov/2016
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Introduction to color gradients in Delphi FireMonkey.
	
	
	
		
		
		
			
		
		
	
	
		
	
Video
This video covers the basics of color gradients in Delphi FireMonkey
	
		
	
This can be applied any component that has a Fill property such as Shapes (TRectangle, TElipse) and event the background of a TForm.
Video Highlights
The video shows :
Now for the bad news – Gradient colors are not available for TPanel, TFrame, TGroupBox and various other container because they do not have a Fill property. Oh ohhhh !
Dont panic – I have a workaround for that that will publish a solution on here soon including full source code. If you are in a hurry, email me and Ill provide you with a pre-release version
	
	
	
		
		
		
		
	
	
		
	
This stuff is coming. Chill out until then
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		Introduction to color gradients in Delphi FireMonkey.
	Video
This video covers the basics of color gradients in Delphi FireMonkey
This can be applied any component that has a Fill property such as Shapes (TRectangle, TElipse) and event the background of a TForm.
Video Highlights
The video shows :
- Overview of setting up gradient colors
 - Change the angle to vertical, horizontal or anything in between such as 38 degrees
 - Set the weight of each color. You can make one color more prominent than the other
 - Setup more than 2 colors
 - Change gradient properties in the IDE
 - Change gradient properties at runtime using simple code
 
Now for the bad news – Gradient colors are not available for TPanel, TFrame, TGroupBox and various other container because they do not have a Fill property. Oh ohhhh !
Dont panic – I have a workaround for that that will publish a solution on here soon including full source code. If you are in a hurry, email me and Ill provide you with a pre-release version
	This stuff is coming. Chill out until then
More Information
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