MetaDraw OCX - Summary

by Bennet-Tec Information Systems - Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX

Summary

MetaDraw OCX by Bennet-Tec Information Systems

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Give your application support for the creation, editing, and displaying of Metafiles. MetaDraw is a special purpose picturebox/image editing component. To your application, it looks like a standard picturebox, but it offers unique support for metafiles - a graphical format well suited to the drawing and/or moving of graphical objects - including the ability to tag individual graphic objects for HyperGraphic/HotSpot applications. Use as a metafile viewer with support for zoom and scroll.

MetaDraw ActiveX component brings the maximum in flexibility and power to developers looking for a reliable Object Oriented Image component for Multimedia, Image Editing/Annotation, HyperGraphics, Drag and Drop Interactive Interfaces.

Why is MetaDraw the tool to use?

You want graphics but you don't want megabytes of storage. Your users want to create and move shapes and images and you need to recognize those shapes. You need to recognize clicks and drags on specific graphic elements; link data to individual hotspots and the list goes on. For a professional application, MetaDraw is the tool to use.

MetaDraw 3 OCX is the most recent ActiveX edition. Designed for support under Visual Studio editions 4 through 6, as well as Delphi, C++, FoxPro, Access, Internet Explorer ( used on Web pages) , and other environments providing ActiveX support.

MetaDraw .Net for WinForms is the first version of MetaDraw that is a true Visual Studio .NET component. A true native .Net component, it is easy to use, with familiar syntax for existing users of MetaDraw OCX editions.

Features:

ActiveX and .NET Support - MetaDraw is available in both ActiveX and .NET editions

Includes ALL Features of the MetaDraw 2 Plus Pack

Arrow Head / EndPoint Symbols support for Lines, Arcs, PolyLines

OLE Drag & Drop

Multi-Step Undo / Redo Support

Object type conversion (text, ellipse -> polygon)

New object types: stars, regular polygons, etc

.JPG, .PNG format support

Link Style Enhancements (segmented links, autolayouts, center marker, colors)

Link EditMode (allows user to create and move links with Mouse)

Zoom EditMode (allows user to zoom to selected rectangular area with mouse)

Object shadows

Embedded controls

Save/Load pictures to/from database fields

Loading picture files via the Internet

Use as a MetaFile viewer - supports Scroll and Zoom, even Selective display of individual elements

Create, edit, display and save pictures built from a set of graphic objects

All Windows graphical primitives are supported

Supports merging of images from multiple sources

Editing - full support for Object Oriented Editing: Moving objects, Sizing, Change Colors and other attributes

The entire image or any part can be exported as a Metafile, bitmap or icon

Conversion Support - convert from WMF or DIB to WMF, DIB, BMP or ICO

Group or ungroup individual elements or manipulate groups as a single element

Full Programmatic Control as well as support for end user editing via the mouse

Visual Basic, Delphi and C++ compatibility

Print to any printer or device context

Hypergraphic Events - respond to Click and MouseMove over tagged objects. MetaDraw even saves your assigned string data for each hotspot stored within the image file

Diagramming Links

Connecting lines drawn by MetaDraw between specified objects

Properties to set arrow head existence, style and size

Properties to set connecting line color, thickness and style

Properties for text labels along the line (Requires Plus Pack License Option)

Connecting line automatically maintained by MetaDraw as the connected objects are repositioned

Transparent, Gradient or Bitmap Background

Internet Support

Use MetaDraw in a Web page

Link Hotspots to URL's, even from standard EXE

Text Enhancements

Multi-line word wrapped text objects

Boxed Text Style

16-bit character set support ( display only - 16-bit characters can not be edited in place )

EMF Support (Windows Enhanced MetaFile)

Support for Transparent Color for Bitmap Objects

Improved Polyline/Polygon drawing Interface

Each click of the left mouse button adds new straight segment

Dragging the mouse with pressed button creates free-shape segment

To finish creating the poly object, press Enter key or double-click the left mouse button

Object Rotation at Any Angle

Support for Multiple Named Tags (of any type) for each element of the Metafile

Find Object Function - Locate image elements by tag value

Center MetaDraw on a particular portion of the image, or even blink an image element to draw the end-users's attention

Container Control Support - MetaDraw can act as a control container

Enhanced Resize Markers - 8 markers, one on each corner and one on each side, rather than 4 markers in MetaDraw 1

Increased Resolution - Support for LONG value coordinates

Object Tag Enhancements - The ObjTagsCount property returns the number of defined object Tags for a given graphic object within the MetaDraw image

Dimension Lines - Dimension line objects are lines with terminators at one or both ends.

Link, Line and Dimension Line Labels - Using the LinkLabel property, a Text object may be displayed as a label on a Link, Line or DimensionLine object

Freehand Edit Mode - A new flag, EFLG_POLYFREEHAND, has been added to the EditFlags property.

Object Shadows - Setting the ObjShadow property specifies a shadow for an object in MetaDraw.

Mouse Wheel Support / Scroll & Zoon - Supported under Win NT/Win9x, the user may zoom or scroll the image in MetaDraw by rotating the wheel on a wheel mouse. NOTE: There is no standard support for MouseWheel messages under Win95

Subscription Updates Option - The subscription License Option for MetaDraw provides:

Free upgrades to new editons of MetaDraw component products introduced over the following 12 months.

Free Update Support for life to new features introduced in the current edition of MetaDraw

DXF Filter Support Option

Bennet-Tec's optional DXF Import and Export license options add support for working with CAD industry standard DXF files. With this support applications and web pages created with MetaDraw can support reading, writing, creating, modifying of DXF images for display, annotation and optional conversion to other vector and raster image formats.

Vectorization Option

The BT Vectorization supports conversion of raster based images to Vector format where each solid colored area is represented by a polygon object. Support is also provided for Noise reduction and Color reduction.

Diagram Object Arrange Option

The Object Arrange library function intelligently rearranges objects within the overall image in such a way as to minimize overlapping links and to lay out a diagram in an "organized" fashion. Objects which are not linked may also be layed out in a rectangular grid fashion using this function.

What's new in MetaDraw V3.1.44?

This update improves performance under Vista

Significantly enhanced performance in handling huge images

Significantly enhanced DXF support for users with DXF licenses

Control over DPI when exporting to raster formats for users with subscription licenses

New line styles with embedded symbols for users with subscription licenses

Enhanced support for background images

New link terminator shapes

Give your application support for the creation, editing, and displaying of Metafiles.

Pricing: MetaDraw OCX V3.1.44 1 Developer License, MetaDraw OCX V3.1.44 1 Developer Upgrade License from V2.0, MetaDraw OCX V3.1.44 1 Developer Upgrade License from V1.0, MetaDraw OCX Add-On Options Subscription (requires MetaDraw OCX), MetaDraw OCX Add-On Options DXF Export (requires MetaDraw OCX), MetaDraw OCX Add-On Options DXF Import (requires MetaDraw OCX), MetaDraw OCX Add-On Options DXF Import/Export (requires MetaDraw OCX), MetaDraw OCX Add-On Options Diagram Arrange (requires MetaDraw OCX), MetaDraw OCX Add-On Options Vectorization (requires MetaDraw OCX)

Evals & Downloads: Read the MetaDraw help file, Download the MetaDraw V3.1.44 evaluation on to your computer - Displays Nag Screens

Operating System for Deployment: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51

Architecture of Product: 32Bit

Product Type: Component

Component Type: ActiveX OCX

General: Microsoft Transaction Server Compatible (MTS)

Compatible Containers: Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0, Microsoft Visual Basic .NET, Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Microsoft Visual C++ .NET, Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0, Microsoft Visual C# .NET, Microsoft Visual J++ 6.0, Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0, Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0, Microsoft Internet Information Server 5.0, Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0, Microsoft Internet Information Server 3.0, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0, C++Builder 4, C++Builder 3, Delphi 7.0, Delphi 6.0, Delphi 5.0, Delphi 4.0, .NET Framework 1.0

Product Class: User Interface Components

Keywords: Visio Bennet-Tec MetaDraw Imaging Image Picture Scanning Scan scanners Bitmap draw drawing art processing graphic JPEG TIF GIF BMP PCX JPG DXF WMF EMF zoom Diagramming Diagram HotSpot Hotspots HyperGraphics Graphic Graphics MetaFile Enhanced Me

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Part numbers: PC-504593-201180 504593-201180 PC-504593-201181 504593-201181 PC-504593-201182 504593-201182 PC-504593-201183 504593-201183 PC-504593-201189 504593-201189 PC-504593-201190 504593-201190 PC-504593-201207 504593-201207 PC-504593-201206 504593-201206 PC-504593-201208 504593-201208