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Chapter 4: VCL using PEvset

The following discusses using PEvset to pass blocks of data quickly within Delphi.

 

You will need to add "Pegrpapi" to your uses clause to provide DLL declarations.

 

This code shows two variations of how to handle the memory in which your data is prepared. All examples are based on Subsets = 4 and Points = 12.

 

unit Unit1;

 

interface

 

uses

SysUtils, WinTypes, WinProcs, Messages, Classes, Graphics, Controls,

Forms, Dialogs, Pegvcl, StdCtrls, Pegrpapi;

 

type

 TForm2 = class(TForm)

 PEGraph1: PEGraph;

 procedure FormCreate(Sender: TObject);

 private

 { Private declarations }

 public

 { Public declarations }

end;

 

MyTempData = array[0..3, 0..11] of Single;

MyTempData2 = array[0..16000] of Single;

 

var

Form2: TForm2;

 

implementation

 

{$R *.DFM}

 

procedure TForm2.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);

var

s:   Integer;

p:   Integer;

o:   Integer;

f:   ^MyTempData;

pt:  ^MyTempData2;

 

begin

{** Make Random Data for Graph Object}

PEGraph1.Subsets := 4;

PEGraph1.Points := 12;

 

{** Pass data via YData VCL property array **}

{** This is the slow way which is included for comparison **}

For s := 0 To 3 do {4 subsets}

   For p := 0 To 11 do {12 points}

      PEGraph1.YData[s, p] := (p + 1) * 5 + Random(25);

 

{** Pass data via dynamically allocated two dimensional array **}

{** Good when you have lots of data and DO know size ahead of time **}

New(f);

For s := 0 To 3 do {4 subsets}

   For p := 0 To 11 do {12 points}

      f^[s, p] := (p + 1) * 5 + Random(25);

PEvset(PEGraph1.hObject, PEP_faYDATA, f, 48);

Dispose(f);

 

{** Pass data via dynamically allocated and dynamically sized array **}

{** Good when you have lots of data and DON'T know size ahead of time **}

GetMem(pt, SizeOf(Single) * 48);

For s := 0 To 3 do {4 subsets}

begin;

   For p := 0 To 11 do {12 points}

   begin

      {convert two dimensional index to one dimension}

      o := (s * 12{12 points per subset}) + p;

      pt^[o] := (p + 1) * 5 + Random(25);

   end;

end;

PEvset(PEGraph1.hObject, PEP_faYDATA, pt, 48);

FreeMem(pt, SizeOf(Single) * 48);

 

 

Installed Examples

An example is found in the included Delphi demo project as example 123, Unit 3