1. ADUG Melbourne, 18 MARCH 2019 Tony Bryer, Greentram Software
SVG – The Basics
ADUG Melbourne, 18 MARCH 2019
Tony Bryer, Greentram Software

2. What is SVG?
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is an open, industry-standard XML-based format for vector graphics developed by the W3C.
Scaleable – images maintain their quality when resized
Vector– images are defined by a sequence of instructions
XML so can be searched and indexed

3. Basic shapes rect[angle] circle ellipse line polyline polygon path
+ text

4. W3C SVG tutorial

5. SVG can be embedded in HTML

6. Creating SVGs Simple SVGs are easy to code
Many graphics programs can produce SVGs – Inkscape, inkscape.org is open source
In some applications producing SVGs with placeholders may be a good answer

7. Delphi and SVG Various SVG libraries exist (not tried by me):
Delphi SVG : A$80
Riversoft SVG: A$93
SVG Magic: svgmagic.io A$140
.. and others

8. SVGs from scratch
Subset of SVG delivers what I need

9. The end