Skeez

Skeez is an application development component that allows you to generate animated list views for your programs. This Graphics32-based component can be used with the Delphi development environment.

Skeez features specialized libraries for creating animated icons and displays for filesystem browsers, picture list and audio files viewers. It offers support for virtual objects in folder browsers and can display large thumbnails in the picture list viewers. The FreeImage.dll component allows it to read several image formats and display the preview.

Moreover, the audio files list viewer can read the associated tag, for each item in the list and display the associated information. For example, it can list the name of the album, the copyright owner, genre, rating, play count, key or bitrate if available.

The supported audio tags include ID3v1, ID3v2, MP4, APEv2, Ogg Vorbis, Opus, Flac, WMA and WAV tagging units.

Skeez allows you to build animated viewers for drives lists. You may thus view system disks as well as all other removable drives or network nodes.

The Skeez archive includes separate demo compilations, so you may preview and test its functionality. You may also customize its display and the background colors, according to your preference. Moreover, the derived classes support browsing the file system or other items can be manually added.

The components can be used with any development environment that supports the Delphi programming language and the Graphics32 tools. Skeez requires Graphics32 in order to properly function; therefore the component must be installed on your computer in advance.

The Skeez package also includes documentation that can help you get started with pre-development settings and configuration process. It allows you to create interactive content in your applications, for a more appealing layout.

NOTE: The component is free for usage in freeware applications. If you wish to integrate it in a shareware program, you need to purchase a license.