Simple animation component

Coder will develop a simple animation component compatible with Delphi 5 which will accept a list of BMP or JPEG filenames, each making up one frame, and then animate them. These files will all have the same height/width. No more than 24 frames will ever be used. The form must be hidden until it is actually called. It will then become a modal form, maximized to fill the screen. The component will immediately display the last frame in the list, then will begin loading images from disk, providing user feedback on the load progress with a progress bar. The component will then begin animating the list at 2 frames per second with a 1.5-second delay at the end, then will animate repeatedly. The form may be closed at any time by pressing a Close button, and the form will then be hidden. Controls for the animation must include TTrackBars for adjusting the Animation Speed and Delay Time (with numerical value displayed), a stop button, a pause button, rewind (go to first frame), and forward (go to last frame). Buttons will be provided to choose forward animation, reverse animation, and forward-backward animation, and the chosen animation type will be displayed when the button is pressed. A text label will clearly indicate the frame number and total frames, for example "Frame 5 / 17" is frame #5 out of 17 loaded frames, and will update this during all animations. The animation must be able to support bitmaps as large as 1400 x 900 pixels, and will place bitmaps in a ScrollBox component if they exceed the client area. Flickering is not acceptable, and a double buffering technique should be used. It is acknowledged that sluggishness or degraded performance may occur if the bitmap exceeds the client area. Coder should strive for simplicity and ensure that all memory used is disposed of properly when the component is closed so that it can be called again without memory errors. All written source code must be well-commented. [[ see full project specification in attached ZIP file ]] ## Deliverables 1) Complete and fully-functional working program(s) in executable form as well as complete source code of all work done, with code commented. 2) All deliverables will be considered "work made for hire" under U.S. Copyright law. Buyer will receive exclusive and complete copyrights to all work purchased. (No GPL, GNU, 3rd party components, etc. unless all copyright ramifications are explained AND AGREED TO by the buyer on the site per the coder's Seller Legal Agreement). ## Platform Delphi 5