What is DeLaFits?

DeLaFits is a native Delphi and Lazarus class library for operation with files in the FITS format.

DeLaFits supported:

• reading, editing and building the HDU
• high-level access to Standard Extensions
• data rendering of the IMAGE extension

How to use?

To use DeLaFits, just add the library source directory to your project’s search path.

Basic DeLaFits API is in units:

• DeLaFitsCommon: types, constants, keyword dictionary and simple functions
• DeLaFitsClasses: container of header and data units

Summary

• Get Started topic describes the library usage with typical examples

• Design topic describes the classes architecture

• Compilation topic describes the available conditional compilation directives

• Types topic describes the list of simple types

• Constants topic describes the list of constants

• Functions topic describes the list of functions

• Classes topic describes the list of classes

• Error Codes topic describes the exception codes generated by the library

• Issues topic describes the known issues of the library in Delphi and Lazarus

Testing

DeLaFits tested in Delphi 7/2010/10.3 and Lazarus 1.8.4/2.0.12
Based on 32- and 64-bits operating systems: Windows 10 and Linux Mint 19.3/20.2