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---

PS Text book formatting by the way!

---

procedure TfmMain.CreateTiledImage;
const
  ncols = 3;
  nrows = 3;
var
  col    : integer;
  row    : integer;
  xpos   : integer;
  ypos   : integer;
  path   : string;
  url    : string;
  ABitmap: TIEBitmap;
begin
  Screen.Cursor := crHourGlass; 
  ABitmap := TIEBitmap.create;
  try
    ImageEnView1.LegacyBitmap := False;
    ImageEnView1.IEBitmap.Width  := 3*256;
    ImageEnView1.IEBitmap.Height := 3*256;
    ImageEnView1.EnableAlphaChannel := True;
    ImageEnView1.AlphaChannel.Fill(0);

    ypos := 0;
    for row := 0 to 2 do
    begin
      xpos := 0;

      for col := 0 to 2 do
      begin
        path := Format('Image%d%d.png',[col,row]);
        ABitmap.Read(path);
        ImageEnView1.IEBitmap.MergeWithAlpha(ABitmap, xpos, ypos);

        inc(xpos, 256);
      end;

      inc(ypos,256);
    end;     

    ImageEnView1.Update;

    if ImageEnView1.HasAlphaChannel = False then
      raise Exception.create('No Alpha channel!');

    ImageEnView1.IO.SaveToFilePNG('Image.png');
  finally
    Screen.Cursor := crDefault;
    ABitmap.free;
  end;
end;