To what extent is the SVG file format supported in desktop applications? Can’t find anything in the wiki.
SVG is not supported at all by Xojo for Desktop applications.
I wish it was, though.
It’s an XML format. Should be possible to transform into Object2Ds - a question of time after all…
Christian Schmitz’ ImageMagick wrapper plugin may be a solution for you:
http://www.mbsplugins.de/archive/2011-06-30/Tip_of_the_day_Render_SVG_with
That’d be already a start, thanks for the hint. Even better was if it returned a Group2D object 
That way one could manipulate the SVG
Take a look here: http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.net/plugincontent-mbsrealstudiographicsmagickplugin.shtml
A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, I wrote some code to do just that… I can try to dig it out if you like, but I have no idea if it will even work. I do recall that I abandoned it because it easily led to app crashes…
Failing that, can you open SVG in Apple’s preview? If so I might have another solution for you instead (but not for Windows sorry).
[quote=12761:@Sam Rowlands]A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, I wrote some code to do just that… I can try to dig it out if you like, but I have no idea if it will even work. I do recall that I abandoned it because it easily led to app crashes…
Failing that, can you open SVG in Apple’s preview? If so I might have another solution for you instead (but not for Windows sorry).[/quote]
Yes please! I will try to dig into the SVG docs too…
Apple’s preview doesn’t open ans SVGs here 
Xojo could implement a Picture.Open(“vector.svg”), then it could be loaded to the Picture.Objects (a Group2D) ready to be used.
Safari opens SVG files.
Dim p as new Picture
p.Safari(“vector.svg”) // Method not found. - [Yes. It’s a joke]
Which garners the ever popular
Dim fr as new FeatureRequest // this item does not exist 
(which is a tad facetious - hence the - since there is case <https://xojo.com/issue/10931>)
I know we’ve discussed this a couple times internally and we could revisit this as libraries that implement SVG well are becoming more common I just don’t know if one meets our needs & would be suitable as far as licensing
OH and we already have a ton of stuff on the go
As it was accepted with no modifications or suggestions. I’ll do it tomorrow. I usually only open one after being discussed and when it have any chance of it seeing the daylight.
there is case Feedback Case #10931
We have SVG output for ChartDirector and barcode creation in our plugins.
Did someone say GIMP?
The complementary question is:
which formula of handling of vectorial drawings (drawing, to open and save) do we have with Xojo?
I do.
BTW: The G.I.M.P. also opens PDF (I open, change and save [as png] images pdf).
this question would be of interest for me, too. Esp. if you read the following on CNET (as “Publisher’s Description From Xojo”): “Xojo supports standard image formats for vector graphics.” Link (last sentence)
[quote=106081:@Emile Schwarz]The complementary question is:
which formula of handling of vectorial drawings (drawing, to open and save) do we have with Xojo?[/quote]
None. We used to have PICT support but it was dropped (sadly). Ticket 10931 asks for vector support (I think I’m subscribed to this but I can’t check from the phone).
Mac-only there’s some cocoa declares that could be used to create them but it’s complex and single-platform.
I wouldn’t mind getting pict support back in as a plugin (or a similar one). The ideal would be a single vector graphics wrapper library for x-plat native methods.