LOAD-PICTURE statement

LOAD-PICTURE statement

(Windows only; Graphical interfaces only)

Returns a COM-HANDLE to an OlePictureObject. You can use this COM-HANDLE to set graphical properties of controls.

Note: Does not apply to SpeedScript programming.

Syntax
LOAD-PICTURE [ image ] 
image

A CHARACTER expression representing the name of the graphical file. This file can have one of the following extensions: .BMP, .WMF, .EMF, .ICO, .CUR, .DIB. If the filename is not fully qualified, LOAD-PICTURE searches for a matching file on the user’s path.

Example

The following program fragment illustrates the use of the LOAD-PICTURE statement:
DEFINE VARIABLE chPic     AS COM-HANDLE NO-UNDO. 
DEFINE VARIABLE chControl AS COM-HANDLE NO-UNDO. 
/* Get the COM-HANDLE of an Image control */ 
/* Use LOAD-PICTURE to get a COM-HANDLE to the bitmap contained in myPic.bmp */ 
chPic = LOAD-PICTURE("myPic.bmp"). 
/* Set the control’s Picture property for the bitmap */ 
chControl:Picture = chPic. 

LOAD-PICTURE [ `image` ]

DEFINE VARIABLE chPic AS COM-HANDLE NO-UNDO. DEFINE VARIABLE chControl AS COM-HANDLE NO-UNDO. /* Get the COM-HANDLE of an Image control / / Use LOAD-PICTURE to get a COM-HANDLE to the bitmap contained in myPic.bmp / chPic = LOAD-PICTURE("myPic.bmp"). / Set the control’s Picture property for the bitmap */ chControl:Picture = chPic.

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