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Image associated with a report control or block
Image scanned in a report
Image in a menu option
Image of a tab or tab pane
Image of icon displayed in the Action Bar
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Image (Property)

In french: Image

..Image is used to find out and modify the background image associated with an element.

In a report, ..Image is used to find out and modify the background image associated with a control or with a block.

In a window, ..Image is used to find out and modify the image:

associated with the caption of a button,
associated with a tab pane or with a tab,
associated with the toolbar panes or with the button of a toolbar pane,
associated with the caption of a menu option,
used as cursor in a progress bar or in a slider (except round sliders),
used in the options of the check boxes and radio buttons in Vista style,
used in background image of a Calendar control.
Versions 17 and later
used for the markers of a Map control.
New in version 17
used for the markers of a Map control.
used for the markers of a Map control. used for the markers of a Map control.
Versions 17 and later
used in icon in an Action Bar (property available from Android version 4.0 (Ice cream sandwich, API level 14)).
New in version 17
used in icon in an Action Bar (property available from Android version 4.0 (Ice cream sandwich, API level 14)).
used in icon in an Action Bar (property available from Android version 4.0 (Ice cream sandwich, API level 14)).
Versions 20 and later
used to represent an infinite progress bar.
New in version 20
used to represent an infinite progress bar.
used to represent an infinite progress bar.

Note: These images are defined in the editor in the description of the control, window or page ("General" or "Details" tab).

Versions 16 and later

This property is now available for the Windows Phone applications.

New in version 16

This property is now available for the Windows Phone applications.

Versions 15 and later

This property is now available for the Android applications.

New in version 15

This property is now available for the Android applications.

Versions 17 and later

This property is now available for the iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 17

This property is now available for the iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 18 and later

This property is now available in Windows Store Apps mode.

This property is now available for reports in iPhone/iPad applications.

This property is now available for the tabs and for the tab panes.

New in version 18

This property is now available in Windows Store Apps mode.

This property is now available for reports in iPhone/iPad applications.

This property is now available for the tabs and for the tab panes.

This property is now available in Windows Store Apps mode.

This property is now available for reports in iPhone/iPad applications.

This property is now available for the tabs and for the tab panes.

Versions 21 and later

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

New in version 21

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

Example

Syntax

Finding out the background image associated with a report element Hide the details

<Result> = <Element name>..Image

<Result>: Character string

Name and full path of the background image associated with the specified object.

<Element name>: Character string (with or without quotes)

Name of the element (control or block) to use.

Modifying the background image associated with a report element Hide the details

<Element name>..Image = <New image>

<Element name>: Character string (with or without quotes)

Name of the element (control or block) to use.

<New image>: Character string (with quotes)

Name and full path of the new background image associated with the specified object. A UNC path can be used.

Finding out the image associated with a control or with a window Hide the details

<Current image> = <Element name>..Image

<Current image>: Character string

Name and path of the image:
associated with the caption of a button,
associated with a tab pane or with a tab,
associated with the toolbar panes or with the pane button
associated with the caption of a menu option,
used as cursor in a progress bar or in a slider (except round sliders).
associated with the option of a Radio Button or Check Box control in Vista style.
used in background image of a Calendar control.
Versions 17 and later
used for the markers of a Map control.
New in version 17
used for the markers of a Map control.
used for the markers of a Map control.
Versions 17 and later
used in icon in an Action Bar.
New in version 17
used in icon in an Action Bar.
used in icon in an Action Bar.
Versions 20 and later
used to represent an infinite progress bar.
New in version 20
used to represent an infinite progress bar.
used to represent an infinite progress bar.

<Element name>: Character string (with or without quotes)

Name of element to use.

Modifying the image associated with a control or with a window Hide the details

<Element name>..Image = <New image>

<Element name>: Character string (with or without quotes)

Name of element to use.

<New image>: Character string

Name and path (full, relative or UNC) of the new image:
associated with the caption of a button,
associated with a tab pane or with a tab,
associated with the toolbar panes or with the pane button
associated with the caption of a menu option,
used as cursor in a progress bar or in a slider (except round sliders).
associated with the option of a Radio Button or Check Box control in Vista style.
used in background image of a Calendar control.
Versions 17 and later
used for the markers of a Map control.
New in version 17
used for the markers of a Map control.
used for the markers of a Map control.
Versions 17 and later
used in icon in an Action Bar.
New in version 17
used in icon in an Action Bar.
used in icon in an Action Bar.
Versions 20 and later
used to represent an infinite progress bar.
New in version 20
used to represent an infinite progress bar.
used to represent an infinite progress bar.

Remarks

Image associated with a report control or block

The image associated with an Image control can be known and/or modified in the report editor, in the "General" tab of the control description.
The background image of a control or block can be known and/or modified in the report editor, in the "Style" tab of the description window of block or control. All you have to do is select the "Background image" element.

Image scanned in a report

..Image cannot be used to modify the scanned image of a report. Indeed, the scanned image of a report is used to:

easily position the different controls in the report,
view the result in the print preview.

Image in a menu option

If an image is associated with a marked menu option, the image replaces the checkmark.

Image of a tab or tab pane

To modify the image of a tab (which means the image of the tab buttons), use the following code:

TAB_Tab..Image = "Example.jpg"

To modify the image displayed in the tab button (beside the caption), specify the subscript of tab to modify:

TAB_Tab[1]..Image = "Example.jpg"

Versions 17 and later

Image of icon displayed in the Action Bar

..Image is used to change the icon displayed in the Action Bar of the window. If ..Image corresponds to an empty string (""), the icon of the application will be used (default case).

Caution: this property is available from Android version 4.0 (Ice cream sandwich, API level 14). ..Image will have no effect if it is used with an earlier version.

New in version 17

Image of icon displayed in the Action Bar

..Image is used to change the icon displayed in the Action Bar of the window. If ..Image corresponds to an empty string (""), the icon of the application will be used (default case).

Caution: this property is available from Android version 4.0 (Ice cream sandwich, API level 14). ..Image will have no effect if it is used with an earlier version.

Image of icon displayed in the Action Bar

..Image is used to change the icon displayed in the Action Bar of the window. If ..Image corresponds to an empty string (""), the icon of the application will be used (default case).

Caution: this property is available from Android version 4.0 (Ice cream sandwich, API level 14). ..Image will have no effect if it is used with an earlier version.

Limits

In a report, ..Image cannot be used on:

a report.
a bar code.
a Check Box control.

a chart.

Authorized image formats:

The following image formats can be displayed: BMP, ICO, JPEG and GIF.

..Image can only be used on:

a Button control,
a tab or a tab pane,
a toolbar pane or a pane button,
a menu option,
a Progress Bar control,
a Slider control (excluding round sliders),
a Check Box control,
a Radio Button control,
a Calendar control.