Learn Visual Basic 6.0

4. More Exploration of the Visual Basic Toolbox

Image Boxes

1. An image box is very similar to a picture box in that it allows you to place graphics information on a form. Image boxes are more suited for static situations - that is, cases where no modifications will be done to the displayed graphics.
   
   
2. Image boxes appear in the middle-layer of form display, hence they could be obscured by picture boxes and other objects. Image box graphics can be resized by using the Stretch property.
   
   
3. Image Box Properties:
   
   

   Picture	Establishes the graphics file to display in the image box.
   Stretch	If False, the image box resizes itself to fit the graphic. If True, the graphic resizes to fit the control area.

   
   
4. Image Box Events:
   
   

   Click	Triggered when a image box is clicked.
   DblClick	Triggered when a image box is double-clicked.

   
   
5. The image box does not support any methods, however it does use the LoadPicture function. It is used in exactly the same manner as the picture box uses it. And image boxes can load the same file types: bitmap (.bmp), icon (.ico), metafiles (.wmf), GIF files (.gif), and JPEG files (.jpg). With Stretch = True, all three graphic types will expand to fit the image box area.

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