Spread 8.0 Documentation
LoadResPicture Method
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LoadResPicture Method


See Also    DLL    Example

Applies To

fpSpread control

Description

Loads a picture from a resource.

Syntax

C++

CPicture CSpreadSheet::LoadResPicture(long hInstance, LPCTSTR ResourceName, LPCTSTR ResourceType, long PictType);

Visual Basic

fpSpread.LoadResPicture(ByVal hInstance As Long, ByVal ResourceName As String, ByVal ResourceType As String, ByVal PictType As PictureTypeConstants) As Picture

Parameters

The following parameters are available:

Parameter Description
hInstance Instance handle for the EXE or DLL containing the resource
ResourceName Name of the resource, or a string starting with "#" and followed by the numeric identifier for the resource (for example, "BEANY", "#102")
ResourceType Name of the section in the resource file containing the resource, or a string starting with "#" and followed by the numeric identifier for the section (for example, "BITMAP", or "#2" for bitmap, or "#3" for icon)
PictType Graphic type of file to load
Can be one of the following:
Constant Value Description
PictureTypeUnknown 0 The type is not known. The control tries to load the picture using each of the following types, if possible.
PictureTypeBMP 1 Windows Bitmap graphic
PictureTypeGIF 2 Graphics Interchange Format graphic
PictureTypeJPEG 3 Joint Photographic Experts Group graphic
PictureTypePNG 4 Portable Network Graphic graphic
PictureTypeICO 5 Windows Icon graphic
PictureTypeTIFF 6 Tagged Image File Format graphic
PictureTypeTGA 7 Truevision Targa graphic
PictureTypePCX 8 Paintbrush graphics file graphic
PictureTypeWBMP 9 Wireless Bitmap Format graphic
PictureTypeWMF 10 Windows Meta File graphic (also loads enhanced metafiles (EMF))
PictureTypeJP2 11 JPEG 2000 graphic
PictureTypeJPC 12 JPEG 2000 graphic
PictureTypePGX 13 JPEG-2000 verification model graphic
PictureTypePNM 14 Portable graphics graphic
PictureTypeRAS 15 Sun Raster Image graphic

Remarks

Use this method to load a picture from a resource.

If you use this method with a picture cell type and there are multiple sheets, set the Sheet property to specify the sheet with which you want to work.

If you use a resource id instead of a resource string then pass a string formatted with the resource id number and use the # symbol in front of it.

Return Type

Picture in bitmap format

See Also

Creating Picture Cells

Sheet property

LoadPicture, LoadPictureBuffer, SavePicture, SavePictureBuffer methods

DLL Correspondence

SSLoadResPicture function

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