Syntax
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Public Overridable Property ForegroundImage As Picture | |
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Dim instance As ElementWindowless Dim value As Picture instance.ForegroundImage = value value = instance.ForegroundImage | |
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public virtual Picture ForegroundImage {get; set;} | |
Property Value
Picture object containing the imageRemarks
Elements can display pictures in layers. The first layer consists of a foreground picture, next comes the content of the element, such as text and a picture, then comes the background picture, and finally, the background of the element, which displays the background color.
Set this property to specify the foreground picture layer.
This property is available at run time only.
Set the BackgroundImage property to specify the background picture layer. Set the Picture property to specify the picture in the content layer.
Set other features for the foreground picture using the following Picture class properties:
- AlignHorz
- Specifies horizontal alignment
- AlignVert
- Specifies vertical alignment
- Image
- Specifies the picture to display
- Style
- Specifies how to display the picture, such as stretched proportionately or tiled
- TransparencyColor
- Specifies what color in the picture to make transparent
If the application changes the foreground picture, the ForegroundImageChanged event occurs.
Example
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control.ForegroundImage = new FarPoint.Win.Picture(Image.FromFile("d:\overlay.bmp")); control.MarginTop = 3; control.MarginBottom = 3; | |
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control.ForegroundImage = New FarPoint.Win.Picture(Image.FromFile("d:\overlay.bmp")) control.MarginTop = 3 control.MarginBottom = 3 | |
Requirements
Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2