'Declaration
 
Public Overridable Property ForegroundImage As Picture

'Usage
 
Dim instance As ElementControl
Dim value As Picture
 
instance.ForegroundImage = value
 
value = instance.ForegroundImage

public virtual Picture ForegroundImage {get; set;}

Property Value

Controls can display pictures in layers. The first layer consists of a foreground picture, next comes the content of the control, such as text and a picture, then comes the background picture, and finally, the background of the control, 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.

Target Platforms: Windows 2000 Professional (SP4), Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server (SP1), Windows 2008, Windows XP (SP2), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8

Reference

ElementControl Class
ElementControl Members
ForegroundImageChanged Event
BackgroundImage Property
Picture Property
AlignHorz Property
AlignVert Property
Image Property
Style Property
TransparencyColor Property