Form Background programmatically

[thegame8311]

I wanna have a image background on a form based on a button click
I think it should be

thisform.Picture = 'pic.bmp'

so what am i missing, because it is not changing the background of the form

 

[Dan Freeman]

Is the image in the current directory?

 

[Mike Lewis]

Your code looks OK.

The most likely reason for it to fail is, as Dan suggested, that it can't find the BMP file. If that's the case, you won't get an error message, but nothing will happen.

Mike


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[thegame8311]

Well in this case I added the image to the project as an other file, so how can i use it then, because it still does not show it?

 

[Mike Lewis]

Even if the image file is in the project, the form still needs to be able to find it in the current path (the default directory or the search path). Adding it to the project won't fix that.

However, if you are building the app into an EXE, then you are right to add the image file to the project. But be sure that it is not excluded (right-click on it, and choose Include; if you can't see Include on the menu, it is already included).

Mike

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[Olaf Doschke]

A refresh of the form also might be helpful, after setting the picture. thisform.refresh().

Bye, Olaf.

 

[thegame8311]

I tried the refresh, did not work

 

[Dan Freeman]

Put the damn full path of the BMP onto the file name and be done with it. If that doesn't work, you have a non-valid BMP file.

If it does work, you're done. The project manager will resolve file locations when you compile.

 

[thegame8311]

Ok, it works for development working, it needs the path, but once the app/exe is built then it uses the file included in the project, now I understand, thanks