Wallpaper desktop my application

[Neil W]

How can I set the wallpaper to a company logo on my application?

I can set this in the config but how can i just make it sit in the middle
of the screen?

look forward to your help!

Neil

[Barbara Peisch]

Set the _Screen.Picture property.

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-BP
www.peisch.com

"Neil W" <neilw@tpgplc.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> How can I set the wallpaper to a company logo on my application?
>
> I can set this in the config but how can i just make it sit in the middle
> of the screen?
>
> look forward to your help!
>
> Neil

[Cindy Winegarden]

Neil,

As Barbara mentioned, _SCREEN.Picture = "MyPicture"

I've done this with a picture that didn't fill up the whole background, and
had to guess/calculate where to put it. Also, the location may change with
different monitor sizes.

Here's what I have:


_SCREEN.BACKCOLOR = 15113676

_SCREEN.ADDOBJECT([MyPic], [Image])
_SCREEN.MyPic.PICTURE = [D:\MyImage.bmp]
_SCREEN.MyPic.TOP = 150
_SCREEN.MyPic.LEFT = 300
_SCREEN.MyPic.VISIBLE = .T.

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Cindy Winegarden

Microsoft Certified Professional, Visual FoxPro
Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP

cindy.winegarden@mvps.org



"Neil W" <neilw@tpgplc.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3a23dc80$1@news.devx.com...
|
| How can I set the wallpaper to a company logo on my application?
|
| I can set this in the config but how can i just make it sit in the middle
| of the screen?
|
| look forward to your help!
|
| Neil

[Rick Bean]

Cindy,
Nice Lilac color <g>. How come you didn't use rgb(200,157,230) instead of
15113676? Do you have any problems with this on systems with a video depth
less than 16M colors?

Rick

"Cindy Winegarden" <cindy.winegarden@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:3a2412b0$1@news.devx.com...
> Neil,
>
> As Barbara mentioned, _SCREEN.Picture = "MyPicture"
>
> I've done this with a picture that didn't fill up the whole background,
and
> had to guess/calculate where to put it. Also, the location may change with
> different monitor sizes.
>
> Here's what I have:
>
>
> _SCREEN.BACKCOLOR = 15113676
>
> _SCREEN.ADDOBJECT([MyPic], [Image])
> _SCREEN.MyPic.PICTURE = [D:\MyImage.bmp]
> _SCREEN.MyPic.TOP = 150
> _SCREEN.MyPic.LEFT = 300
> _SCREEN.MyPic.VISIBLE = .T.
>
> --
>
>
> Cindy Winegarden
>
> Microsoft Certified Professional, Visual FoxPro
> Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP
>
> cindy.winegarden@mvps.org
>
>
>
> "Neil W" <neilw@tpgplc.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:3a23dc80$1@news.devx.com...
> |
> | How can I set the wallpaper to a company logo on my application?
> |
> | I can set this in the config but how can i just make it sit in the
middle
> | of the screen?
> |
> | look forward to your help!
> |
> | Neil
>
>

[Cindy Winegarden]

Rick,

I forget why I used the integer instead of the RGB(). I got the color I
wanted from Windows somehow after playing with the color picker.

This is not really for an app, it's my personal development environment. At
home with a lot of colors it's smooth, at work with 256 colors it looks
"textured" but close to the right color, and of course the .BMP looks more
"pixel-y."

I can't get enough shades of Purple, but I don't inflict that on others, I
stick to Windows colors and let the user choose!

--


Cindy Winegarden

Microsoft Certified Professional, Visual FoxPro
Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP

cindy.winegarden@mvps.org



"Rick Bean" <rgbean@NOSPAMmelange-inc.com> wrote in message
news:3a242b10$1@news.devx.com...
| Cindy,
| Nice Lilac color <g>. How come you didn't use rgb(200,157,230) instead of
| 15113676? Do you have any problems with this on systems with a video depth
| less than 16M colors?
|
| Rick
|
| "Cindy Winegarden" <cindy.winegarden@mvps.org> wrote in message
| news:3a2412b0$1@news.devx.com...
| > Neil,
| >
| > As Barbara mentioned, _SCREEN.Picture = "MyPicture"
| >
| > I've done this with a picture that didn't fill up the whole background,
| and
| > had to guess/calculate where to put it. Also, the location may change
with
| > different monitor sizes.
| >
| > Here's what I have:
| >
| >
| > _SCREEN.BACKCOLOR = 15113676
| >
| > _SCREEN.ADDOBJECT([MyPic], [Image])
| > _SCREEN.MyPic.PICTURE = [D:\MyImage.bmp]
| > _SCREEN.MyPic.TOP = 150
| > _SCREEN.MyPic.LEFT = 300
| > _SCREEN.MyPic.VISIBLE = .T.
| >
| > --
| >
| >
| > Cindy Winegarden
| >
| > Microsoft Certified Professional, Visual FoxPro
| > Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP
| >
| > cindy.winegarden@mvps.org
| >
| >
| >
| > "Neil W" <neilw@tpgplc.co.uk> wrote in message
| > news:3a23dc80$1@news.devx.com...
| > |
| > | How can I set the wallpaper to a company logo on my application?
| > |
| > | I can set this in the config but how can i just make it sit in the
| middle
| > | of the screen?
| > |
| > | look forward to your help!
| > |
| > | Neil
| >
| >
|
|

[John Dobson]

To save guessing where to place the image, you could use the following
technique.

Subclass the image control and then you can use the following code:
_SCREEN.ADDOBJECT("myPic", "imgImage")
--_SCREEN.myPic.PICTURE = "yourpicture.bmp"
_SCREEN.myPic.TOP = (_SCREEN.HEIGHT * .5) -(_SCREEN.myPic.HEIGHT * .5)
_SCREEN.myPic.LEFT = (_SCREEN.WIDTH * .5) -(_SCREEN.myPic.WIDTH * .5)
_SCREEN.myPic.VISIBLE = .T.

HTH

John

"Cindy Winegarden" <cindy.winegarden@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:3a2412b0$1@news.devx.com...
> Neil,
>
> As Barbara mentioned, _SCREEN.Picture = "MyPicture"
>
> I've done this with a picture that didn't fill up the whole background,
and
> had to guess/calculate where to put it. Also, the location may change with
> different monitor sizes.
>
> Here's what I have:
>
>
> _SCREEN.BACKCOLOR = 15113676
>
> _SCREEN.ADDOBJECT([MyPic], [Image])
> _SCREEN.MyPic.PICTURE = [D:\MyImage.bmp]
> _SCREEN.MyPic.TOP = 150
> _SCREEN.MyPic.LEFT = 300
> _SCREEN.MyPic.VISIBLE = .T.
>
> --
>
>
> Cindy Winegarden
>
> Microsoft Certified Professional, Visual FoxPro
> Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP
>
> cindy.winegarden@mvps.org
>
>
>
> "Neil W" <neilw@tpgplc.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:3a23dc80$1@news.devx.com...
> |
> | How can I set the wallpaper to a company logo on my application?
> |
> | I can set this in the config but how can i just make it sit in the
middle
> | of the screen?
> |
> | look forward to your help!
> |
> | Neil
>
>