Background Image on MDI Form

[Jagjit]

Hi

How to display Background Image on MDI form & expand according to form size

Thanks

[The trick]

PictureBox has a property "Align", use it.

[LaVolpe]

And then respond to the picturebox Resize event so you can redraw (PaintPicture) it to the new size as the MDI grows/shrinks

[DataMiser]

One option I have used in the past is to use a WMF file for the background. If memory serves these will auto scale when used as the background image.

[IkkeEnGij]

indeed, if the picture property of a form is a .WMF, it will fill the forms background

[LaVolpe]

And if non-proportional scaling is not a problem and WMF is not the image format, one could easily use a image control with Stretch property set to true within the picturebox. On the resize event, set the image control width/height to same as picbox's ScaleWidth/ScaleHeight or use PaintPicture, or the .Render method of the image. A few choices exist

[gibra]

Hi

How to display Background Image on MDI form & expand according to form size

Thanks

VB Helper: HowTo: Give an MDIForm a resizing background picture
http://www.vb-helper.com/howto_mdi_b...d_picture.html


If you want center image, replace this line:

picStretched.PaintPicture picOriginal.Picture, 0, 0, picStretched.ScaleWidth, _
    picStretched.ScaleHeight, 0, 0, picOriginal.ScaleWidth, picOriginal.ScaleHeight

with this code:

Rem Center Image
Dim x As Long, y As Long
x = (ScaleWidth - picOriginal.Width) / 2
y = (ScaleHeight - picOriginal.Height) / 2
picStretched.PaintPicture picOriginal.Picture, x, y, picOriginal.Width, _
    picOriginal.Height, 0, 0, picOriginal.ScaleWidth, picOriginal.ScaleHeight