Fitting a picture in an IMAGE or PICTUREBOX...

Hello,
I have some BMPs, JPGs, etc. that my progam "previews". Problem is, is some of the pics are too big to fit in either the IMAGE or PICTUREBOX controls. How can I "fit" the picture, or have the pic automatically scale up or down to "fit" inside the box ?
I am using VB6.
Thanks,

Hi,
If you use the image contol and set its Stretch property to TRUE then any picture you place inside will automatically resized to the image box size.

Hope this helps

Shaun

For scale use the stretch property on the image box.

When using a PictureBox, use PaintPicture. Make a Form with 2 PictureBoxes. Load your image in Picture2 and insert the following code into the Load() event.

Code:

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Private Sub Form_Load()

    'Make Picture2 invisible
    Picture2.Visible = False
    'ReDraw the Picture so it doesn't get cut off
    Picture1.AutoRedraw = True
    'Draw the Picture on to Picture1
    Picture1.PaintPicture Picture2.Picture, 0, 0, Picture1.Width, Picture1.Height
   
End Sub

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...everything seems to be working now, thanks for all the help