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hello there
does anyone know how i can tile a picture as a bacground for a form, the picture might be small, but i either want to stretch it or tile it all over the form

To tile a picture:

Code:

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Private Declare Function BitBlt Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hDestDC As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, ByVal nWidth As Long, ByVal nHeight As Long, ByVal hSrcDC As Long, ByVal xSrc As Long, ByVal ySrc As Long, ByVal dwRop As Long) As Long

Private Sub Form_Load()
    AutoRedraw = True
    Picture1.AutoRedraw = True
    ScaleMode = 3
   
    For x = 0 To Width Step Picture1.Width
        For y = 0 To Height Step Picture1.Height
            DoEvents
            BitBlt hDC, x, y, Picture1.Width, Picture1.Height, Picture1.hDC, 0, 0, vbSrcCopy
            Form1.Refresh
        Next y
    Next x
End Sub

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Or:

Code:

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Private Declare Function BitBlt Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hDestDC As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, ByVal nWidth As Long, ByVal nHeight As Long, ByVal hSrcDC As Long, ByVal xSrc As Long, ByVal ySrc As Long, ByVal dwRop As Long) As Long

Private Sub Form_Load()
    ScaleMode = 3
    Picture1.AutoRedraw = True
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Paint()
    For x = 0 To Width Step Picture1.Width
        For y = 0 To Height Step Picture1.Height
            DoEvents
            BitBlt hDC, x, y, Picture1.Width, Picture1.Height, Picture1.hDC, 0, 0, vbSrcCopy
        Next y
    Next x
End Sub

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And to stretch it.

Code:

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Private Sub Form_Load()
    AutoRedraw = True
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Resize()
    PaintPicture Picture1, 0, 0, Width, Height
End Sub

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thx a lot megatron, thats just exactly what i was looking for