Saving background image settings

[billgate128]

[boops boops]

Hi Billgate, welcome to the forum. This is a fast-moving forum so messages sometimes slip off the front page rather quickly.

You need to look at Settings. Right click on the project name in Solution Explorer and select Properties from the menu. Then click the Settings tab. Now add a setting to the table. Fill in a name (e.g. FormBackground), the type =String, scope = User, and the path/filename of an image file (e.g. C:\Pictures\Sky.jpg).

Now you can code your form's Load event sub.

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Me.BackgroundImage = Image.FromFile(My.Settings.FormBackground)
    End Sub

Finally, add this line to the MouseClick sub:

My.Settings.FormBackground = image file

and fill in the path and filename of the chosen background image.

bye, BB

[jmcilhinney]

One point to note about boops' solution is that it relies on the image file being in the same place next time you start up. If you don't want to rely on the user not moving or deleting the file, you might want to copy it to the Application Data folder and then access it from there. This is what Windows does with wallpaper.

[whattan00b]

One point to note about boops' solution is that it relies on the image file being in the same place next time you start up. If you don't want to rely on the user not moving or deleting the file, you might want to copy it to the Application Data folder and then access it from there. This is what Windows does with wallpaper.

Good call!
Also you might want to add an IF THEN statement to.
I did this for a program I wrote so that the user can select their own picture and if it is deleted, to VB meaning non existent then it will use it's default background.

Here is a snippet:

        On Error GoTo erbg
        If My.Settings.SaveBG = Nothing Then GoTo vend Else GoTo gb
        GoTo vend
erbg:
        MsgBox("Your personal backround picture has either changed or has been moved. The default background will be used.", , "Error getting background picture.")
        GoTo vend

gb:
        Me.BackgroundImage = Image.FromFile(My.Settings.SaveBG)
vend:

    End Sub