Loading Images

[WadeD]

Hi, I need to dynamically refresh a number of image controls with different images. From a performance standpoint, I should be using something like an imagelist, but MS says that an imagelist is only for ListView, TreeView, TabStrip, and Toolbar controls. So is there something more efficient than loadpicture("i:\Application Components\Workflows\TmEntry.gif") each time a different image is needed? Any way of loading the images just once and keeping them in memory for reuse?

Thanks in advance.

[Sam Finch]

Dim MyPict As StdPicture

Set MyPict = LoadPictureApp.Path & "\MyBitmap.bmp")

if MyPict is a global variable then you can just go

Set Picture1.Picture = MyPict

whenever you like, even if you set picture1.picture = nothing you still have the picture stored in MyPicture

[Mark Sreeves]

you can use an image list for other things

eg:

Image1.Picture = ImageList1.ListImages(1).Picture

you compile all your images into a resource file and retrieve them when required.

[Zeee]

Yes, you can load pictures once by placing them all in an
imagelist control say, Img1. Then, when accessing the
pictures in the imagelist control for a Picture Box use this

Picture1.picture = Img1.ListImages(<IndexOfPicture>).Picture

where:
<IndexOfPicture> = is the index number of the image stored in the imagelist control.

See? no need to use the LoadPicture function. Hope this helps....

[WadeD]

Thank you all That'll make life easier.

[Chris]

May be you can add all you image into a Resource File and then just pull each image anytime when you need it.

LoadResPicture(index, format)

Where index is your image ID under the Res file and Format is the tyoe of data that you will to retrieve from the Res file.