How to Print the Contents of an ImageList Control to a Form

Last reviewed: October 30, 1995
Article ID: Q138537
The information in this article applies to:
  • Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic, 32-bit only, for Windows, version 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows 95
  • Microsoft Windows NT versions 3.51 and 3.52

SUMMARY

Visual Basic 4.0 introduces a new control called the ImageList control that holds an array of pictures or icons. Although this control is primarily used by other controls, such as the TreeView and Toolbar control, that require an image list control, it can be used to simply store pictures for your graphics methods. PaintPicture can be used with the image list control to paint a picture onto a picture box or form. The example in this article demonstrates how to use the image list control as a stand-alone image repository.

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Step-by-Step Example

To create a new application that prints all of the pictures in an image list control to the form, follow these steps:

  1. Place a command button and image list control on a form.

  2. Load the image list control with several images.

  3. Add the following code to the Click event of the command button:

       Private Sub Command1_Click()
           Dim i As Integer
           AutoRedraw = True
           ScaleMode = vbPixels
           With ImageList1
               For i = 1 To .ListImages.Count
                   PaintPicture .ListImages(i).Picture, 0, i * .ImageHeight
               Next i
           End With
       End Sub
    
    

  4. Run the project, and click the command button.


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Last reviewed: October 30, 1995
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