How to Create a Wallpaper Effect in Visual FoxPro

ID: Q130408

3.00 WINDOWS

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SUMMARY

In Visual FoxPro, you can easily create a "wallpaper" effect by having a bitmap tiled through a user-defined window or the Visual FoxPro desktop.

To wallpaper the desktop, issue this command:

   _SCREEN.PICTURE = <bitmap file name>

To wallpaper a user-defined window, issue commands similar to these:

   DEFINE WINDOW x FROM 1,1 TO 10,10 FILL FILE <bitmap file name>
   ACTIVATE WINDOW x

To wallpaper a form or page within a form, use the picture property:

   ThisForm.Picture = <bitmap file name>
   ThisForm.PageFrame1.Page1.Picture = <bitmap file name>

To clear the wallpaper from the desktop, issue these commands:

   _SCREEN.PICTURE = ""
   CLEAR

A wallpaper pattern cannot be cleared from a user-defined window.

To clear the wallpaper from a form or page, set the picture property to a null character string:

   ThisForm.Picture = ""
   ThisForm.PageFrame1.Page1 = ""

Additional reference words: 3.00 VFoxWin KBCategory: KBSubcategory: FxprgUdwindow

Keywords          : kbcode FxprgUdwindow 
Version           : 3.00
Platform          : WINDOWS