DOC: PictureBox Does Not Display Certain Graphics Files

ID: Q180596

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 5.0, version 1.0

SUMMARY

The Books Online for Windows CE Toolkit states that the PictureBox control can display a graphic picture from a bitmap (.bmp, .dib), icon (.ico, .cur), metafile (.wmf), enhanced metafile (.emf), JPEG (.jpg) or GIF file.

The PictureBox control does not support graphic pictures from icon, metafile, enhanced metafile, JPEG, or GIF files. However, bitmaps (.bmp and .2bp) are displayed successfully.

MORE INFORMATION

This an error in the Books Online Documentation: only the bitmap picture types are supported by the VBCE.

NOTE: This only applies to the PictureBox control in the WinCE Toolkit for Visual Basic 5.0.

REFERENCES

Books Online for Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 5.0

Additional query words: wince vbce vbce5

Keywords : kbToolkit kbVBp kbVBp500 kbWinCE kbWinCE100 kbGrpVB
Version : WINDOWS:1.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug