Class XbpIcon() Foundation
Class function of the XbpIcon class.
Description
The XbpIcon class provides objects which can display and manage graphic images defined in icon files. Icon files must be linked to the EXE file using the resource compiler in order for the icon to be loaded using the :load() method of the XbpIcon object.
Class methods
:new()
Creates an instance of the XbpIcon class.
:create()
Requests system resources for the XbpIcon object.
:configure()
Reconfigures the XbpIcon object after :create() has been executed.
:destroy()
Releases the system resources of the XbpIcon object.
Manipulation
:draw()
Displays an icon.
:load()
Loads an icon from a resource file linked to the executable file.
:loadFile()
Loads an icon file from disk
:saveFile()
Saves an icon in a file.
:getIPicture()
Returns the icon as an IPicture automation object.
:getBitmap()
Returns the icon image as an XbpBitmap object.
:setIPicture()
Initializes the icon through an IPicture automation object.
Examples
// This example demonstrates the basic process of creating
// icons and displaying them in a window. The icon is
// loaded and displayed using the resource ID 10. At the
// end of the example code, an example of a resource file
// containing the icon as a resource is shown.
PROCEDURE Main
LOCAL oIcon, oPS
SetColor( "N/W" )
CLS
oPS := SetAppWindow():presSpace()
oIcon:= XbpIcon():new():create()
oIcon:load( NIL, 10 )
oIcon:draw( oPS, {50,50} )
WAIT
RETURN
/* Resource file containing the icon declaration
TEST.ARC
*/
ICON 1 = "XPPPMT.ICO"
POINTER 2 = "XPPPOINT.PTR"
ICON 10 = "DATABASE.ICO"
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