Name: image

Synonyms: img

Type: object

Syntax: image

Summary:

A <control> that contains a <bitmap|bitmapped> picture.

Introduced: 1.0

OS: mac, windows, linux, ios, android

Platforms: desktop, server, mobile

Example:

hide image "Blinking Star"

Example:

export image ID 9234 to file "Test Image.jpg"

Description:

Use the <image> <object type> to hold photographs, icons, and

decorative elements, and to allow the user to paint.

Each image contains a bitmapped picture, which can either be imported

with the import <command> or created using the <paint tool|paint

tools>. An <image(keyword)> can display either its own data, or a <file>

specified by the <image(object)|image's> <filename> <property>.

An image is contained in a card, group, or background. Images cannot

contain other objects.

>*Note:* Animated GIFs cannot be resized in LiveCode.

References: property (glossary), paint tool (glossary), bitmap (glossary),

command (glossary), object type (glossary), templateImage (keyword),

file (keyword), image (keyword), control (keyword), image (object),

graphic (object), filename (property), imageData (property),

resizeQuality (property)

Tags: objects