Picture

What Is It?

The picture player is a single image that can be a GIF or JPEG file.

A picture player is scrollable and visible.

Why Use It?

Any single image graphic should be placed in a picture player. Picture players have the unique ability to tile over an area, to scroll, and to reload new data from the network.

How to Create It

To create a picture player, go to the Players toolbar and click on Picture. A new picture player appears in the Players window, already selected. You will now:

  1. Select the image associated with the picture player.
  2. Set the picture player properties.

Selecting the Picture Image

To specify the image associated with a picture player:

  1. Right-click on the picture player, and choose Data...
  2. In the Open window, locate your graphics folder and view the list of file names.
  3. Click on a file to view a small corresponding image on the right.
  4. To select a file, click on the plus (+) sign under category Bitmap.
  5. If you also have an alpha channel file, include it by highlighting the name and clicking on the plus (+) sign under category Mask.
  6. Click Done to close the window.

The image you chose now appears within the picture player in the Players window.

Setting the Picture Properties

To set the properties for the picture, go to the toolbar and click on the Properties button. In the window, set the picture properties as follows:

Property Purpose
SMOOTH  Smooths the edges of a transparent GIF. You cannot use SMOOTH on players with alpha channel masks.
SCALETOFIT Automatically resizes and reshapes the image to fit into the RECT.
TILED Tiles a small image across the entire length and width of your player.
BLEND Blends the player with the image underneath it. The value 100 keeps the image totally opaque; 0 makes it totally transparent.
PRELOAD Loads all the data for the picture before the mbedlet starts.

A picture player also has scrollable properties and visible properties.



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