How to Print the Contents of an ImageList Control to a Form

• Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic, 32-bit only, for Windows, version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows 95
• Microsoft Windows NT versions 3.51 and 3.52

SUMMARY

Visual Basic 4.0 introduces a new control called the ImageList control that holds an array of pictures or icons. Although this control is primarily used by other controls, such as the TreeView and Toolbar control, that require an image list control, it can be used to simply store pictures for your graphics methods. PaintPicture can be used with the image list control to paint a picture onto a picture box or form. The example in this article demonstrates how to use the image list control as a stand-alone image repository.

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Step-by-Step Example

To create a new application that prints all of the pictures in an image list control to the form, follow these steps:

1. Place a command button and image list control on a form.

2. Load the image list control with several images.

3. Add the following code to the Click event of the command button:

      Private Sub Command1_Click()
          Dim i As Integer
          AutoRedraw = True
          ScaleMode = vbPixels
          With ImageList1
              For i = 1 To .ListImages.Count
                  PaintPicture .ListImages(i).Picture, 0, i * .ImageHeight
              Next i
          End With
      End Sub
   
   

4. Run the project, and click the command button.