Profile Picture from File

Profile Picture - From File

Display an image in a variety of frames.

Function Parameters

f_pbus_profilepicture (unsignedlong ahdc, long ax, long ay, long awidth, long aheight, string aimage, integer aframethickness, string aframetype, string atheme)

Argument	Description
ahdc	Always pass GetPaintDC() in the DW Expression
ax	Always pass GetPaintRectX() in the DW Expression
ay	Always pass GetPaintRectY() in the DW Expression
awidth	Always pass GetPaintRectWidh() in the DW Expression
aheight	Always pass GetPaintRectHeight() in the DW Expression
aimage	The file name of the image to display
aframethickness	The pixel width of the picture frame.
aframetype	The shape of the picture frame. Valid values are "CIRCLE", "SQUARE", "ROUNDEDSQUARE"
atheme	Pass, as a string, the color of the picture frame. Valid values are "BLUE", "OLIVE", "SILVER", "BLACK", "CLASSIC", "PINK", "DEEPBLUE", "PURPLE", "GREEN", "ORANGE", "RED"

Implementation

This control is rendered in a computed field on your dataobject. Start by adding a computed field to your datawindow and give it the width and height that you want. Add an expression to the computed field that will look like this:

//Example 1 - Display image from image file

Paint
(
    if (f_pbus_profilepicture(GetPaintDC(),
                                       GetPaintRectX(),
                                       GetPaintRectY(),
                                       GetPaintRectWidth(),
                                       GetPaintRectHeight(),
                                       "C:/empimages/1011.png" ,
                                       2,
                                       "CIRCLE",
                                       "BLUE"),

"", "Error")
)

For the image file name, you can use a column, computed field, or hard coded value.

Previewing Your Profile Picture

The profile picture control will not render in the painter portion of the datawindow painter. It will display in the preview section of the datawindow painter. To see the control in design time, open the preview panel in the datawindow painter and retrieve a row.