Using this control, you will be able to tile or center a picture in the background of any form, just as you can do in the Windows desktop. You can also set a gradient instead of a picture.

THIS CONTROL HAS BEEN REPLACED AND IMPROVED BY THE AR Form Extender Control.

History:

• 05.04.98, Version 1.0 released.
• 11.05.98, Version 1.01: now you can also have a gradient as the background of your form.
• 25.05.98, Version 1.02: corrected a bug that made the control not update the picture properly when this was set at run-time.

Properties:

• BackgroundType. ShowPicture (0) or ShowGradient (1).
• GradientEndColor. Ending color for the gradient.
• GradientIniColor. Initial color for the gradient.
• GradientOrientation. Top to Bottom (1), Left to Right (2), Bottom to Top (3) or Right to Left (4).
• Picture. This is the picture that you want to use as the background.
• Position. Tile (0) or Center (1).

Methods:

• About. Shows the about box.
• Refresh. This refreshes the background.

VERY IMPORTANT: Set the AutoRedraw property of the form in which you place this control to 'True'.

That's it.

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