image

A control that contains a bitmap picture.

# Metadata

Platforms: desktop, server, mobile OS: mac, windows, linux, ios, android Introduced: 1.0 Security:

# Syntax

image

# Examples

hide image "Blinking Star"

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 tools. An image can display either its own data, or a file specified by the image 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.

# Tags

objects,

# See

- **keyword:** templateImage, file, image, control - **property:** filename, imageData, resizeQuality - **object:** image, graphic - **glossary:** property, paint tool, bitmap, command, object type