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You can use images to improve the appearance and usability of WebFOCUS Maintain applications. This section explains how to:
WebFOCUS Maintain opens the Image Source dialog box, as shown in the following image.
WebFOCUS Maintain opens the Resource Wizard so that you can define this image as a resource in your project.
Note: Spiralbg.gif is one of the sample Tutorial files that was placed on your hard drive at installation. It should be located in \ibi\apps\Maintain\images.
WebFOCUS Maintain displays a dialog box informing you that a copy of this file must be created in the project directory.
You return to the Image Source dialog box, where your image is now selected as the background image, as shown in the following image.
Your form resembles the following:
You may need to move the controls on your form to the right so that they are not overlapping the spiral. In the Edit menu, click Select all and move them.
If you recall, Spiralbg was a short, wide image, but in your form it seems to take up the entire left side. Spiralbg is being tiled, that is, displaying multiple copies of itself. If you want a repetitive design on your form, it is better to use a small image and tile it instead of using a large image with the full picture you want. This conserves memory and ensures that the image looks good no matter how big or small the window of the end user is.
The Image Source dialog box automatically tiled Spiralbg by selecting 0 - Full in the Tiling style list.
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WebFOCUS Maintain has now added this graphic to your project.
Create a Graphics folder to display all of the graphics you add to the project.
Now that WebFOCUS Maintain has added Spiralbg to the FanClub project, it now knows where to find this image and you can easily add it to other forms in your project. Add it to ShowFan.
WebFOCUS Maintain adds the Graphics folder to the folders under FanClub. If you open it, you see Spiralbg.
WebFOCUS Maintain opens the Image Source dialog box.
Note: Use your rulers to determine how much room to leave at the top. If your rulers are not visible, select Rulers from the View menu or click the Toggle rulers button on the Layout toolbar.
WebFOCUS Maintain opens the Image Source dialog box.
Your form resembles the following:
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