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V19.1

Image Editing Menu

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PictureEdit and ImageEdit editors are used to display images stored as bitmap, metafile, icon, JPEG, GIF or PNG files, or image types stored within a data field. Both editors provide a built-in image editing context menu. This menu can be used to perform common operations such as copying, pasting, loading and saving images. The menu is shown in the image below.

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To invoke the context menu, an end-user must right-click the editor. The list below briefly describes each menu item.

  • Cut - removes the image from the editor and copies it to the Clipboard.
  • Copy - copies the image to the Clipboard.
  • Paste - pastes the image from the Clipboard to the editor.
  • Delete - removes the image from the editor.
  • Load - invokes the Open dialog, which allows you to select an image file to display within the editor.
  • Save - invokes the Save dialog, which allows you to save the image displayed within the editor.
  • Zoom-related menu commands are available in the PictureEdit control. These commands can be enabled via the RepositoryItemPictureEdit.ShowZoomSubMenu option.

A custom (user defined) menu can be substituted for the built-in context menu by creating a ContextMenu component and assigning it to the editor’s RepositoryItem.ContextMenu property.

Note

The built-in menu’s availability is specified by the RepositoryItemImageEdit.ShowMenu and RepositoryItemPictureEdit.ShowMenu properties (for ImageEdit and PictureEdit respectively).