What are the differences between Picture control and Image control

Hello, friend,

When I assign a StdPicture to a Picture box or an Image box, both work fine.
So, I just wonder what are the differences between these two controls? Any
ideas, reference papers?

Thanks a lot.

Image:
- no hwnd or hdc for image manipulation
- lightweight control - little resources used
- stretch property
- no drawing or printing ability (printing to the image contained therein)
- no OLE drag/drop
- can not act as a container control
- no autosize

Picture:
- hwnd & hdc
- heavy-weight control
- autosize property
- OLE drag/drop support
- supports drawing and printing methods
- ability to turn off caching of the image (autoredraw)

Probably others as well. The hwnd/hdc and container aspects make the picture
box a more versatile control, but bulky mem wise if loading many, especially
large images.  Image controls could be thought of like labels for pictures.
And don't forget the picclip control -- no UI but handy in its own right.

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Randy Birch
MS MVP Visual Basic
http://vbnet.mvps.org/
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"Andrew" <Andrew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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: Hello, friend,
:
: When I assign a StdPicture to a Picture box or an Image box, both work
fine.
: So, I just wonder what are the differences between these two controls? Any
: ideas, reference papers?
:
: Thanks a lot.