Question

I am trying to create an ActiveX OCX in VB6 with a picture property. The picture property sets and gets the picture property of an image in the control. I want the user to be able to select the image during design time.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Answer 1

Just define a property of type IPictureDisp.

Public Property Get Picture() As IPictureDisp
  Set Picture = UserControl.Picture
End Property

Public Property Set Picture(ByVal p As IPictureDisp)
  Set UserControl.Picture = p
  PropertyChanged "Picture"
End Property

Don’t forget to save to/read from the prop bag:

Private Sub UserControl_ReadProperties(PropBag As PropertyBag)
  With PropBag
    ...
    Set Me.Picture = .ReadProperty("Picture", Nothing)
    ...
  End With
End Sub

Private Sub UserControl_WriteProperties(PropBag As PropertyBag)
  With PropBag
    ...
    .WriteProperty "Picture", Me.Picture, Nothing
    ...
  End With
End Sub