• to display an existing image or icon,
• to create a new image or a new icon.

Displaying an existing image

• use the "Images" pane found in the editor of WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile. This pane lists the images found in the directory of current project (or in the _WEB directory for a WEBDEV project). You can also open an image located on the disk. See The "Images" pane for more details.
• use the popup menu of control displaying the image:
  • Display the popup menu of control (Image or Button control for example).
  • Select the option "Edit the image".
• use the description window of control: select "Edit the image" from the popup menu of path of Image file ("General" tab). use the description window of control: In the "General" tab, expand on the right of image path and select "Edit the image" .

Creating an image (or an icon)

• use the "Images" pane found in the editor of WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile. See The "Images" pane for more details.
• use the window for creating a new element:
  1. Click among the quick access buttons.
  2. In the window that is displayed, click "Workshop" then "Image".
  3. A window used to define the image to create is displayed. You can create:
     • a blank image or an image based on an image found in the image catalog.
       
     • a blank icon or an icon based on an icon found in the image catalog.
       
  4. Validate. If necessary, choose the base image and its characteristics in the image catalog.
  5. A new image appears in the image editor.

Saving a modified image

An image modified in the image editor can be saved via the icon found in the ribbon.

• If the image contains no layer (simple image directly modified or flattened image), the image is automatically saved in its initial format with the same name. Therefore, the existing image is directly modified (and updated in your windows, reports, ... that use this image).
• If the image contains at least one layer, the image can be saved in different formats:
  
  • Image in PNG format only. The layers will be lost.
  • Image in PNG and WDPIC format. The name of the WDPIC image file is in the following format: initialimagename.initialextension.wdpic. The image in WDPIC format contains the description of all layers and the description of all modifications performed on the initial image. The initial image is not modified. When loading an image in the image editor, if this image has an equivalent in WDPIC format, the .wdpic file is automatically loaded in the image editor.
  • Image in WDPIC format only.
    In this case, the initial image is not modified.
    The image in WDPIC format can be associated with the different elements of your projects, like any other image format.

Saving a new image or icon

If the image editor allowed you to create an image or an icon, the icon found in the ribbon is used to save this image or icon. The backup window of a project element is displayed and it proposes to save:

• the image in "wdpic" format by default.
• the icon in "ico" format by default.