I can get one picture to appear in a image control once i click the command button in runtime, but how can i get the other pictures to appear after? Do you have to create multiple image controls so they overlap over the other image?
Could you let me know how i should do this
Don't forget there are both
PictureBox and
Image controls. I don't know which is more appropriate for your situation. Generally speaking, it's better to use an Image control if you can (they use less resources), or a Picturebox if you must (it has extra functionality).
To show a series of images you could either load each of them in turn into a single control, or load them all into separate controls. In the latter case you could do a number of things to control which is visible, including (but probably not limited to)...
- Move them on and off the form as needed. For example, if you move something to negative coordinates (Eg. Image1.Move -50,-50) this will put it above and/or to the left of the visible window. It "exists" but you can't see it (unless it's big enough to overlap the visible area, of course). You can also move it far enough right or down to be off the visible window.
- Turn their .Visible property on and off as needed.
- Use Zorder to move them in front of or behind each other, or some other control(s).
Is that enough ideas to start with?
Note, if you haven't already, I would definitely recommend you look into using control arrays. Like an ordinary array of variables, they are much more convenient to process than individual controls with different names.
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