method ListBar.Images (Handle as Variant)
Sets the control's handle image list.

TypeDescription
Handle as Variant The Handle parameter can be:
  • A string expression that specifies the ICO file to add. The ICO file format is an image file format for computer icons in Microsoft Windows. ICO files contain one or more small images at multiple sizes and color depths, such that they may be scaled appropriately. For instance, Images("c:\temp\copy.ico") method adds the sync.ico file to the control's Images collection (string, loads the icon using its path) 
  • A string expression that indicates the BASE64 encoded string that holds the icons list. Use the Exontrol's ExImages tool to save/load your icons as BASE64 encoded format. In this case the string may begin with "gBJJ..." (string, loads icons using base64 encoded string)
  • A reference to a Microsoft ImageList control (mscomctl.ocx, MSComctlLib.ImageList type) that holds the icons to add (object, loads icons from a Microsoft ImageList control)
  • A reference to a Picture (IPictureDisp implementation) that holds the icon to add. For instance, the VB's LoadPicture (Function LoadPicture([FileName], [Size], [ColorDepth], [X], [Y]) As IPictureDisp) or LoadResPicture (Function LoadResPicture(id, restype As Integer) As IPictureDisp) returns a picture object (object, loads icon from a Picture object)
  • A long expression that identifies a handle to an Image List Control ( the Handle should be of HIMAGELIST type ). On 64-bit platforms, the Handle parameter must be a Variant of LongLong / LONG_PTR data type ( signed 64-bit (8-byte) integers ), saved under llVal field, as VT_I8 type. The LONGLONG / LONG_PTR is __int64, a 64-bit integer. For instance, in C++ you can use as Images( COleVariant( (LONG_PTR)hImageList) ) or Images( COleVariant( (LONGLONG)hImageList) ), where hImageList is of HIMAGELIST type. The GetSafeHandle() method of the CImageList gets the HIMAGELIST handle (long, loads icon from HIMAGELIST type)

The control provides an image list window, that's displayed at design time. Use the ShowImageList property to hide the image list window, at design time. At design time, the user can add new icons to the control's Images collection, by dragging icon files, exe files, etc, to the images list window. At runtime, the user can use the Images and ReplaceIcon method to change the Images collection. Use the Image property to assign a picture to a group. Use the Image property to assign a picture to an item. Use the SmallIcons property to specify the size of the icons being displayed. Use the <img> HTML tag to insert icons inside the item's caption, if the CaptionFormat property is exHTML.

 The following VB sample uses the Microsoft Image List control:

ListBar1.Images ImageList1.hImageList

The following VB sample loads a collection of icons from a BASE64 encoded string:

With ListBar1
    Dim s As String
    s = "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"
    s = s + "FphZDEJtT1zp7bd1XasiLB8ld4o8kCRJIACSpRfNKWXd1uH+eaHn8P55necB/kmf5+A+eBnnAH5AH+fADnAB5gAeQAfngAJwACYABkAB5wNCAL8AG2WSozlJAX2AbDJKkoD3xfGWABmWXY8koHgBkGGNDiwE4efwAHhnx8B+y2Fn4HOBn+YJ/6QPaHnGiaAg="
    .BeginUpdate
    .Images s
    With .Groups
        With .Add("Group 1")
            .AddItem "Item 1", 1
            .AddItem "Item 2", 2
        End With
        With .Add("Group 2")
            .AddItem "Item 1", 2
            .AddItem "Item 2", 1
        End With
    End With
    .EndUpdate
End With

The following C++ sample loads a collection of icons from a BASE64 encoded string:

#include "Item.h"
#include "Group.h"
#include "Groups.h"
COleVariant vtMissing; V_VT( &vtMissing ) = VT_ERROR;
CString s("gBJJgBAIEAAGAEGCAAhb/hz/EIAh8Tf5CJo2AEZjQAjEZFEaIEaEEaAIAkcbk0olUrlktl0vmExmUzmk1m03nE5nU7nk9n0/oFBoVDolFo1HpFJpVLplNp1PqFRqVTqlVq1XrFZrVbrldr1fsFhsVjslls1ntFptVrtltt1vuFxuVzul1u13vF5vV7vl9v1/wGBvqAQEZwmCpmEwrAxlVh9dxjAiUOyb/AGHp2YjWPx9kx+KAGR0ON0VIzmU0+WluUomY1OV0eS0Wa1uF0Gd1G51VX1+g0Wzw++xuO3dG0WP3+k5WS2+U2k65uqyml3UZ6tM1+f4PbxeN7Xd2XDmedjfT8Wb4uw3GW8ky13V5HL2OXw/Z52F9229+wyf0/TCvs9jWJ/AL/Pm+LJQRAzkskmj2v48r0tA6L1QGmTjvM8MNPnCkCwYlrQP7BUQurCb9wLBz4Pu8DYQwy0XQ47iYtelEBvw9EBRzA0RQtED8Q8+TgQA6sPw+lkKR46TLRNIcdOFBsephAsntgzDMRhGEaJfLTrRW/kVSc+sopXLEgvlDswPm0sttZEsZSTA0SR0nDesPMrmPxK75RRNkdQfOUKznNMQvHIkzTxJsWvOnTr0bJcZPW+b+zpL0izPPNMS7P0xpdPixTrRNQTU+Sa0dL8wv/Lqg0tDcPytH7ro059SzTAsHqpUVbQynNI17Ns5qPVlRzww0bpXV6fV09KuO/QKWzXAlBWAqVhOBYtrvpbFZp5Liy27BTTV+yF");
s = s + "FphZDEJtT1zp7bd1XasiLB8ld4o8kCRJIACSpRfNKWXd1uH+eaHn8P55necB/kmf5+A+eBnnAH5AH+fADnAB5gAeQAfngAJwACYABkAB5wNCAL8AG2WSozlJAX2AbDJKkoD3xfGWABmWXY8koHgBkGGNDiwE4efwAHhnx8B+y2Fn4HOBn+YJ/6QPaHnGiaAg=";
m_listbar.BeginUpdate();
CGroups groups = m_listbar.GetGroups();
m_listbar.Images(COleVariant(s));
CGroup group1 = groups.Add( "Group 1" );
group1.AddItem( "Item 1", COleVariant(long(1)) );
group1.AddItem( "Item 2", COleVariant(long(2)) );
CGroup group2 = groups.Add( "Group 2" );
group2.AddItem( "Item 1", COleVariant(long(3)) );
group2.AddItem( "Item 2", COleVariant(long(4)) );
m_listbar.EndUpdate();

The following VB.NET sample loads a collection of icons from a BASE64 encoded string:

With AxListBar1
    Dim s As String = "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"
    s = s + "FphZDEJtT1zp7bd1XasiLB8ld4o8kCRJIACSpRfNKWXd1uH+eaHn8P55necB/kmf5+A+eBnnAH5AH+fADnAB5gAeQAfngAJwACYABkAB5wNCAL8AG2WSozlJAX2AbDJKkoD3xfGWABmWXY8koHgBkGGNDiwE4efwAHhnx8B+y2Fn4HOBn+YJ/6QPaHnGiaAg="
    .BeginUpdate()
    .Images(s)
    With .Groups
        With .Add("Group 1")
            .AddItem("Item 1", 1)
            .AddItem("Item 2", 2)
        End With
        With .Add("Group 2")
            .AddItem("Item 1", 3)
            .AddItem("Item 2", 4)
        End With
    End With
    .EndUpdate()
End With

The following C# sample loads a collection of icons from a BASE64 encoded string:

String s= "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";
s = s + "FphZDEJtT1zp7bd1XasiLB8ld4o8kCRJIACSpRfNKWXd1uH+eaHn8P55necB/kmf5+A+eBnnAH5AH+fADnAB5gAeQAfngAJwACYABkAB5wNCAL8AG2WSozlJAX2AbDJKkoD3xfGWABmWXY8koHgBkGGNDiwE4efwAHhnx8B+y2Fn4HOBn+YJ/6QPaHnGiaAg=";
axListBar1.BeginUpdate();
axListBar1.Images(s);
EXLISTBARLib.Group group1 = axListBar1.Groups.Add("Group 1");
group1.AddItem("Item 1", 1);
group1.AddItem("Item 2", 2);
EXLISTBARLib.Group group2 = axListBar1.Groups.Add("Group 2");
group2.AddItem("Item 1", 3);
group2.AddItem("Item 2", 4);
axListBar1.EndUpdate();

The following VFP sample loads a collection of icons from a BASE64 encoded string:

With thisform.ListBar1
	local s
    .BeginUpdate()
   	s = "gBJJgBAIEAAJAEGCAAhb/hz/EIAh8Tf5CJo2AEZjQAjEZFEaIEaGEaAIAEEbjMjlErlktl0vmExmUzmk1m03nE5nU7nk9n0/oFBoVDolFo1HpFJpVLplNp1PqFRqVTqlVq1XrFZrVbrldr1fsFhsVjslls1ntFptVrtltt1vuFxuVzul1u13vF5vV7vl9v1/wGBwWDwm"
	s = s + "Fw2HxGJxWLxmNx2PyGRyWTymVy2XzGZzWbzmdz2f0Gh0Wj0ml02npqAQEZ1WojWq1bA2VWh9e2TAiUO3L/AGtp++jW12tl2uwAG34+z5FJ4W65u8l26ou+5+75O45HA6er43D53f6FY6vG5HZ1vk2e08NH5G18vK+G47u67U7+fQ3XL8EZ/dN6rivPALYtnAEBuw9KaO"
	s = s + "Gjb8wQ4L1us7zeQUmbqP29z4uu3rWv++jVwo7kKus3MNRA1cOQk6SgRPEkMwu3EXRY97cJrCcRQXB7jPvCEUpm9sGQPIEMx1FcZJc40RxhI79xzEMVxpC0OwM60fN5KkhQEmTqpRFMPQdFEvxZJEeSND0iQw80TP3IsipbHUxPw3kmTTMD0RnMaYxXOrrN830rStLSYU"
	s = s + "A/koxFKE6Q3O6WT9M8MSHQ0MuXQLpSXLE3xZJUwJy8bW0W+UPT7DEnUlMEa0xHdM0fI8EzVRlPTnKcGp2/tZzjLEIwzEdNUJNdG0/X1B1JRKX1EsdN1fY1IQwm1aULQ8S0GoVeSDIs+TK/rXy6nEV23YSpWRbkq1jJ84WbcsaqLaVk081lspXaqf3AsUC1Ol1IxVVFMq"
	s = s + "pdLzXZfsNX8+qfUEs2Bxg5lJwerN7Jld7LWIz2Atc0qLB8lmKo8kCRJIACSo2QGO11hOJM2hx5oefw/nmd5wH+SZ/n4D54GecAfkAf58AOcAHmAB5AB+eAAnAAJgAGQAHnA44Aw8AbsaUjOnY+jQBtYkqSgPjmOajq+p6GkoHgBouYuPnYE5ofwAHhsR8B+3mYH4HOUH"
	s = s + "+YJ/7YPaHnGiaAg="
    With .Groups
        With .Add("Group 1")
            .AddItem("Item 1",1)
            .AddItem("Item 2",2)
        EndWith
        With .Add("Group 2")
            .AddItem("Item 1",3)
            .AddItem("Item 2",4)
        EndWith
    EndWith
    .EndUpdate()
EndWith

The following Template sample loads a collection of icons from a BASE64 encoded string:

BeginUpdate
Images("gBJJgBAIEAAJAEGCAAhb/hz/EIAh8Tf5CJo2AEZjQAjEZFEaIEaGEaAIAEEbjMjlErlktl0vmExmUzmk1m03nE5nU7nk9n0/oFBoVDolFo1HpFJpVLplNp1PqFRqVTqlVq1XrFZrVbrldr1fsFhsVjslls1ntFptVrtltt1vuFxuVzul1u13vF5vV7vl9v1/wGBwWDwmFw2HxGJxWLxmNx2PyGRyWTymVy2XzGZzWbzmdz2f0Gh0Wj0ml02npqAQEZ1WojWq1bA2VWh9e2TAiUO3L/AGtp++jW12tl2uwAG34+z5FJ4W65u8l26ou+5+75O45HA6er43D53f6FY6vG5HZ1vk2e08NH5G18vK+G47u67U7+fQ3XL8EZ/dN6rivPALYtnAEBuw9KaOGjb8wQ4L1us7zeQUmbqP29z4uu3rWv++jVwo7kKus3MNRA1cOQk6SgRPEkMwu3EXRY97cJrCcRQXB7jPvCEUpm9sGQPIEMx1FcZJc40RxhI79xzEMVxpC0OwM60fN5KkhQEmTqpRFMPQdFEvxZJEeSND0iQw80TP3IsipbHUxPw3kmTTMD0RnMaYxXOrrN830rStLSYUA/koxFKE6Q3O6WT9M8MSHQ0MuXQLpSXLE3xZJUwJy8bW0W+UPT7DEnUlMEa0xHdM0fI8EzVRlPTnKcGp2/tZzjLEIwzEdNUJNdG0/X1B1JRKX1EsdN1fY1IQwm1aULQ8S0GoVeSDIs+TK/rXy6nEV23YSpWRbkq1jJ84WbcsaqLaVk081lspXaqf3AsUC1Ol1IxVVFMqpdLzXZfsNX8+qfUEs2Bxg5lJwerN7Jld7LWIz2Atc0qLB8lmKo8kCRJIACSo2QGO11hOJM2hx5oefw/nmd5wH+SZ/n4D54GecAfkAf58AOcAHmAB5AB+eAAnAAJgAGQAHnA44Aw8AbsaUjOnY+jQBtYkqSgPjmOajq+p6GkoHgBouYuPnYE5ofwAHhsR8B+3mYH4HOUH+YJ/7YPaHnGiaAg=")
Groups
{
	"Group 1"
	{
		AddItem("Item 1",1)
		AddItem("Item 2",2)
	}
	"Group 2"
	{
		AddItem("Item 1",3)
		AddItem("Item 2",4)
	}
}
EndUpdate