Image from File

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Image from File

An Image from File element is basically a link to a picture (.gif format) on your hard drive. Once you have dragged the element into you canvas, you have to select the file you want to use. First select the image element, then right click it and choose Edit from the menu. Select a file and click Ok.

To set the image element properties, select the element, right click and choose Properties from the menu that appears.

Tab sheet: Basics

1.	Select the Basics tab sheet.

2.	In the Image name box, you can view and optionally change the name of the image file.

3.	Click Apply.

Tab sheet: Position

Click the Position tab sheet.

- X and Y refer to the left and top side of the element.
- arrow-X and arrow-Y refer to the center of the element.
- Relative Position refers to the position on the window, where the maximum left (X) and top (Y) side of the window refer to 0, and the maximum right (X) and bottom (Y) side of the window refer to 1.
- Offset refers to the amount of pixels from the topleft corner of the window.

2.	Determine the relative position of the left (X) and top (Y) side of the element by typing values between 0 and 1 in the appropriate Relative Position boxes.

3.	Determine the relative position of the center of the element by typing values between 0 and 1 in the appropriate arrow-X and arrow-Y Relative Position boxes.

4.	Determine the size of the element by typing the amount of pixels in the appropriate Offset boxes. Default is the actual image size.

5.	Click Apply.

NOTE: You cannot resize the image in SimQuest. This element has a fixed size. You can move the element on the Canvas by either dragging or by using the Position tab sheet to specify the position. To quickly arrange multiple images in a symmetrical way on your Canvas, consider using the Canvas Tool.