You use the Add Image to Image Repository wizard to add images to your Image Repository. You can add control images from GIF, PNG, BMP and JPG files.
Calling the Wizard
To call the wizard, do any of the following:
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Select Add Item From File from the Items list’s context menu and then select one or several image files in the Open dialog.
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Select Add Image From File from the Image Strip list’s context menu and then select one or several image files in the Open dialog.
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- Select one or more image files in Windows Explorer or in any other file manager and drag them to the Items list of the Image Set editor.
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- Select one or more image files in Windows Explorer or in any other file manager and drag them to the Image Strip panel of the Image Set editor.
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- Click the Add Image to Image Repository button in the Image Viewer panel.
Depending on how the wizard was invoked (from the Items list or from the Image Strip list) and on the number of image files that were selected in the Open dialog, the wizard may contain one or several pages:
The wizard shows this page if you add several images to the Items list. On the page, you choose whether the images will be associated with a single Image Repository item or multiple items.
Adding or Removing Images and Editing Their Properties
The wizard shows this page if you add several images to the Image Repository. On the page, you can view the list of images to be added, add more images to or remove them from the list and specify parameters for each image.
On the page, you define a region that will be used to recognize the control and specify other recognition parameters.