Picture Property Page

The following options are available when you select Embedded Picture as your picture source:

• Get Picture From: Specifies that you can import a picture file from your computer, scanner, or camera.

  • File: Opens the Select Picture dialog so that you can select a picture from your computer or network.

  • Scanner or Camera: Opens the Scanner and Camera Setup dialog. When you import images from a scanner or camera, you must first set up the device by using the Scanner and Camera Setup dialog. When you do this, BarTender can communicate with the device so that the pictures on the device are available to be selected.

• Edit Picture: Opens the selected picture in your computer's default image editing program. This option is useful if there are specific changes that you want to apply to the image, such as advanced formatting changes that are not available in BarTender.

• Save Picture: Saves any changes that are made to the picture as a new picture file for future use.

• Apply Image Processing Permanently: Saves all picture adjustments, cropping, and effects changes as the new defaults, and then saves the modified image as a new image.

When you click Apply Image Processing Permanently, any changes that you made are locked in and become the new default settings. Therefore, we recommend that you use the Apply Image Processing Permanently option only after all editing is done.

The following options are available when you select External Picture File as your picture source:

• Specify file name: Specifies the path and file name of the image that you want. BarTender adds the image at the specified location on the template or form. Then, if the original picture file changes, BarTender automatically updates the picture that is displayed on the template or form.

• Get file name from database field: Specifies the database field that includes the path and/or file name of the image that you want. If a path is not specified in the database, you can enter it in the Default Path field. BarTender references the specified database field and prints the image that is contained in each database record on your items.

• Get file name from data source: Adds an image that is based on the path and/or file name that is specified on the Data Sources property page. If a path is not specified in the data source, you can enter it in the Default Path field.

The following option is available when you select Binary Database Field as your picture source:

• Field Name: Specifies the database field that contains the binary data that comprises the picture. BarTender references the specified database field and prints the image that is contained in each database record on your items.

The following options are available when you select Data Entry Control as your picture source:

• Control: Displays the data entry controls on the data entry form, including image capture, list box, and dropdown list box controls, that can be linked to the selected picture object. Use this list to select the control that you want.

• Select Sample Picture: Specifies that you can select an image from your computer to show instead of the default picture on your template.

The following options are available when you select Encoded Picture Data as your picture source:

• Encoding: Specifies the type of code to decipher when you add an image to your template.

• Select Sample Picture: Specifies that you can select an image from your computer to convert to Base64.

The following option is available when you select Preview of Template as your picture source:

• Template: Specifies that you can select which template is displayed on the data entry form. All templates that you have created for the current document are available to be selected.