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PROP:PrintMode is a property of a specific IMAGE control (or SYSTEM for all) that specifies how the PROP:ImageBlob property assignment stores images in the BLOB.

A value of 1 indicates that decoded (DIB or BMP) image information is only required to be stored.

A value of 2 indicates that undecoded (native) image information is only required to be stored.

When set to 3, both the original (undecoded) data and the decoded DIB data are available, allowing PROP:ImageBlob to store the image in its native format (such as JPG) in the BLOB, in addition to the decoded DIB data.

**Example:**

| **WinView   WINDOW('View'),AT(0,0,320,200),MDI,MAX,HVSCROLL** |
| **           IMAGE(),AT(0,0,,),USE(?Image)** |
| **           BUTTON('Save Picture'),AT(80,180,60,20),USE(?SavePic)** |
| **           BUTTON('New Picture'),AT(160,180,60,20),USE(?NewPic)** |
| **           BUTTON('Last Picture'),AT(240,180,60,20),USE(?LastPic)** |
| **          END** |
|  |
| **SomeFile  FILE,DRIVER('TopSpeed'),PRE(Fil)   !A file with a memo field** |
| **MyBlob    BLOB,BINARY** |
| **Rec        RECORD** |
| **F1          LONG** |
| **           END** |
| **          END** |
|  |
| **FileName  STRING(64)              !Filename variable** |
|  |
| ** CODE** |
| ** OPEN(SomeFile); OPEN(WinView)** |
| ** DISABLE(?LastPic)** |
| ** IF NOT FILEDIALOG('File to View',FileName,'Images|*.BMP;*.PCX;*.JPG;*.WMF',0)** |
| **  RETURN                               !Return if no file chosen** |
| ** END** |
| ** ****?Image{PROP:PrintMode} = 3            !Setup to store native and DIB formats** |
| ** ?Image{PROP:Text} = FileName** |
| ** ACCEPT** |
| **  CASE ACCEPTED()** |
| **  OF ?NewPic** |
| **   IF NOT FILEDIALOG('File to View',FileName,'Images|*.BMP;*.PCX;*.JPG;*.WMF',0)** |
| **    BREAK** |
| **   END** |
| **   ?Image{PROP:Text} = FileName** |
| **  OF ?SavePic** |
| **   Fil:MyBlob{PROP:Handle} = ?Image{PROP:ImageBlob}   !Put image into BLOB** |
| **   ADD(SomeFile)                                      !and save it to the file on disk** |
| **   ENABLE(?LastPic)                                   !activate Last Picture button** |
| **  OF ?LastPic** |
| **   ?Image{PROP:ImageBlob} = Fil:MyBlob{PROP:Handle}   !Put last saved BLOB into image ** |
| **  END** |
| ** END** |

**See Also:**     [[prop imageblob.htm|PROP:ImageBlob]]