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*BackDrop

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*BackDrop

Use

This *Command displays a sprite on the desktop background.

Syntax

*BackDrop [-centre|-scale|-tile|-remove] [filename]

Parameters

-centre Align sprite to centre of desktop
-scale Scale sprite to cover the complete desktop background
-tile Tile sprite across desktop
-remove Remove the current background
filename Valid pathname, specifying a sprite file

Notes

If no filename is specified, the current backdrop’s placing is altered.

If the sprite file contains multiple sprites, then the first sprite will be used.

Revised on January 22, 2010 23:13:14 by Andrew Hodgkinson (6) (127.0.0.1)
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