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*Backdrop

Programmer's Reference Manuals
» Part 17 - *Commands
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» *BackDrop

*BackDrop

Use

The purpose of this *Command is to display 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.

See also

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