Modifying a screen's background color or image

A project screen can have either a solid background color or an editable background image.

Selecting a screen's background color

By default, a newly created project screen has a solid white background. To change this background color:

Make sure the screen file is open for editing.
On the Graphics tab of the ribbon, in the Screen group, click Background Color. A standard color picker is displayed as a shortcut menu.
Use the color picker to select a color. The color is applied to the entire project screen.

Tip: If you want to set a background color for only part of a screen, draw a shape object and then send it to the back.

To enable the background image for a screen and then edit it:

Make sure the screen file is open for editing.
On the Graphics tab of the ribbon, in the Screen group, click Attributes.The Screen Attributes dialog is displayed.
Select the Enable Background option. A new BMP file with the same name as the screen is automatically saved in the Screen sub-folder of your project folder (e.g., \project_name\Screen\screen_name.BMP).
Click OK to close the Screen Attributes dialog.
On the Graphics tab of the ribbon, in the Screen group, click Background Image. Microsoft Paint is started and the BMP file is opened for editing.
Use Paint to edit the background image as needed.

To select an existing image file, especially if it's in a format other than BMP:

Copy the image file that you want to use to the Screen sub-folder of your project folder.
In the development application, make sure the screen file is open for editing.
On the Graphics tab of the ribbon, in the Screen group, click Attributes.The Screen Attributes dialog is displayed.
Select the Enable Background option.
Select the Shared Image option, and in the box, type the name of the image file. Do not include the file extension.
In the list to the right of the Enable Background option, select the graphics format of the image file.
Note: Only BMP files are supported in projects developed for Windows Embedded target systems.
Click OK to close the Screen Attributes dialog. If the development application can find and load the specified file, then it will be shown in the screen. If not, then a warning message will be displayed.