Setting Image Properties

After you create a new image definition, you can set the image properties.

To set image properties:

  1. Access the Image Properties dialog box.

    If it is not already open, select File, and then Definition Properties.

  2. (Optional) Enter a description on the General tab.

  3. Select the Use tab to view image use properties.

    Field or Control Description

    Image Format

    Specify the main and alternate image formats. The main image format, which appears at runtime, is the format in which the image was imported, such as BMP. The alternate format is the optional image format that you can specify if you want a WBMP image as the main image format that appears at runtime.

    Image URL

    Specify a reference to an image on a web server. This reference can be used as an alternative to storing an image definition in the database after an image definition is saved. When a user opens a page containing a control that is associated with this image definition, the application retrieves the image from the URL rather than from the database. Set up URLs in the URL Maintenance utility (PeopleTools, Utilities, Administration, Maintain URLs ).

    Mirror this image in right-to-left contexts

    Select this property to have the system flip the image horizontally when a language that is read right-to-left (RTL) is in use.

    Pages in languages with an RTL reading order, for example, Arabic, might also display images whose directionality depends on the directionality of the language. For example, an arrow in a margin that points to the text in a left-to-right (LTR) language, such as English, will point to the right; but in an RTL language, the arrow should point to the left.

    Used in Workflow Maps

    Select to filter images that appear in a list box for the Change Icon function for PeopleSoft Workflow designers.