ShowBitmap()

Displays a Windows bitmap file in a window.

action = ShowBitmap(string filename, array options)

Argument	Contents
filename	The complete path and file name of a Windows bitmap file

Option	Type	Contents
UserClick	Boolean	If "True" the window closes as soon as a user clicks on it. If "False" a click has no effect
CloseAfter	Integer	Number of seconds after which the window closes automatically
StartupClose	Boolean	If "True" the bitmap is used as an application title screen. See below
Borders	Boolean	If "True" ShowBitmap() displays the bitmap with borders and a title bar
Title	String	The title of the bitmap window (Borders must be "True")
Wait	Boolean	Whether ShowBitmap() waits until the window closes or returns immediately
Position	Integer, integer	The horizontal and vertical positions of the window, as a percentage of the program window (if Borders is "True") or of the desktop (if Borders is "False")

A string that indicates the key pressed by the user to close the window.

Return value	Returned when
null	The Wait option is "False"
Home	The user presses the Home key
End	The user presses the End key
Escape	The user presses the Esc key
Help	The user presses the F1 key
Previous	The user presses the left or up arrow keys
Next	The user presses the right or down arrow keys, or closes the window by clicking on it with the mouse

ShowBitmap() can be used to create slide shows.
The UserClick option defaults to "True".
The Wait option defaults to "False" unless the UserClick option is "True" and no other options are specified.
The Wait option should not be specified with the StartupClose option.
The StartupClose option can be used to create a title screen display for a custom application. While the bitmap is displayed, other macro initialization continues. When initialization is complete, the bitmap window is closed automatically.

ShowBitmap("mytitle.bmp", {{"CloseAfter", 10}})

Error Type	Meaning
NotFound	The bitmap window cannot be opened

Function	Summary
ShowMessage()	Shows a message in a standard Windows message box