Visual Basic Reference
SavePicture Statement
See Also Example
Saves a graphic from the Picture or Image property of an object or control (if one is associated with it) to a file.
Syntax
SavePicture picture, stringexpression
The SavePicture statement syntax has these parts:
| Part | Description |
| picture | Picture or Image control from which the graphics file is to be created. |
| stringexpression | Filename of the graphics file to save. |
Remarks
If a graphic was loaded from a file to the Picture property of an object, either at design time or at run time, and its a bitmap, icon, metafile, or enhanced metafile, it's saved using the same format as the original file. If it is a GIF or JPEG file, it is saved as a bitmap file.
Graphics in an Image property are always saved as bitmap (.bmp) files regardless of their original format.