Bitmap – PB Docs 2022

Description

Displays the specified image file.

Syntax

Return value

The special datatype bitmap, which cannot be used in any other
function.

Usage

Use Bitmap to dynamically display an image file in a computed field.
When string is a column containing image files, a different image can
display for each row.

Examples

These examples are all expressions for a computed field.

This expression dynamically displays the image file contained in the
column named employees:

If the employees column is column 3, this next expression gives the
same result as the expression above:

This expression displays the tools.bmp file:

If the image file has no file extension, the method will check
whether the file is a valid image file (a BMP, GIF, JPEG, RLE, or WMF
file). For example, this expression displays the person file if it is a
valid image file.

This expression tests the value in the column named password and
then uses the value to determine which image to display:

See also

Example 3: creating a row
indicator