B4J Question ImageView.SetImage sets a new image object?

[KMatle]

Today I mentioned that

ItemImageIV.SetImage(fx.LoadImage(File.GetFileParent(FileImg), File.GetName(FileImg)))

and

Dim img as image
img=fx.LoadImage(File.GetFileParent(FileImg), File.GetName(FileImg))
ItemImageIV.SetImage(img)

is NOT the same.

It seems that in #2 the img object replaces the IV's internal image object, #1 just loads the image into it. I had some trouble because the IV's image was not visible updating in some cases.

I was expecting the method .SetImage() just to load the given image and not the object Am I wrong here?

 

[Erel]

Note that you can write:

ItemImageIV.SetImage(fx.LoadImage(FileImg, ""))

Can you upload an example that demonstrates the difference?

 

[derez]

For an ImageView, in GetImage the definition is:

But SetImage is only for Set.

Was it not meant to be .Image (without get or set), one method for both ?

 

[Erel]

I will fix the documentation. It was meant to be a property but due to a technical issue it was later split into two methods.

 

[jmon]

I was expecting the method .SetImage() just to load the given image and not the object

I think in both cases setImage loads and object, the difference is that in your second example you can reuse the same image (img) for another purpose. Javafx is well built and can reuse instances of the same object in multiple controls.