Elgin,

Place ".picture=..." after ".stretch=2".

>Well, that stopped the tiling affect. But I can't get it to stretch. I've tried all 3 values of the stretch property, no go.
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>I don't want to have to do this in a form. Any suggestions on what I should check.
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>Thanks
>Elgin
>
>>Wel u can actually put a image object on the screen and set it's width and height property do the screen size and set tthe top and left property to 0 ,0
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>>Here's a rought example
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>>

>>_Screen.addobject("MyBackground","IMAGE")
>>With _Screen.MyBackground
>>.top = 0
>>.left = 0
>>.width = .parent.width
>>.height = .parent.height
>>.picture = "MyBackground.JPG" && just any picture file
>>.stretch = 2 && fit the whole image
>>.visible = .t. && show it on screen
>>EndWith
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>>

>>
>>Hope this helps ..
>>
>>N-Joy !