Sure you can do it programmatically, and even make it different for different pictures (if you set stretch in the control.refresh, for instance)

>I see stretch is part of image control. But I find that sometimes changing
>.stretch in the form designer makes a change but sometimes nothing happens. Is there
> a way to set this programmatically, like
>
>In the init of the form
>ThisForm.Image1.Stretch = 2
>??
>Thanks
>STeve