NSImageMBS.accessibilityDescription as string

A short localized string that does not include the name of the interface element.

This description will be used automatically by interface elements that display images. Like all accessibility descriptions, the string should be a short localized string that does not include the name of the interface element. For instance, "delete" rather than "delete button".
(Read and Write property)

NSImageMBS.backgroundColor as NSColorMBS

The background color of the image. The default color is transparent, as returned by the clearColor method of NSColor.
The background color is visible only if the drawn image representation does not completely cover all of the pixels available for the image's current size.

The value of this variant must be an object of class NSColorMBS.
(Read and Write property)

NSImageMBS.cacheDepthMatchesImageDepth as Boolean

Returns true if the offscreen window caches use the same bit depth as the image data; otherwise, false. The default value is false.
(Read and Write property)

NSImageMBS.cacheMode as Integer

The caching mode determines when the receiver's image representations use offscreen caches. Offscreen caches speed up rendering time but do so by using extra memory. In the default caching mode (NSImageCacheDefault), each image representation chooses the caching technique that produces the fastest drawing times. For example, in the default mode, the NSPDFImageRep and NSEPSImageRep classes use the NSImageCacheAlways mode but the NSBitmapImageRep class uses the NSImageCacheBySize mode.
(Read and Write property)

NSImageMBS.EXIFData as Dictionary

(Read only property)

NSImageMBS.Handle as Integer

(Read and Write property)

NSImageMBS.height as Double

If no size has been set and the size cannot be determined from any of the receiver's image representations.
(Read only property)

NSImageMBS.isCachedSeparately as Boolean

Returns true if the image representations cache their content in separate offscreen windows; otherwise, false. The default value is false.

Discussion:
If this method returns false, it means that the image may be cached in a shared window but is not required to be. Images are cached in a shared window if they have the same general attributes, such as color space, resolution, and bit depth.
(Read and Write property)

NSImageMBS.isDataRetained as Boolean

Returns true if the image retains its source data; otherwise, false. The default value is false with some exceptions, which are covered in the discussion.
(Read and Write property)

NSImageMBS.isFlipped as Boolean

Returns true if the image's coordinate system is flipped; otherwise, false. The default is false.
(Read and Write property)

NSImageMBS.isTemplate as Boolean

Var ActionGearTemplate as string // content of PDF file
Var Image as New NSImageMBS( ActionGearTemplate )
Image.setSize( 14,14 )
Image.IsTemplate = true

Value is true if the image is a template image; otherwise, false.
Template images consist of black and clear colors (and an alpha channel). Template images are not intended to be used as standalone images and are usually mixed with other content to create the desired final appearance.
Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.
Assigning value to istemplate, will internally call setTemplate.
(Read and Write property)

NSImageMBS.isValid as Boolean

Return value: true if the receiver can be drawn; otherwise, false.

If the object is initialized with an existing image file, but the corresponding image data is not yet loaded into memory, this method loads the data and expands it as needed. If the object contains no image representations and no associated image file, this method creates a valid cached image representation and initializes it to the default bit depth. This method returns false in cases where the file or URL from which it was initialized is nonexistent or when the data in an existing file is invalid.
(Read only property)

NSImageMBS.matchesOnMultipleResolution as Boolean

Returns true if image representations whose resolution is an integral multiple of the device resolution are considered a match; otherwise, false.

Discussion:
When this method returns false, only image representations whose resolution is exactly the same as the device resolution are considered matches. If this method returns true and multiple image representations fit this criteria, the one whose resolution is closest to the device resolution is chosen.

The default value is true.
(Read and Write property)

NSImageMBS.MaximumPixelHeight as Integer

Value is returned in pixels. Returns 0 on any error.
(Read only property)

Some examples using this property:

• /MacCocoa/NSImage/Open Image using NSImage

NSImageMBS.MaximumPixelWidth as Integer

Value is returned in pixels. Returns 0 on any error.
(Read only property)

Some examples using this property:

• /MacCocoa/NSImage/Open Image using NSImage

NSImageMBS.MinimumPixelHeight as Integer

Value is returned in pixels. Returns 0 on any error.
(Read only property)

NSImageMBS.MinimumPixelWidth as Integer

Value is returned in pixels. Returns 0 on any error.
(Read only property)

NSImageMBS.name as String

(Read only property)

NSImageMBS.prefersColorMatch as Boolean

Discussion:
Both color matching and resolution matching may influence the choice of an image representation. This method simply indicates which technique is used first during the selection process. The default value is true.
(Read and Write property)

NSImageMBS.RepresentationsCount as Integer

Same as Representations.Count
(Read only property)

NSImageMBS.scalesWhenResized as Boolean

Returns true if image representations are scaled to fit the receiver; otherwise, false. The default value is false.

Images are not resized during drawing if this method returns true. They are only resized when you change the size by sending the receiver a setSize message.
(Read and Write property)

Some examples using this property:

• /MacCocoa/NSImage/Open Image using NSImage

NSImageMBS.size as NSSizeMBS

The size of the receiver or (0.0, 0.0) if no size has been set and the size cannot be determined from any of the receiver's image representations.

The size of an NSImage object must be set before it can be used. If the size of the image hasn't already been set when an image representation is added, the size is taken from the image representation's data. For EPS images, the size is taken from the image's bounding box. For TIFF images, the size is taken from the ImageLength and ImageWidth attributes.

Changing the size of an NSImage after it has been used effectively resizes the image. Changing the size invalidates all its caches and frees them. When the image is next composited, the selected representation will draw itself in an offscreen window to recreate the cache.
(Read and Write property)

NSImageMBS.symbolConfiguration as NSImageSymbolConfigurationMBS

Use this property to access the traits and rendering attributes the system uses with the symbol image. These details determine which variant of the image to load and draw and how to render it, falling back on the current environment for values that you don’t specify. For symbol images, the default value of this property is a symbol image configuration object with unspecified values.
You can’t modify this property directly, but you can use imageWithSymbolConfiguration() when you want to create a new image object with a specific set of traits.

For macOS 12.0 or newer.
(Read only property)

NSImageMBS.usesEPSOnResolutionMismatch as Boolean

(Read and Write property)

NSImageMBS.width as Double

If no size has been set and the size cannot be determined from any of the receiver's image representations.
(Read only property)