property Group.Image as Variant
Specifies the index of the group's icon.

TypeDescription
Variant A long expression that indicates the index of icon being used, a string expression that indicates the base64 encoded string that holds a picture object, a Picture object. Use the eximages tool to save your picture as base64 encoded format.

Use the Image property to assign an icon or a picture to the group. Use the ImageAlignment property to align the image inside the group's header. Use the Images and ReplaceIcon methods to update the images list collection, at runtime. Use the Image property to assign a picture to an item. The GroupHeight property specifies the height of the caption for all groups, in pixels.

The following VB sample loads a collection of icons from a BASE64 encoded string:

With ExplorerBar1
    Dim s As String
    s = "gBJJgBAIEAAGAEGCAAhb/hz/EIAh8Tf5CJo2AEZjQAjEZFEaIEaEEaAIAkcbk0olUrlktl0vmExmUzmk1m03nE5nU7nk9n0/oFBoVDolFo1HpFJpVLplNp1PqFRqVTqlVq1XrFZrVbrldr1fsFhsVjslls1ntFptVrtltt1vuFxuVzul1u13vF5vV7vl9v1/wGBvqAQEZwmCpmEwrAxlVh9dxjAiUOyb/AGHp2YjWPx9kx+KAGR0ON0VIzmU0+WluUomY1OV0eS0Wa1uF0Gd1G51VX1+g0Wzw++xuO3dG0WP3+k5WS2+U2k65uqyml3UZ6tM1+f4PbxeN7Xd2XDmedjfT8Wb4uw3GW8ky13V5HL2OXw/Z52F9229+wyf0/TCvs9jWJ/AL/Pm+LJQRAzkskmj2v48r0tA6L1QGmTjvM8MNPnCkCwYlrQP7BUQurCb9wLBz4Pu8DYQwy0XQ47iYtelEBvw9EBRzA0RQtED8Q8+TgQA6sPw+lkKR46TLRNIcdOFBsephAsntgzDMRhGEaJfLTrRW/kVSc+sopXLEgvlDswPm0sttZEsZSTA0SR0nDesPMrmPxK75RRNkdQfOUKznNMQvHIkzTxJsWvOnTr0bJcZPW+b+zpL0izPPNMS7P0xpdPixTrRNQTU+Sa0dL8wv/Lqg0tDcPytH7ro059SzTAsHqpUVbQynNI17Ns5qPVlRzww0bpXV6fV09KuO/QKWzXAlBWAqVhOBYtrvpbFZp5Liy27BTTV+yF"
    s = s + "FphZDEJtT1zp7bd1XasiLB8ld4o8kCRJIACSpRfNKWXd1uH+eaHn8P55necB/kmf5+A+eBnnAH5AH+fADnAB5gAeQAfngAJwACYABkAB5wNCAL8AG2WSozlJAX2AbDJKkoD3xfGWABmWXY8koHgBkGGNDiwE4efwAHhnx8B+y2Fn4HOBn+YJ/6QPaHnGiaAg="
    .BeginUpdate
    .Images s
    With .Groups
        With .Add("Group 1")
            .Image = 1
        End With
    End With
    .EndUpdate
End With

The following C++ sample loads a collection of icons from a BASE64 encoded string:

#include "Item.h"
#include "Group.h"
#include "Groups.h"
COleVariant vtMissing; V_VT( &vtMissing ) = VT_ERROR;
CString s("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");
s = s + "FphZDEJtT1zp7bd1XasiLB8ld4o8kCRJIACSpRfNKWXd1uH+eaHn8P55necB/kmf5+A+eBnnAH5AH+fADnAB5gAeQAfngAJwACYABkAB5wNCAL8AG2WSozlJAX2AbDJKkoD3xfGWABmWXY8koHgBkGGNDiwE4efwAHhnx8B+y2Fn4HOBn+YJ/6QPaHnGiaAg=";
m_explorerbar.BeginUpdate();
CGroups groups = m_explorerbar.GetGroups();
m_explorerbar.Images(COleVariant(s));
CGroup group = groups.Add( "Group 1" );
group.SetImage( COleVariant( (long)1 ) );
m_explorerbar.EndUpdate();

The following VB.NET sample loads a collection of icons from a BASE64 encoded string:

With AxExplorerBar1
    Dim s As String = "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"
    s = s + "FphZDEJtT1zp7bd1XasiLB8ld4o8kCRJIACSpRfNKWXd1uH+eaHn8P55necB/kmf5+A+eBnnAH5AH+fADnAB5gAeQAfngAJwACYABkAB5wNCAL8AG2WSozlJAX2AbDJKkoD3xfGWABmWXY8koHgBkGGNDiwE4efwAHhnx8B+y2Fn4HOBn+YJ/6QPaHnGiaAg="
    .BeginUpdate()
    .Images(s)
    With .Groups
        With .Add("Group 1")
            .Image = 1
        End With
    End With
    .EndUpdate()
End With

The following C# sample loads a collection of icons from a BASE64 encoded string:

String s = "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";
s = s + "FphZDEJtT1zp7bd1XasiLB8ld4o8kCRJIACSpRfNKWXd1uH+eaHn8P55necB/kmf5+A+eBnnAH5AH+fADnAB5gAeQAfngAJwACYABkAB5wNCAL8AG2WSozlJAX2AbDJKkoD3xfGWABmWXY8koHgBkGGNDiwE4efwAHhnx8B+y2Fn4HOBn+YJ/6QPaHnGiaAg=";
axExplorerBar1.BeginUpdate();
axExplorerBar1.Images(s);
EXPLORERBARLib.Group group = axExplorerBar1.Groups.Add("Group 1");
group.Image = 1;
axExplorerBar1.EndUpdate();

The following VFP sample loads a collection of icons from a BASE64 encoded string:

With thisform.ExplorerBar1
	local s
    .BeginUpdate()
   	s = "gBJJgBAIEAAJAEGCAAhb/hz/EIAh8Tf5CJo2AEZjQAjEZFEaIEaGEaAIAEEbjMjlErlktl0vmExmUzmk1m03nE5nU7nk9n0/oFBoVDolFo1HpFJpVLplNp1PqFRqVTqlVq1XrFZrVbrldr1fsFhsVjslls1ntFptVrtltt1vuFxuVzul1u13vF5vV7vl9v1/wGBwWDwm"
	s = s + "Fw2HxGJxWLxmNx2PyGRyWTymVy2XzGZzWbzmdz2f0Gh0Wj0ml02npqAQEZ1WojWq1bA2VWh9e2TAiUO3L/AGtp++jW12tl2uwAG34+z5FJ4W65u8l26ou+5+75O45HA6er43D53f6FY6vG5HZ1vk2e08NH5G18vK+G47u67U7+fQ3XL8EZ/dN6rivPALYtnAEBuw9KaO"
	s = s + "Gjb8wQ4L1us7zeQUmbqP29z4uu3rWv++jVwo7kKus3MNRA1cOQk6SgRPEkMwu3EXRY97cJrCcRQXB7jPvCEUpm9sGQPIEMx1FcZJc40RxhI79xzEMVxpC0OwM60fN5KkhQEmTqpRFMPQdFEvxZJEeSND0iQw80TP3IsipbHUxPw3kmTTMD0RnMaYxXOrrN830rStLSYU"
	s = s + "A/koxFKE6Q3O6WT9M8MSHQ0MuXQLpSXLE3xZJUwJy8bW0W+UPT7DEnUlMEa0xHdM0fI8EzVRlPTnKcGp2/tZzjLEIwzEdNUJNdG0/X1B1JRKX1EsdN1fY1IQwm1aULQ8S0GoVeSDIs+TK/rXy6nEV23YSpWRbkq1jJ84WbcsaqLaVk081lspXaqf3AsUC1Ol1IxVVFMq"
	s = s + "pdLzXZfsNX8+qfUEs2Bxg5lJwerN7Jld7LWIz2Atc0qLB8lmKo8kCRJIACSo2QGO11hOJM2hx5oefw/nmd5wH+SZ/n4D54GecAfkAf58AOcAHmAB5AB+eAAnAAJgAGQAHnA44Aw8AbsaUjOnY+jQBtYkqSgPjmOajq+p6GkoHgBouYuPnYE5ofwAHhsR8B+3mYH4HOUH"
	s = s + "+YJ/7YPaHnGiaAg="
    With .Groups
        With .Add("Group 1")
        	.Image = 1
        EndWith
    EndWith
    .EndUpdate()
EndWith

The following Template sample loads a collection of icons from a BASE64 encoded string:

BeginUpdate
Images("gBJJgBAIEAAJAEGCAAhb/hz/EIAh8Tf5CJo2AEZjQAjEZFEaIEaGEaAIAEEbjMjlErlktl0vmExmUzmk1m03nE5nU7nk9n0/oFBoVDolFo1HpFJpVLplNp1PqFRqVTqlVq1XrFZrVbrldr1fsFhsVjslls1ntFptVrtltt1vuFxuVzul1u13vF5vV7vl9v1/wGBwWDwmFw2HxGJxWLxmNx2PyGRyWTymVy2XzGZzWbzmdz2f0Gh0Wj0ml02npqAQEZ1WojWq1bA2VWh9e2TAiUO3L/AGtp++jW12tl2uwAG34+z5FJ4W65u8l26ou+5+75O45HA6er43D53f6FY6vG5HZ1vk2e08NH5G18vK+G47u67U7+fQ3XL8EZ/dN6rivPALYtnAEBuw9KaOGjb8wQ4L1us7zeQUmbqP29z4uu3rWv++jVwo7kKus3MNRA1cOQk6SgRPEkMwu3EXRY97cJrCcRQXB7jPvCEUpm9sGQPIEMx1FcZJc40RxhI79xzEMVxpC0OwM60fN5KkhQEmTqpRFMPQdFEvxZJEeSND0iQw80TP3IsipbHUxPw3kmTTMD0RnMaYxXOrrN830rStLSYUA/koxFKE6Q3O6WT9M8MSHQ0MuXQLpSXLE3xZJUwJy8bW0W+UPT7DEnUlMEa0xHdM0fI8EzVRlPTnKcGp2/tZzjLEIwzEdNUJNdG0/X1B1JRKX1EsdN1fY1IQwm1aULQ8S0GoVeSDIs+TK/rXy6nEV23YSpWRbkq1jJ84WbcsaqLaVk081lspXaqf3AsUC1Ol1IxVVFMqpdLzXZfsNX8+qfUEs2Bxg5lJwerN7Jld7LWIz2Atc0qLB8lmKo8kCRJIACSo2QGO11hOJM2hx5oefw/nmd5wH+SZ/n4D54GecAfkAf58AOcAHmAB5AB+eAAnAAJgAGQAHnA44Aw8AbsaUjOnY+jQBtYkqSgPjmOajq+p6GkoHgBouYuPnYE5ofwAHhsR8B+3mYH4HOUH+YJ/7YPaHnGiaAg=")
Groups
{
	"Group 1"
	{
	Image = 1
	}
}
EndUpdate