Name: newImage

Type: message

Syntax: newImage

Summary: Sent to a new <image> right after it's created.

Associations: image

Introduced: 1.0

OS: mac,windows,linux,ios,android

Platforms: desktop,server,web,mobile

Example:
on newImage -- assign a file to a referenced image
  if the text of the target is empty then -- no painted pixels
    answer file "Please choose an image to display:"
    set the filename of the target to it
  end if
end newImage

Description:
Handle the <newImage> <message> if you want to create additional <object|objects>, switch <tool|tools>, or do other tasks when a new <image> is created.

Normally, the <newImage> <message> is handled at a higher level of the <message path>, since the newly-created <image> does not yet have a <script> unless the <templateImage> contains one.

The actual creation is not triggered by the <newImage> <message>, so <trap|trapping> the <message> and not allowing it to <pass> does not prevent the <image> from being created.

References: templateImage (keyword), image (keyword), script (property), copy (command), clone (command), paste (command), object (object), trap (glossary), image (glossary), message (glossary), tool (glossary), message path (glossary), pass (control_st)

Tags: objects
