---
name: "image"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["Strings", "GUI Control", "Structured Text"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/image
revid: 341003
updated: 2023-05-13T22:06:20Z
---

# image

*Command · Strings, GUI Control, Structured Text · Arma 3 v0.50 · introduced in Armed Assault v1.00*

## Description

Creates a structured text containing the given image. Use [setAttributes](../commands/setAttributes.md) to set additional [attributes](../topics/Structured_Text.md#attributes) on the image.

## Syntax

```sqf
image filename
```

**Parameters:**

- `filename`: [String](../topics/String.md)

**Returns:** [Structured Text](../topics/Structured_Text.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
hint composeText ["Image: ", image "\a3\Data_f\Flags\flag_Altis_co.paa"];
```

### Example 2

```sqf
hint str (composeText ["Image: ", image "\a3\Data_f\Flags\flag_Altis_co.paa"] == parseText "Image: <img image='\a3\Data_f\Flags\flag_Altis_co.paa'/>"); // true
```

## See also

[setAttributes](../commands/setAttributes.md) · [parseText](../commands/parseText.md) · [text](../commands/text.md) · [composeText](../commands/composeText.md) · [lineBreak](../commands/lineBreak.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — image](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/image) (revision 341003).</sub>