I'm struggling to get the handle of a PictureElement which i want to be able to hide and show in the end, but the handle always returns 0.

var Handle = ReadWindow_Wnd.GetControlHandle("imgYes");
Debug.trace("Handle: "+Handle);

"Handle: 0"

Can anyone help ?

ImageElements don't have a control handle, as they aren't controls. Plus! Live itself draws the figures and images using the Windows GDI before the controls get drawn.

However, there's a simple work-around. Create a 1 pixel by 1 pixel PNG image which is empty (i.e.: the only pixel is a fully transparent one) and name it "none.png" or something. Then, use ImageElmt_SetImageFile to set the ImageElement's image to that image. This way, it will draw nothing visible.

ah right good solution thanks