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Re: Win32Lib: Button Color

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Jul 13, 2004
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Lewis Townsend wrote:
> 
> Derek Parnell wrote:
> > This effect happens because the clearWindow call drawns a colored rectangle
> > over the button area, but as soon as Windows gets any event for the button
> > it redraws the button 'correctly'.
> >  
> > There are two main ways to get colored buttons.
> > (1) Define it as an owner-drawn button and handle the special messages
> >  (meaning: You do all the graphic work, but you're told when and what to
> >  do).
> > 
> > (2) Simulate a button with a simple child window. You still get to 
> >   do all the graphics, and you must handle all the keyboard and
> >   mouse events too.
> 
> How about using the on paint event?

I tried. Windows redraws the button while its depressed. Your app only gets
paint events when it is not depressed. Its all quite depressing really.

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia