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Re: Win32Lib: Button Color

• Posted by cklester <cklester at yahoo.com> Jul 14, 2004
• 584 views

Tommy Carlier wrote:
> 
> Don wrote:
> > Nods, it wont work unless the control is completely owner-drawn.  If
> > alot of people would be interested in colored buttons, I could always
> > create some easy to use versions in xControls... its what its for after
> > all =)  It might take me awile to code them up, but send me email to
> > EuNexus at yahoo.com if this is something you would like to have added.
> 
> Or it can be built as a EuControl. It would certainly be a good idea if
> someone created
> a powerful Button-control (xButton or EuButton). Possible features of this
> button-control:
> - different visual styles (flat, 3D, with/without border, ...)
> - customizable colors (background-color, text-color, border-color, ...) and
> fonts
> - image AND text at the same time (text next to or under image)
> - checkable button (button can be checked/unchecked)
> - autoclick-feature (if autoclick is enabled, holding down the mousebutton on
> the button
> will keep sending click-events)
> - ...
> 
> Please post more features you would like to see for this advanced
> button-control.

That's all good stuff. I think Derek's idea about using a
child window is simple enough. There's also a win32lib demo
showing a "color button" that pops up a color selector dialog box.
It uses an XPM and is cleverly done. Check it out! :)

-=ck
"Programming in a state of EUPHORIA."