Button Color (OpenInsight)
At 04 MAY 2001 07:00:48PM Rick Todd wrote:
Is there a way to change the color of a btton? I have been playing the the UTILITY("CHOOSECOLOR) and the BACKCOLOR and FORECOLOR properties and have been unsuccessful in change a button from gray.
I can change the backgound color of a form. Does anyone have a suggestion?
Thanks Rick
At 05 MAY 2001 01:38AM Donald Bakke wrote:
Rick,
The only way to control the button's color is to make a BMP for it.
At 05 MAY 2001 10:17AM Rick Todd wrote:
So if I use a Bitmap how can I have text on the button? I have tried using the Combine Text/Bitmap in the Push Button Properties but, the text never displays.
At 06 MAY 2001 04:51PM Mike Ruane wrote:
Don-
Wasn't there some fooling around with versions of ctl3d.dll?
Mike
At 07 MAY 2001 12:03AM Donald Bakke wrote:
Mike,
I never looked into that, but it wouldn't surprise me if some versions allowed for it versus others. All I know is that the Form Designer disables the Background color settings for buttons. I prefer to not mess with ctl3d.dll because some versions don't provide the more defined 3D edge that we prefer.
Rick,
Generally speaking we put the text in the BMP itself. Essentially you have to create the entire button out of the BMP, including each "stage" of the button. Look at the IMAGENUMBER and related properties in the PRG for more details. If you would like some examples then send me an email and I'll reply with some for you to use/look at.
We have never messed with the Text/Bitmap property thing. You'll get a lot more control and satisfaction by building everything within the BMP itself.
At 07 MAY 2001 08:54PM [url=http://www.sprezzatura.com]The Sprezzatura Group[/url] wrote:
[notag]Wasn't the ctl3d.dll thing for the text color? Some versions are really bad or flaky. The best one is the one that ships with OI.
I'm not aware of any way to change the background color of a button without some serious diddling with windows.
It's so much easier to just make the bitmap.
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