*Xp style command buttons w/ out XP Manifest*

Hey all,

I made up some XP style button images to use as a replacement for the command buttons on OS other than winXP (or for people who dont want to use the XP Manifest).

So, hope ya like'em =)

Or you can some code like attached here.
It's code for an XP Button. It can take many styles...and loads of customisation too. I am still working on some image code so it's not 100% complete yet.

I got the code from planet source code and have modified it considerably...can't remember the link though :(

Woka

Oh, and you forgot the picture of when a button has got focus...it has a blue border :)

WOka

I thought you wrote the whole thing. Boooo Bad Woka *Slap*

I see you got the sourcesafe file removed. :thumb: :D

No no I cheated a little on this one. However, I could write one from scratch if I wanted, but it's more fun moulding someones code into a better version of your own up to a point where the code doesn't resemble anything that the original author has, complete rewrite essentially. The thread is posted in another thread about XP buttons...hang on...

Here:

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...woka+xp+button

Look at the planet source code link. Download the code and look at it.
I have stripped out loads of code, well over 4/5 ths of it, and am improving the rest of it as I go along.
Added many more properties now and cleaned up a lot more code.

It doesn't do all the other button styles that the original code does...but it's much better code for just an XP button. It still requires a lot of work, but it's fully functional so why not use it. I need to add the DisabledPicture property sicne when the button rendered the icon for disabled mode it looks pants, so I have to replace this with a picture or figure out some better runtime code to convert the image to be disabled.

Woof

I created one from scratch that supports the 3 main XP color themes, XP Blue, XP Silver, and XP Olive, also supports icons/images.

I made it along time ago when I was still pretty new to VB but it's all owner-drawn using code.

The mouse-over is handled with a timer, I still need to update it so it uses subclassing for mouse hovering, but if you want it let me know and I'll attach it here.

Yea...post your code :)

Woka

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Originally Posted by Wokawidget

Yea...post your code :)

Woka

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Ok, here it is.

Making the color scheme dynamic so the user can set it to any colors is easier than hard coding 3 different styles...plus it adds more functionality to your app.
Nice coding though. good work.

Take a peek at the code I posted, maybe you could ad some of the functionality from the code into your app.

Woof

I agree, hard-coding the theme's colors was a bad idea...

I've been working on a new one just haven't gotten around to finishing it yet. I made that one along time ago and kind of forgot about it...