[VB6] sButton Multipurpose Control (last update: 31/03/2021)

WHAT IT IS?
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sButton is a multipurpose control (initially created as a button, hence the name)
It can be used as:
-Button: with rounded border,shadow,caption,icon or font icon, and alpha for each element.
-Label: with multiline, alpha, rotation and autosize (width/height/both)
-Display a PNG: with rotation,effects,resize,alpha and stretch.
-To display Font Awesome icons (or any other font icon like webdings,etc.)
-To mimic a checkbox/option.
-As a magnifier glass.
-To add Zoom / Translucency effect.

Can customize image/colors for normal,hover and disabled state.
Can animate changes in color for border,button,caption (configurable time).
New events: MouseEnter,MouseLeave,MouseHover (configurable time).
The control can be filled with 1 color, 2 colors in grandient with angle and alpha,
texture with position adjust and stretch or windows hatch patterns.
Can draw outside button area.
If using image icon, disabling the button auto grey image.
Support 2 ways of drawing text with effects: GDI Paths or GDI DrawStrings.
Can have preset or custom hover mousepointer.


It also include a FontManager class to use custom fonts without requiring
admin privilegies to install them.


It use MST for subclassing by wqweto

Everything on the screenshots is made with sButton's
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Dependecy: GDI+ installed (so that mean XP and up)

DOWNLOAD: Attachment 180891




STABILITY/BUGS
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Tested on Windows 7 (32/64),8(64),10(64)
Stress checked for memory leaks loading and unloading forms with instances of sButton
thounsands of times. No memory leaks found and compiled program still run stable.
It 's not optimized but it was created for data driven apps and not games so
performance is perfectly aceptable.
This is my first take with GDI and pretty sure some things may be wrong.


BUG: Control dont autoextend for text rotation
FIX: Make the control bigger adding 'Button_padding'



VERSION HISTORY
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v1.0
-Added basic Events: MouseEnter,MouseLeave,MouseMove,MouseHover(keep over x time)
-Tracking of Area is not interrupted by other controls over it.
-Rounded borders
-Caption draw using paths
-Caption text effects (predefined outlines and shadows)
-Support Font Awesome Icon (Icon size selected in font size)
-Support PNG icon for Normal/Hover/Disabled state
-Icon can be resized (option to keep Aspect Ratio)
(For Font icons use Icon_FA_Font size, for image icon use Icon_Img_SizeW and Icon_Img_SizeH)
-FA Icon/Other fonts icon selector with live preview (double click Icon_FA_selector property to open)
-Padding for Button, Text and Icon
(Button Padding is relative to usercontrol size, other paddings are relative to button area)
-Color transition animation for Button face,Border and Text
-Color transition animation selectable Time in MS
-Allow to set mouse hover pointer with custom and predefined images (.SetMouseHoverPointer)
-Icon/FA Rotation and Caption Rotation
-SetPicture/GetPicture methods to change images directly
-Gradient Fill (2 colors),Texture Fill, Hatched Fill
-Gradient and texture fill support rotation,displacement and alpha
-Presets
-Extra Tag2 and Tag3 for user defined data stored in properties
-Icon_Img_Opacity also control Font Icon opacity
-Caption Opacity


v1.1
-Added pixeloffset to Path drawing for clearer text
-Bugfix: icon selector (messed up with last minute changes in v1.0)
-Bugfix: Removed deleted functions call
-Changed SendMessage for SendNotifyMessage in FontManager

v1.2
-Added Accesskey (detected from caption like standard command button)
-Auto replace font 'MS Sans Serif' (Raster) with True Type version

v1.3 (02/03/2020)
-Added Icon_Img_Scale
-Icon_Img_AutoResize (resize or stretch img when control is resized)

v1.4
-Show focus underlining caption (if TabStop=true and not locked/disabled).
if there is no caption it will simulate a mousehover


v1.5
-Added variable Blur effect (Based on Acrylic blur by Leandro Ascierto)
-Added variable Zoom effect: Values between 0 and 1 are zoom out.
Negative values disable tiling filling for zoom out.
-Font Icon and Caption are not blured/zoomed (intended)
-Updated Demo 2, Added Demo 5
-New presets for TextureFill,Blur and Zoom
-New sub setGlobalOpacity(x) for fast switching of all transparencies (except shadows)
-Avoid showing focus when form is loaded

v1.6
-Not happy with the focus handling I removed code for "Avoid showing focus when form is loaded" from v1.5
-Added prop ShowFocusType wich control when and how to show focus.
It can be set to:
None = 0 'Never show focus
Tab_Underline = 1 '[DEFAULT] Underline caption text (only if focus is gained pressing TAB key)
Tab_Over = 2 'Simulate mouse over (only if focus is gained pressing TAB key)
Always_Underline = 3 'Underline caption text (no matter how it got the focus)
Always_Over = 4 'Simulate mouse over (no matter how it got the focus)
Set to Always... when you want to show focus on form load or Tab... when only changing focus with Tab key

v1.7b)
-DESIGN MODE: Caption updates as you type
-Cursor Hand No more hardcoded, now is taken from system (should be DPI aware.Not tested)


v1.8
-Added GlobalQualityGFX, GlobalQualityTXT (only affects Caption draw on mode2)
-Force to not draw using antialias for small img icons when there is no effect (<64px and square AR)
-Caption Draw Mode names changed to reflect quality type used for each mode:
now are eS_GFX_Paths and eS_TXT_DrawString wich are affected by diferent Global Quality modes
-Fixed Bug when disabling button when mouse was over it
-Fixed Bug when a msgbox was inside click event causing sButton not drawing
-Fixed Bug when form unload was set on sButton events
-Fixed and reworked mouse events logic:
-Hover dont raise if mouse is pressed
-No more intermitent hover colors when moving with mouse pressed
-Faster repeated single clicks (thanks Leandro Ascierto for the tip)
-Added DblClick event

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(Icon selector with live preview)

There doesn't appear to be any coding question here, so is posted in the wrong forum. I would think this should be in the CodeBank. I've reported the thread, so the moderator's should move it if they agree.

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There doesn't appear to be any coding question here, so is posted in the wrong forum. I would think this should be in the CodeBank. I've reported the thread, so the moderator's should move it if they agree.

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Thanks Passel. Yes, I posted it wrong and send a PM to a moderator because I didn't know how to move it myself.

You have to use

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Private Declare Function SendNotifyMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendNotifyMessageA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long

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with HWND_BROADCAST instead of plain SendMessage or risk hanging when a top-level window is owned by a process that does not spin msg pump. (It did here on my PC).

cheers,
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Very nice.
Two issues:
'DrawTextUnicode Can't create FontFamily: [MS Sans Serif] in immediate window

pvAdjustBorderPadding not found in project

Moved, and thanks for the contribution.

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Originally Posted by wqweto

You have to use

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Private Declare Function SendNotifyMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendNotifyMessageA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long

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with HWND_BROADCAST instead of plain SendMessage or risk hanging when a top-level window is owned by a process that does not spin msg pump. (It did here on my PC).

cheers,
</wqw>

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Never thought about that case. Updated! Thanks! :thumb:

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Originally Posted by VBClassic04

Very nice.
Two issues:
'DrawTextUnicode Can't create FontFamily: [MS Sans Serif] in immediate window

pvAdjustBorderPadding not found in project

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The First one... I think MS Sans Serif is not a True Type font, but a Raster font. The True Type version is called "Microsoft San Serif". GDI can only work with True Type (I run in some problem on windows 7 with Opentype so to be sure just use True Type) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Sans_Serif)

Second one... Done!!! Originally I made the control to work in windowed and windowless mode, but later I decided it was a headache and not gainging enough for the windowed version. So scrapped that part and missed to remove that function call.Now its deleted. Thanks!!!

good job

Excelente control, una consulta, al arrancar el proyecto me salta esto en el log:

DrawTextUnicode Can't create FontFamily: [Font Awesome 5 Free Solid]

Y si tengo agregado el font

Gracias

Great project! (it's best to have a vb.net version if you can. )

This is the problem I found in my test:

1. Registering fonts at startup will cause explorer to restart.

2. The button does not respond to the shortcut key.

Great project! (it's best to have a vb.net version if you can. )

This is the problem I found in my test:

1. Registering fonts at startup will cause explorer to restart.

2. The button does not respond to the shortcut key.

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Originally Posted by YvanB

Excelente control, una consulta, al arrancar el proyecto me salta esto en el log:

DrawTextUnicode Can't create FontFamily: [Font Awesome 5 Free Solid]

Y si tengo agregado el font

Gracias

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Tenes instalado el font en version TRUE TYPE ? porque yo tuve problemas con la version OTF.
Podes intentar compilar el proyecto y correr el exe para testear. Desde el IDE no corre la rutina de instalación porque se supone que esta pensada para las pc de los usuarios.


ENGLISH:
Do you have the TRUE TYPE version of the font installed? I got problems if the one installed was in OTF format.
Try compiling the project and run the exe file. Running from the IDE will not install the fonts cause its intended for the end users pc and not the developing machine.

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Originally Posted by ChenLin

Great project! (it's best to have a vb.net version if you can. )

This is the problem I found in my test:

1. Registering fonts at startup will cause explorer to restart.

2. The button does not respond to the shortcut key.

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Hi ChenLin!

1) Happened to me on windows 10... other OS's seems fine. I call it a microsoft bug :/ Can you test removing the broadcast after installing the font?
2) That's not a bug... Unfortunatelly I have not implemented it yet :( for now you should capture the keys in the form (with keypreview set to true) and then call the apropiate click event. I will add it to the TODO list.

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Originally Posted by VBClassic04

Very nice.
Two issues:
'DrawTextUnicode Can't create FontFamily: [MS Sans Serif] in immediate window

pvAdjustBorderPadding not found in project

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I added a font auto replace for that font so now it can work without problems when for some reason windows make a font substitution with that specific font.

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Originally Posted by ChenLin

Great project! (it's best to have a vb.net version if you can. )

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I dont like .Net at all... I moved to web, but still love to code in VB6.

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Originally Posted by ChenLin

2. The button does not respond to the shortcut key.

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I added it now in v1.2!

These icons don't display correctly. I registered fonts when I was in formload.

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Originally Posted by ChenLin

These icons don't display correctly. I registered fonts when I was in formload.

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This problem is a font problem.There are differences in fonts for different language versions. You can modify them yourself

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Originally Posted by shagratt

WHAT IT IS?
---------------


sButton is a multipurpose control (initially created as a button, hence the name)
It can be used as:
-Button: with rounded border,shadow,caption,icon or font icon, and alpha for each element.
-Label: with multiline, alpha, rotation and autosize (width/height/both)
-Display a PNG: with rotation,effects,resize,alpha and stretch.
-To display Font Awesome icons (or any other font icon like webdings,etc.)
-To mimic a checkbox/option.


Can customize image/colors for normal,hover and disabled state.
Can animate changes in color for border,button,caption (configurable time).
New events: MouseEnter,MouseLeave,MouseHover (configurable time).
The control can be filled with 1 color, 2 colors in grandient with angle and alpha,
texture with position adjust and stretch or windows hatch patterns.
Can draw outside button area.
If using image icon, disabling the button auto grey image.
Support 2 ways of drawing text with effects: GDI Paths or GDI DrawStrings.
Can have preset or custom hover mousepointer.


It also include a FontManager class to use custom fonts without requiring
admin privilegies to install them.


It use MST for subclassing by wqweto

Everything on the screenshots is made with sButton's
Attachment 174927
Attachment 174929
Attachment 174931
Attachment 174937

Dependecy: GDI+ installed (so that mean XP and up)

DOWNLOAD: Attachment 174975




STABILITY/BUGS
------------------------


Tested on Windows 7 (32/64),8(64),10(64)
Stress checked for memory leaks loading and unloading forms with instances of sButton
thounsands of times. No memory leaks found and compiled program still run stable.
It 's not optimized but it was created for data driven apps and not games so
performance is perfectly aceptable.
This is my first take with GDI and pretty sure some things may be wrong.


BUG: Control dont autoextend for text rotation
FIX: Make the control bigger adding 'Button_padding'



VERSION HISTORY
--------------------------

v1.0
-Added basic Events: MouseEnter,MouseLeave,MouseMove,MouseHover(keep over x time)
-Tracking of Area is not interrupted by other controls over it.
-Rounded borders
-Caption draw using paths
-Caption text effects (predefined outlines and shadows)
-Support Font Awesome Icon (Icon size selected in font size)
-Support PNG icon for Normal/Hover/Disabled state
-Icon can be resized (option to keep Aspect Ratio)
(For Font icons use Icon_FA_Font size, for image icon use Icon_Img_SizeW and Icon_Img_SizeH)
-FA Icon/Other fonts icon selector with live preview (double click Icon_FA_selector property to open)
-Padding for Button, Text and Icon
(Button Padding is relative to usercontrol size, other paddings are relative to button area)
-Color transition animation for Button face,Border and Text
-Color transition animation selectable Time in MS
-Allow to set mouse hover pointer with custom and predefined images (.SetMouseHoverPointer)
-Icon/FA Rotation and Caption Rotation
-SetPicture/GetPicture methods to change images directly
-Gradient Fill (2 colors),Texture Fill, Hatched Fill
-Gradient and texture fill support rotation,displacement and alpha
-Presets
-Extra Tag2 and Tag3 for user defined data stored in properties
-Icon_Img_Opacity also control Font Icon opacity
-Caption Opacity


v1.1
-Added pixeloffset to Path drawing for clearer text
-Bugfix: icon selector (messed up with last minute changes in v1.0)
-Bugfix: Removed deleted functions call
-Changed SendMessage for SendNotifyMessage in FontManager

v1.2
-Added Accesskey (detected from caption like standard command button)
-Auto replace font 'MS Sans Serif' (Raster) with True Type version

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I have some suggestions
1. broderroundedpx : When set to a circle, dragging the control will not be able to maintain the circle.
2. icon size keepAR When the picture is set, dragging the control cannot adapt the size of the control .you can add Scale by control size

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1. broderroundedpx : When set to a circle, dragging the control will not be able to maintain the circle.

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Hi xxdoc123! With draggin you mean resizing ? When you set the preset it maintain the circle, but the preset is not stored (this is intentionally), so after saving the form and reopening its up to you to keep the circle.

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Originally Posted by xxdoc123

2. icon size keepAR When the picture is set, dragging the control cannot adapt the size of the control .you can add Scale by control size

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I think Icon and button sizes are not related. Keeping Aspect Ratio was intented for when you change only one of the dimensions. If I got all my icons in 32x32 and make one button bigger for the caption dosnt mean I should resize the button icon automatically
At some point I though about adding a "Button_Icon_Scale" propertie but forget it... gonna add it to the todo list. Thanks!

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Originally Posted by xxdoc123

you can add Scale by control size

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Added 'Icon_Img_Scale' on v1.3

How do I get the Icon_FA_Code value? I selected a font, but I don't know how this Icon_FA_Code should be entered.

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Originally Posted by ChenLin

How do I get the Icon_FA_Code value? I selected a font, but I don't know how this Icon_FA_Code should be entered.

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in the code you can find fontview. #2 the picture show the fontview

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Originally Posted by ChenLin

How do I get the Icon_FA_Code value? I selected a font, but I don't know how this Icon_FA_Code should be entered.

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You have 2 ways:
1) As xxdoc123 told you, there is a property wich open the Icon selector. Its called "Icon_FA_Selector", just double click in the value and it will open.
2) If you are using Font Awesome, you can have this codes from the cheatsheets: https://fontawesome.com/cheatsheet

Updated...

v1.4
-Show focus underlining caption (if TabStop=true and not locked/disabled).
if there is no caption it will simulate a mousehover


v1.5
-Added variable Blur effect (Based on Acrylic blur by Leandro Ascierto)
-Added variable Zoom effect: Values between 0 and 1 are zoom out.
Negative values disable tiling filling for zoom out.
-Font Icon and Caption are not blured/zoomed (intended)
-Updated Demo 2, Added Demo 5
-New presets for TextureFill,Blur and Zoom
-New sub setGlobalOpacity(x) for fast switching of all transparencies (except shadows)
-Avoid showing focus when form is loaded

hello thank you for your work.. i'm trying to use it but i'v few questions...
1) i try to put png image as button background but i'm not able (or maybe impossible to do) make to change background color of the button onmouseover... so if i make a png with text and image the background remain transparent don't get the color backgroud that i choose.
2) if i add icon image from font or icon image from file i use control activeresize to make all controls on form resize by screen resolution the icon will not be resized still remain little but the button and the caption are bigger...

i'm not able to use this 2 features or are not present?

thank you

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Originally Posted by dillo83

hello thank you for your work.. i'm trying to use it but i'v few questions...
1) i try to put png image as button background but i'm not able (or maybe impossible to do) make to change background color of the button onmouseover... so if i make a png with text and image the background remain transparent don't get the color backgroud that i choose.
2) if i add icon image from font or icon image from file i use control activeresize to make all controls on form resize by screen resolution the icon will not be resized still remain little but the button and the caption are bigger...

i'm not able to use this 2 features or are not present?

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I have a hard time trying to understand your question...
1) You want to use an image as background? How?
You can use it as a texture setting it in "ButtonFillImage" and setting "ButtonFillStyle" to TextureFill... in that case you cant use any color.
But also you can put your image as an icon and backcolor will be behind the image (or blend with the transparency of the png)... in that case you can. Check your "ButtonColorOpacityHover", should not be 0 or it will ignore the color on mouseover.

2) I dont know what is activeresize.... You should resize it accordingly in your form_resize event. Example: If your FA_icon use the same fontsize as the caption, try after calling activeresize to set the ControlName.Icon_FA_font.fontsize = ControlName.font.fontsize
This "activeresize" resize the icons on standard commanbuttons or have the same problem???

hello thank you for your answer...
now i'm trying to use fontawesome for the icon but the control dont recognize the cheatsheets of the icons... other fonts all ok i can use the icons but font awesome no just appear square...
about the icon font size i tried to make icon_fa_font.fontsize = controlname.font.size it works (i must add some number from the font.size to the icon.size because the icon will be very little but not such a big problem)

finally is it possible to create an ocx of the control to use in the project of my software?

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hello thank you for your answer...
now i'm trying to use fontawesome for the icon but the control dont recognize the cheatsheets of the icons... other fonts all ok i can use the icons but font awesome no just appear square...
about the icon font size i tried to make icon_fa_font.fontsize = controlname.font.size it works (i must add some number from the font.size to the icon.size because the icon will be very little but not such a big problem)

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Are you using the included font awesome? Make sure you dont have an installed font awesome in Open Type format registered. It can cause problems

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finally is it possible to create an ocx of the control to use in the project of my software?

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Of course! Just make a UC project with all the files inside the USERCONTROL folder... you dont need the demo files or any font

ok thank you,

i tried to install the font awesome in the folder zip and with this i see icons (but is not possible to use the font awesome pro?)

i was able to make the ocx with few line code change about public\private enum etc...

when i put the control on the windows form i'm not able to do the bring to front still remain on back... is it possible to do something to have the control in front?
is it possible to evitate that when button click change color? i mean.. if i click the button he change like onhover and make underline the caption.. is possible to evitate that? i setup the button and i want remain the same if i click or not... the hover change it's cool but i wish that the button remain the same when clicked not remain like hover

Update:

v1.6
-Not happy with the focus handling I removed code for "Avoid showing focus when form is loaded" from v1.5
-Added prop ShowFocusType wich control when and how to show focus.
It can be set to:
None = 0 'Never show focus
Tab_Underline = 1 '[DEFAULT] Underline caption text (only if focus is gained pressing TAB key)
Tab_Over = 2 'Simulate mouse over (only if focus is gained pressing TAB key)
Always_Underline = 3 'Underline caption text (no matter how it got the focus)
Always_Over = 4 'Simulate mouse over (no matter how it got the focus)
Set to Always... when you want to show focus on form load or Tab... when only changing focus with Tab key

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(but is not possible to use the font awesome pro?)

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Its totally posible! I use it! but for the demo I packed the distributable version (non pro). You just need to install the TTF version only.

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... is it possible to do something to have the control in front?

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No without loosing some functionality. Its a windowless control (like label, image, shapes) so It can be on top of that controls but never on top of a TextBox or any windowed control. One trick you can do is to put a picturebox ontop of yuour controls and put the sButton inside the picturebox.

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is it possible to evitate that when button click change color?

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Yes! Download v1.6 I just changed that because I also dont like how it ended working in 1.5 , now you have total control on how to show focus (or not show it at all)

thank you i'm glad you agree with the focus.. (i was able to block this with the modify status but thank you for your update!)

for your exeperience... is more fast the load of this button or the load of a jpg inside picturebox? i ask because i'm trying to make more fast and less hungry of pc resource my application.... at the moment every single button inside software is a picture box with inside an image loaded from file jpg (not inside exe but withloadpicture from folder everytime load a form)

Update:

v1.7b)
-DESIGN MODE: Caption updates as you type
-Cursor Hand No more hardcoded, now is taken from system (should be DPI aware.Not tested)


v1.8
-Added GlobalQualityGFX, GlobalQualityTXT (only affects Caption draw on mode2)
-Force to not draw using antialias for small img icons when there is no effect (<64px and square AR)
-Caption Draw Mode names changed to reflect quality type used for each mode:
now are eS_GFX_Paths and eS_TXT_DrawString wich are affected by diferent Global Quality modes
-Fixed Bug when disabling button when mouse was over it
-Fixed Bug when a msgbox was inside click event causing sButton not drawing
-Fixed Bug when form unload was set on sButton events
-Fixed and reworked mouse events logic:
-Hover dont raise if mouse is pressed
-No more intermitent hover colors when moving with mouse pressed
-Faster repeated single clicks (thanks Leandro Ascierto for the tip)
-Added DblClick event

does any new version?

exist...

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does any new version?

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Why? Have you encountered any bugs? Any new features you want?

Yes... but I stopped working on it mid way and cant remember if its functional or some things need to be finished. Its a complex control with so many propertys, so I begin to work in creating a property page to make it easy to work with.

You can download and test it from https://github.com/shagratt/vb6sButton

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This is all the log I got for the new version:

'1.9) x/x/2021
' -Images are now saved as internal bytearrays (legacy code using filenames still functional for
' compatibility but will not show as propertys on IDE)
' -GetPicture/SetPicture now support ButtonFill image (also big internal rework done)
' -Added GetPictureH(...) Return the hImages
' -Changed GetHotButtonRect and Hover detection formula for better compatibility with Prop.Pages
' -Mouse_Leave event fixed
' -Added GetImgSize(...)
' -Added Basic Zoom functions ZoomReset,ZoomIn,ZoomOut,ZoomFit
' -Support for mouse Enter/Leave when no subclass is being used
' -Better Presets (IMG_ZOOM_100,IMG_RESIZE_CTRL_TO_IMGSIZE,IMG_ZOOM_FIT)
' -Added Icon_Img_AutoResize = eS_Scale_FIT (like Scale_Both but always resize based on 100%
' of the control size. Scale_Both is to keep selected scale)
' -Added Hotline (Idea taken from LabelPlus) Hotline_Color = -1 =>Auto
'1.9b) 31/05/2022
' -Removed WM_CLOSE from Subclass so Button can be used to unload forms normally
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'2.0) 11/11/2022
' -Changed FA_ICON selection to FA_property Page (no more dependency on form)
' -Property Page: Image selection now has checkered background to better show transparency
' -Added new fBrushTypeCircularGradient to ButtonFillType (use ButtonFillDisplacement X/Y
' to control center position)
' -Added new ButtonGradientBlendPoint to control gradient position
' -Automatic Checkbox and Option modes with Tag3="MODE|CODE FOR TRUE|CODE FOR FALSE"
' Value (TRUE/FALSE) is stored on Tag2
' for Checkbox:
' (Ej: Tag3="CHECKBOX|00FE|00A8" with Font Windings)
' for Options:
' It will set to false and change icon on any other control in the same array
' (Ej: Tag3="OPTION|00A4|00A1")
' -Updated all examples
' -Added .SetCustomValue(true/false) to set Options/Checks from code.
' -Added Caption on Property Page
' -Added GetPictureBase64
' -Added demo of URL image load
' -Added Button Presets and About property pages. Remember that sButtons in Property Pages run uncompiled and without
' subclasing so they are slower.
' -Fix autosize Caption on height+width
' -new Event Drag(...) ->Updated Demo2 code with this event
' -Rating stars with code in presets
' -P.Page: Pan Images by dragging (load is now double click)

This is a very powerful control source code, can you tell your story? What year did you start developing this?
Based on what idea, you invented this product. It was supposed to be a commercial work, but how can it be free and open source?

Maybe we can expand it and make it a 3D button. Even animated buttons.

If we can encapsulate these APIs and various interfaces into modules, we can reuse all kinds of codes.

I just learned how to draw a triangle and draw a rectangle. And then, ah, by calculating the position of each point. You can make the picture like a vector picture, enlarge it or transform it.

I just learned a little more and found that it has the rotation of coordinate system and automatic acquisition. Zoom in or rotate or new coordinates.

It would be better if we could also develop a plug-in that can use GPU for computing.

vb6 cuda
Probably the easiest thing to do is to make those transparent. Images designed by PNG, PSD professional artists? Various buttons are collected. Larger images are saved as templates, and they can be reduced when needed.

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Btw, it looks the repo is GPL-3 licensed, a warning for anyone planning to use this is closed-source commercial applications will need to negotiate/pay for another license with the author.

cheers,
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look fantastic, dont stop

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Originally Posted by wqweto

Btw, it looks the repo is GPL-3 licensed, a warning for anyone planning to use this is closed-source commercial applications will need to negotiate/pay for another license with the author.

cheers,
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Oh! My mistake! Everyone can use it comercially for free! I just want to know before it happens. I dont know the diference between all the licences and picked randomly one. :D

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Originally Posted by xiaoyao

This is a very powerful control source code, can you tell your story? What year did you start developing this?
Based on what idea, you invented this product. It was supposed to be a commercial work, but how can it be free and open source?

Maybe we can expand it and make it a 3D button. Even animated buttons.

If we can encapsulate these APIs and various interfaces into modules, we can reuse all kinds of codes.

I just learned how to draw a triangle and draw a rectangle. And then, ah, by calculating the position of each point. You can make the picture like a vector picture, enlarge it or transform it.

I just learned a little more and found that it has the rotation of coordinate system and automatic acquisition. Zoom in or rotate or new coordinates.

It would be better if we could also develop a plug-in that can use GPU for computing.

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It happens on the pandemic when I was doing homeworking. I try to learn and make a library to use GDI++ . To test the library I created a control that can be used as a button with transparent PNG and from there I start adding more and more features and ideas until the project was 1000 times more bigger than I anticipated.
You can use the source code to create anything you want. I moved mainly to code in PHP and cant promise to give support (due to lack of time) to my vb6 code.

I also stopped working on it because I changed the code to create a OCX control suit version (with the sButton and others), but that code still need more refinement and testing before releasing it as it is. (if it get released oneday)

The space is beautiful and I have tested it.
But after moving the control in design mode, it leaves an old trail, the wrong image, on the window.
You need to close the window and reopen it.

After the compiler program runs. Button 1.enable = false, switch back, and some buttons disappear.It will take a while to redisplay..
For example, some use graphic fonts, which are equivalent to two caption attributes. It may be more convenient if you can input them manually and directly.

For example, we can type?, and then the selector will pop up automatically.Or add a property page. The main thing is to choose fonts and different characters.

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thanks very much