Color property for buttons

[hal9k]

I'm very new and it's entirely possible that this feature exists and I've just been too dense to find it.  I would like to be able to control the background and text colors for buttons.  In my first app I had to use BMPbuttons and then create a button-sized bitmap with the colors and text that I wanted.  I was surprised that I didn't see a better way.

[Walt Decker]

There is no easy way to change the background and text color of a button although you can change the colors of radio and checkbox buttons. For the latter you will have to use a 3rd party dll. CTR_CLR.DLL can be found here

To change the color of regular buttons requires that the button be given the _BS_OWNERDRAW style only. Then the the WM_DRAWITEM in the callback function must be trapped to change the look of the button. It is rather involved; however, if there were enough interest I could write a DLL that could allow the coder to do that.

[Rod]

Well a bmp buttons is the easy solution. Admittedly a pain to draw, but once drawn, easy to work with. I did start a drawing aid but its one of many unfinished projects. Still useable though. Best if the whole GUI is themed.

libertybasiccom.proboards.com/thread/1635/button-creator

[hal9k]

I'm probably too much of a newbie to delve into the mystical world of dll's, so I'll just have to live with bitmaps.

Thanks!

[Walt Decker]

I'm probably too much of a newbie to delve into the mystical world of dll's, so I'll just have to live with bitmaps.

Well, there is no time like the present. The sooner you delve into the API and DLLs the better off you will be.

I am a little over 80% of a century and am still learning!

[tsh73]

Have a look at this
Drawn button
who knows, it might fit.