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X-Tools · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 10:35 am Post subject: Bitbtn Question again

Hi,

because I cannot answer to the first thread anymore (locked) I open a new thread.

CodeScript - do you know a way to place a text ontop of a bitbtn ?

I made a bitbtn without caption and want to place my text on
it, but it seems to be behind.

Bye, Fabian

Protected · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 11:40 am Post subject:

Are you sure the text is declared after the bitbtn in the program?

X-Tools · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 11:43 am Post subject:

Hi,

yes. It is declared after the bitbtn

Protected · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 11:46 am Post subject:

You're right... It goes behind the button Razz

Skit3000 · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 2:36 pm Post subject:

How's this?

X-Tools · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 3:45 pm Post subject:

Hi Skit,

what do you want to show me with this ?
I want to make a bitbtn with a icon and text on the right side of
it. (and the normal bitbtn mouseover-look)

Bye, Fabian

CodeScript · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 4:43 pm Post subject:

Hi X-Tools

I don't think you can place a text over the Bitbtn as VDS will
paint it after the text element and also every time you hower mouse.
You cannot make a bitbtn tranparent either using SetWindowLong.
So IMHO there is no way you can make the TEXT visible through the
BitBtn unless you subclass and process the WM_PAINT messages
and draw the TEXT after the Bitbtn using a dll which may be more
difficult than even creating a custom button.

So again back to the option I suggested in the screenshot:
I think you might have got fudged letters on the bitmap and tried
to resort to your original way.

Try this:
=========
Use a 16 bit bitmap.
Use Windows paint(mspaint) to add text (I used the one with XP)
IMHO this gives best clarity compared to even advanced image editors
for this.

I wanted to suggest this earlier although the thread was locked by then.

Skit3000 · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 6:05 pm Post subject:

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

What if you placed a disabled bitbtn over the bitbtn you have the
image for and just a caption for the blank bitbtn, so that the bitbtn
with the label is painted after the image one.

In my opinion I think it would be easier to use bitmaps with the
MOUSEOVER style and then have a 3D effect on the moused over
bitmap. Smile

Then you can even use the "real" Windows XP bitbtns...

Just my opionion on the current bitbtns in VDS: I think, if at all
possible, they should definitely be converted into the "real"
Windows XP bitbns. Smile

CodeScript · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 2:12 am Post subject:

X-Tools · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 5:51 am Post subject:

Hi,

thanks for all your help.

My basical problem is, that "perfect-intranet" becomes a multilingual application, where all texts and buttons are read from a inifile.

So my idea was to open a bitmap like you suggestion codescript, and then set the text to the bitmap using an image manipulation dll like tommy's vdsimg (from vdsdll3). But this one is not compatible to vds5 - there are some errors sometimes.

Maybe for the beginning i could make 2 buttons. One bitbtn and one textbtn.

Thanks again for your help.

Bye, Fabian

CodeScript · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 8:19 am Post subject:

IMHO the best option would be make two (or more depending on number of languages, images for the same bitbtn) and load the one coreesponding to the name in the ini based on the selected language.
These 16 bit bitmaps aren't that big and are further reduced in size if U include them as a resource in your exe and run UPX on it with --best option.
Using text and bitmap click events has some bugs which I don't mention here.

Skit3000 · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 1:28 pm Post subject:

Maybe you can use this to simulate a bitbtn like in IE. You should include a loop yourself to look if the button is still pressed...

X-Tools · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 1:48 pm Post subject:

cool

Skit3000 · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 2:19 pm Post subject:

Thanks...