Hi All,

Anyone know how to change color for a 3D button like this button control
does?
http://www.econtechvn.com/en/aquabutton_detail.htm
I see it is really cool. But, don't know how to do that.

Thanks,
TonyVal

hi,
i think u need to download those buttons if u want them
i still dont see any method in C# .Net for this

Rgds
Pramod




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Hi Tony,

look hier:
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/aquabutton.asp

Greeting

Thomas Wenning

Thank you. I read this code arealdy.
But this don't tell me how to change color of the button.

Regards,


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You are basicly going to have to ownerdraw the button. I have only ever seen
examples of Aqua buttons using bitmaps, but I'm sure it's possible to create
them through GDI+.

There is an example of a customised Button on my site, but you'll need to
implement your own Aqua appearance.
http://dotnetrix.co.uk/buttons.html

You also have the option of drawing Lite Buttons by using a Library such as
VG.Net:
http://www.vgdotnet.com/custom_ui.shtml

--
Mick Doherty
http://dotnetrix.co.uk/nothing.html


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This is a rough explanation of the technique you would use if you do not
want to stretch a bitmap.

If you read this:
http://weblogs.asp.net/frank_hileman/archive/2004/10/29/249637.aspx

It explains how to draw a gel ellipse, which is similar to a gel button. The
difference is the FocusScaling property value for a rectangle would be
changed in the x dimension to stretch the inner color, as in these examples:
http://www.vgdotnet.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=194

Generally you want to stretch the inner color till it touches the center of
the circle defining the curved portion of the button on the left and right
sides. The focus scaling is a fraction of the total width. So if the radius
is 50, and your total button width is 200, your focus scaling in the x
dimension would be
(200 - 2 * 50)/200 = .5

The shine fill is more complex if you want to use a different x and y radius
for that.

My explanations are for VG.net but the properties map to GDI+.

Regards,
Frank Hileman

check out VG.net: http://www.vgdotnet.com
Animated vector graphics system
Integrated Visual Studio .NET graphics editor

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