Custom shaped buttons

Custom shaped buttons

• kkmick

  You can simply draw your custom shape on the designer surface of a User Control and have the UC inherit from the button...one way to go about it
  
  

• jpimentel

  hey thnx for the info but i really didnt understand what should i do i use VWD express edition to make a web application with VB i did what was req. in the example 2 buttons but here is the timer i cant find it in the toolbox
  
  
  please help me iam really a new comer and i want to get myself going

  
  

• Quirk

  Thx for that talldude i got the oval shape button thing showing, I didnt get the heart one working though, but is there a more simple way, like can't I use an image and transparency to get a custom shaped button
  
  

• Kevin Rodgers

  DMan1 wrote:

  You can simply draw your custom shape on the designer surface of a User Control and have the UC inherit from the button...one way to go about it

  
  Whats the designer surface of a user control
  
  

• LamptonWorm

  Anyone know
  
  

• Pramy

  nice one tall dude

  I like the heart

  
  
  

• stswordman

  Public Class Form1

  ' Example uses 2 buttons , 1 named heartbutton,

  ' 1 named roundbutton, and 1 timer, Timer1.

  ' Suggest a form background image of someone

  ' whom you can place the heart button over

  ' their heart.

  Dim beat As Boolean = True

  Private Sub HeartButton_Paint(ByVal sender As Object, _

  ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) _

  Handles HeartButton.Paint

  Dim buttonPath As New System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath

  Dim newRectangle As Rectangle = HeartButton.ClientRectangle

  ' You may not want to use any 'inflate' statements

  newRectangle.Inflate(1, 1)

  Dim f As Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Symbol", 8.25!, _

  System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, _

  System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(2, Byte))

  Dim sf As System.Drawing.StringFormat = _

  System.Drawing.StringFormat.GenericTypographic

  Dim fs As FontStyle = FontStyle.Bold

  Dim s As String = "c"

  Dim ff As FontFamily = f.FontFamily

  If beat Then

  buttonPath.AddString(s, ff, fs, 65.0!, New PointF(3, 3), sf)

  Else

  buttonPath.AddString(s, ff, fs, 60.0!, New PointF(3, 3), sf)

  End If

  HeartButton.Region = New System.Drawing.Region(buttonPath)

  End Sub

  Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, _

  ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load

  Dim g As Graphics = RoundButton.CreateGraphics

  Dim buttonPath As New System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath

  Dim newRectangle As Rectangle = RoundButton.ClientRectangle

  newRectangle.Inflate(-5, -5)

  buttonPath.AddEllipse(newRectangle)

  ' Create a circle within the new rectangle.

  g.DrawPath(Pens.Black, buttonPath)

  ' Set the button's Region property to the newly created

  ' circle region.

  RoundButton.Region = New System.Drawing.Region(buttonPath)

  End Sub

  Private Sub Form1_Shown(ByVal sender As Object, _

  ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Shown

  Timer1.Enabled = True

  End Sub

  Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, _

  ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick

  beat = beat Xor True

  HeartButton.Invalidate()

  End Sub

  Private Sub RoundButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _

  ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles HeartButton.Click

  MsgBox("Yes, my heart is still beating!")

  End Sub

  End Class

  
  
  

• jmurray_mi

  Well, despite limited computer time and

  constant interruptions from my wife.

  I was able to come up with some code to

  make really cool button shapes from images.

  I had hoped to refine, test, perfect the code a little

  more before posting, but I give up, my dear wife

  is winning the battle to keep my programming skills

  diminished.

  Code is at http://users.adelphia.net/~gcumbia/MakeGrPath.zip

  Rule 1: Images can only have 2 colors max. ('Monochrome bitmap'

  if using MS Paint.)

  Rule 2: Outside color must completely surround the shape.

  (Inside color cannot touch the edge.)

  Rule 3: Image format must be lossless (No JPGs)

  Rule 4: The button will be the size of the shape.

  (A 150 X 100 pixel image will make a button slightly

  smaller than that size.)

  
  
  
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