fgGradientButtons (Buttons with Gradient-Color)

[Filippo]

Hi,

here is my new library. With this library you can create a button with a gradient and rounded corners.

The desktop version is just a dummy library, it generates only normal buttons with no gradient.

.NET Compact Framework 2.0 or higher is required.

The zip file also includes a examples and a Help-File.


Version 1.002 ;

1. Property "WithPressedEffect" with Shadow effect.
2. Button with AutoScale

Version 1.004 ;

1. The desktop version is no longer a dummy library.
2. Fixed errors on Shadow effect

Version 1.005 ;

1. I changed the order of parameters in the method new2:
2. from ...left,top,height,width,.. to ...left,top,width,height,..

Version 1.006 ;

1. 2 new Property and 1 new method added:
2. DockStyle
3. AnchorStyles
4. AddContextMenu

Version 1.007 ;

1. Property ControlRef added:
2. errors corrected in the Anchor property

Version 1.008 ;

1. Property ImageMode added: cCenterImage, cStretchImage, cNormalImage
2. Property TextAlignment added: alLeft, alCenter, alRight

Version 1.009 ;

1. B4P-Autoscale added
2. Property WithShadows added
3. Property WithPressedEffect changed: 1.Clik=Button pressed, 2.Clik= Button released
4. Events added: ButtonPressed, ButtonReleased

Ciao,
Filippo

[ExcludeReality]

Very useful library!
Personally I like to design my own buttons with Paint.NET, but this is a terrific idea.
I'm sure it will come in handy

JOOC; Why is this library not available for desktop?

[Erel]

Great work. Thanks

[derez]

Filippo
A very nice and usefull library, Thank you.

Can you please add a short description (instead of us playing with the example until all is clear ?).

Edit: I can see all through the menu !

[Filippo]

Hi derez,

a short Help-File is included.

@ExcludeReality

JOOC; Why is this library not available for desktop?

I do not knows why but it will not just work.
But I don't care about. It's important for me that it works on the pocketpc.

Ciao,
Filippo

[Cableguy]

Hi filippo,

I am porting some of my code into a dll, hoping that doing so will make it work faster and smoother.. It uses 1 of your FgGradiantButtons, and I would like to keep them..So I ask if you could share the .cs file, for merging, and if I can have your permition to merge it into my dll, with given credits.

[agraham]

Originally Posted by Filippo

I do not knows why but it will not just work.

It needs visual styles enabling for the application on the desktop but the gradient still doesn't show
.

    obj1.New1(False)
obj1.CreateNew("System.Windows.Forms.Application" & obj1.System_Windows_Forms)
obj1.RunMethod("EnableVisualStyles")
obj1.SetProperty("VisualStyleState", "ClientAndNonClientAreasEnabled")

EDIT:- Forget visual styles, I was wrongly assuming it was an override of a standard Button. After poking around a bit I see that the desktop library does not actually try to implement the gradient filled button but is just an ordinary one. Filippo must have found some difficulty in getting the code to work on the desktop .

[Filippo]

Hi Cableguy,

my DLL is written in vb.net, so there is none. cs-file.

@agraham

Filippo must have found some difficulty in getting the code to work on the desktop .

[Cableguy]

Could you please share the source so that we/I can try to port to c#?

[Filippo]

Hi,

i have updated my library, Version 1.002.