Button Images

[ericbartha]

Hey everyone,

I am new to building GUI's, having only done it with Excel/VBA. Anyway, the graphic design like elements are very important to me, so before I dive into the meat of it, I am trying to see if I can even use AutoIt to design to a standard I am happy with.

What I am trying to do now is replace the standard look of a button with an image. While I feel this should be very simple, I cannot get it to work. Here is my code so far: 

#include <ButtonConstants.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

$Form1 = GUICreate("LogIn", 615, 441, -1, -1)

$Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button1", 80, 80, 196, 45)
GUICtrlSetImage(-1, "G:\Eric\LoginGUITesting\Button.jpg")

GUISetBkColor(0x444444)

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit

    EndSwitch
WEnd

I've been reading through all the topics I can find on this, but I cannot seem to get it. This thread by @david1337 is the general idea of what I am trying to accomplish.

 

Thanks in advance everyone,

Eric

[ericbartha]

Please note I have also tried using a .png and a .bmp with which I modified the GUICtrlSetImage function to include "$BS_BITMAP, as David1337 did in his example. 

[InunoTaishou]

$Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button1", 80, 80, 196, 45, $BS_BITMAP)

You'll need to use bmp files. If you want to use any file type you'll have to load the file into memory first (using GDI+ makes it extremely easy) and then use

_WinAPI_DeleteObject(GUICtrlSendMsg(ID OF CONTROL, $STM_SETIMAGE, $IMAGE_BITMAP, HANDLE TO THE HBITMAP OBJECT))

To set the button image

[ericbartha]

Thanks for the reply, @InunoTaishou.

Even when I do try and use the .bmp images, it still does not work.

#include <ButtonConstants.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

$Form1 = GUICreate("LogIn", 615, 441, -1, -1)

$Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button 1", 80, 80, 196, 45, $BS_BITMAP)
GUICtrlSetImage(-1, "G:\Eric\LoginGUITesting\button.bmp")

GUISetBkColor(0x444444)

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit

    EndSwitch
WEnd

I am really scratching my head on this one... 

Edited March 22, 2016 by ericbartha

[InunoTaishou]

I don't have your bmp file so I can't test it

[ericbartha]

Ha - got it, thanks! I wasn't thinking to check the file itself.... While rushing, I just renamed the extension instead of actually saving the file properly as a .bmp. For obvious reasons, this was my issue.

Thanks!