Trying to Create Custom Radios

[buymeapc]

Hi all,

I'm trying to create custom radio buttons. Basically, if I could simply color the dot of the checked radio button (orange), I would be satisfied. So, for the moment, I'm stuck with using an icon+label solution which isn't elegant at all. I'm wondering if there's a better way to do this than what I have below. I'm just using random shell32 icons as the example here.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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Dim $iIcon_Checked = 15
Dim $iIcon_Unchecked = 0

Dim $bCheck1 = True
Dim $bCheck2 = False

$hGUI = GUICreate("Test GUI", 200, 200)
$idIcon1 = GUICtrlCreateIcon("shell32.dll", $iIcon_Checked, 10, 10, 13, 13)
$idLabel1 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Radio 1", 25, 11, 60)
; -------
$idIcon2 = GUICtrlCreateIcon("shell32.dll", $iIcon_Unchecked, 10, 30, 13, 13)
$idLabel2 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Radio 2", 25, 31, 60)

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

While 1
    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        Case -3
            ExitLoop
        Case $idIcon1, $idLabel1
            $bCheck1 = Not $bCheck1
            If $bCheck1 Then
                GUICtrlSetImage($idIcon1, "shell32.dll", $iIcon_Checked)
                GUICtrlSetImage($idIcon2, "shell32.dll", $iIcon_Unchecked)
            Else
                GUICtrlSetImage($idIcon1, "shell32.dll", $iIcon_Unchecked)
                GUICtrlSetImage($idIcon2, "shell32.dll", $iIcon_Checked)
            EndIf
        Case $idIcon2, $idLabel2
            $bCheck2 = Not $bCheck2
            If $bCheck2 Then
                GUICtrlSetImage($idIcon1, "shell32.dll", $iIcon_Unchecked)
                GUICtrlSetImage($idIcon2, "shell32.dll", $iIcon_Checked)
            Else
                GUICtrlSetImage($idIcon1, "shell32.dll", $iIcon_Checked)
                GUICtrlSetImage($idIcon2, "shell32.dll", $iIcon_Unchecked)
            EndIf
    EndSwitch
WEnd

 

[careca]

I belive it's part of the explorer, and it's a pain to change, it would change system-wide.

The solution you presented is what i was going to suggest, and it's not even that hard to implement.

Create the icons and use them.

[buymeapc]

I guess my hopes were two-fold here. I was hoping that either:

• There was a way to simply color the dot in the radio button when checked (understood that it would be system-wide)
• Or someone had created a UDF that simplifies the way I've displayed above into a neat & portable function as I find the bools to check the state "messy"