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It would be really nice if we could give an icon a button styleor use an icon on the button face instead of text. :D:huh2:

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It's trying to get the Pic to look like a button as in a toolbar button. Secondly if I could use an icon then I could include an icon library and call them from there.

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At the moment I try to change the GUISetControl-function for the "button", so if you use the "BS_ICON"-style then instead of the text it will be used to define the iconlocation and index (like the icon-GUISetControl):

For instance it could be like:

...
$BS_ICON = 0x00000040
$BS_BITMAP = 0x00000080
...
$buttonok = GUISetControl("button","OK",50,50,70,20); normal 'text'-button
$buttonchoosefolder = GUISetControl("button","shell32.dll|150",50,100,70,30,$BS_ICON)

We will see if it works :D

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So this is how it looks at the moment:

This script:

$BS_ICON = 0x00000040
$BS_BITMAP = 0x00000080
GUICreate("test",240,120)
$button1 = GUISetControl("button","shell32.dll|5",0,0,40,40,$BS_ICON)
$button2 = GUISetControl("button","shell32.dll|7",40,00,40,40,$BS_ICON)
$button3 = GUISetControl("button","shell32.dll|22",80,00,40,40,$BS_ICON)
$button4 = GUISetControl("button","shell32.dll|23",120,0,40,40,$BS_ICON)
$button5 = GUISetControl("button","shell32.dll|32",160,0,40,40,$BS_ICON)
$buttonclose = GUISetControl("button","shell32.dll|28",200,0,40,40,$BS_ICON)
$buttonok = GUISetControl("button","OK",90,80,70,20)
GUIShow()
GUIWaitClose()
GUIDelete()
Exit

would bring up (XP):

http://www.autoitscript.com/fileman/users/public/Holger/buttonswithicon.jpg

Maybe I find a way to load bitmap resources index pictures, you know, like in Explorer or Winzip,etc...

Edited by Holger
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@Doxie: ohhh, I don't really know what you mean :) I'm a programming-beginner you know :huh2:

However, at the moment it would look like:

http://www.autoitscript.com/fileman/users/public/Holger/buttonscurrent.jpg

So cause I didn't know how to split the functions I changed the current "CreateButton" to that:

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// CreateBUTTON()
//
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

HWND CGuiBox::CreateBUTTON(const char* Text, HWND hWnd, int id, int X, int Y, int W, int H, int Style, int Exstyle)
{
    HWND  A;
    bool  bDefault = false;
    HICON  hIcon;
    char  szBuffer[_MAX_PATH+1];
    const char  *szDelim, *szToken;
    int     nTemp;
    HINSTANCE   hInstance=NULL;
    HBITMAP  hBitmap;

    if (Style == -1)
  Style = 0;

    Style = ResolveGroupStyle(Style | WS_TABSTOP | BS_PUSHBUTTON | BS_NOTIFY);

    // If the default button style is requested make a note of it and remove it (we will set it later).
    if (Style & BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON)
    {
  bDefault = true;
  Style ^= BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON;
    }

    if ( Exstyle==-1 )
  Exstyle=WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE;

    A = _CreateControl(Exstyle, "button", Text, Style, X, Y, W, H, hWnd, id, m_hInstance, NULL, true);

    if (Style & BS_ICON)
    {
  if ( (szDelim = strpbrk(Text, "|")) != NULL)
  {
    nTemp = (int)(szDelim-Text);
    strncpy(szBuffer, Text, nTemp);
    szBuffer[nTemp] = '\0';
    nTemp = atoi(szDelim+1);
    nTemp = nTemp - 1;
    if (nTemp==-1)
    nTemp = 0;
    szToken = szBuffer;

    hIcon=(HICON) ExtractIcon(hInstance,szToken,nTemp);
    SendMessage(A,(UINT)BM_SETIMAGE,(WPARAM)IMAGE_ICON,(LPARAM)hIcon);
  }
  else
  {
    hBitmap=(HBITMAP) LoadImage(0,Text,IMAGE_ICON,0,0,LR_LOADFROMFILE|LR_CREATEDIBSECTION);
    SendMessage(A,(UINT)BM_SETIMAGE,(WPARAM)IMAGE_ICON,(LPARAM)hBitmap);
  }
    }
    if (Style & BS_BITMAP)
    {
  hBitmap=(HBITMAP) LoadImage(0,Text,IMAGE_BITMAP,0,0,LR_LOADFROMFILE|LR_CREATEDIBSECTION);
  SendMessage(A,(UINT)BM_SETIMAGE,(WPARAM)IMAGE_BITMAP,(LPARAM)hBitmap);
    }

    // If the Default button style was specified then set it as the default button now that it
    // has been created
    if (bDefault)
  SendMessage(m_hWndGUI, DM_SETDEFID, id, 0);

    if (m_nGUIResizeMode == 0)
  GUICtrl[m_nMaxCtrl].nSizeable = GUI_SZ_DOCKWIDTH | GUI_SZ_DOCKHEIGHT;

    return A;

} // CreateBUTTON()

and that was the sample-au3 (don't forget that these pics and so on on my local hd).

$BS_ICON = 0x00000040
$BS_BITMAP = 0x00000080
GUICreate("test",240,180)
$button1 = GUISetControl("button","shell32.dll|5",0,0,40,40,$BS_ICON)
$button2 = GUISetControl("button","shell32.dll|7",40,00,40,40,$BS_ICON)
$button3 = GUISetControl("button","shell32.dll|22",80,00,40,40,$BS_ICON)
$button4 = GUISetControl("button","shell32.dll|23",120,0,40,40,$BS_ICON)
$button5 = GUISetControl("button","shell32.dll|32",160,0,40,40,$BS_ICON)
$buttonclose = GUISetControl("button","shell32.dll|28",200,0,40,40,$BS_ICON)
$buttonok = GUISetControl("button","OK",85,60,70,20)
$buttonani = GUISetControl("button",@ScriptDir & "\horse.ani",0,40,40,40,$BS_ICON)
$buttonpic = GUISetControl("button",@ScriptDir & "\setup.bmp",25,100,50,50,$BS_BITMAP + $BS_FLAT)
$buttonpic = GUISetControl("button",@ScriptDir & "\share.bmp",95,100,50,50,$BS_BITMAP + $BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON)
$buttonpic = GUISetControl("button",@ScriptDir & "\sync.bmp",165,100,50,50,$BS_BITMAP)
GUIShow()
GUIWaitClose()
GUIDelete()
Exit

Without any garanties :lol:

No...no problem, I tested it , but maybe there are errors or it could be easier to realize... :D

FORGET: the 'horse.ani' doesn't move (if you think about it) :)

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I have made some googling, and are now pretty sure this will not work at the moment.

In some way, you need to call the windows API, and the only way i found so far is by using delphi, C or VB. I don´t think AutoIt support that.

But i'm not that good with this, so i leave it to the pro´s :D

Were ever i lay my script is my home...

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@Doxie: Here's one way to view all the icons in shell32.dll on Windows 2000/XP without using a third-party program.

1) Pick some shortcut that's on your Desktop or start menu.

2) Right-click it, choose Properties, click the Change Icon button.

3) Press Delete, Enter.

4) You should see a bunch of icons in shell32.dll The icons are indexed starting top-to-bottom, left-to-right starting with index 0.

5) Click Cancel, Cancel when done viewing.

If anyone is looking for a really cool set of XP Icons, look here :D

Edited by CyberSlug
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For fun, here's a scripted version of the process in my previous post:

;View icons in DLL file without third-party appliction
;CyberSlug - 30 June 2004 - tested on Windows XP Pro sp1

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 4)   ;1=start, 2=subStr, 3=exact, 4=...
Opt("WinWaitDelay", 50)       ;50 milliseconds

FileCreateShortcut("","C:\tmpIconScript.lnk")
Run("explorer.exe /n,/select,C:\tmpIconScript.lnk")
WinWaitActive("classname=CabinetWClass")
Send("{AppsKey}r")
WinClose("classname=CabinetWClass")

WinWaitActive("tmpIconScript Properties")
ControlClick("tmpIconScript Properties","","&Change Icon...")
WinSetState("tmpIconScript Properties","", @SW_HIDE)

WinWaitActive("Change Icon")
WinSetTitle("Change Icon","","Icon Viewer")
ControlHide("Icon Viewer","","OK")

$pos = WinGetPos("Icon Viewer")
WinMove("Icon Viewer","", 100,100 ,400+$pos[2],$pos[3])

$pos = ControlGetPos("Icon Viewer","","ListBox1")
ControlMove("Icon Viewer","","ListBox1", $pos[0],$pos[1], 400+$pos[2],$pos[3])

ControlSend("Icon Viewer","","Edit1","{Delete}{Enter}")

#cs -- Anyone know how to get the item index instead of the item "text" ?
$sel = ""
While WinExists("Icon Viewer")
   sleep(100)
   If ControlCommand("Icon Viewer","", "ListBox1","GetCurrentSelection","") <> $sel Then
      $sel = ControlCommand("Icon Viewer","", "ListBox1","GetCurrentSelection","")
      WinSetTitle("Icon Viewer","","Icon Viewer:  " & $sel) 
   EndIf
WEnd
#ce

FileDelete("C:\tmpIconScript.lnk")
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so that is an add on then Holger? It looks like more C++ code. do we need to wait for it to be included by Jon? or is it something we should be using some GnuC++ compiler co complile into a command.. and if so where would it need to go? are there specific .h files and so on that we would need?

I thought we could already use images as buttons.. I've not tried it yet.. but it seems to me Larry suggested it to someone else a few weeks ago in annother thread..

moo

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@cowsmanaut: I can work it only at home, but sometimes I'm so late at home after work that I don't have time.

I will try to send the changes to Jon.

I have to change the html-files and make a change-text-file and so on.

Maybe I find the time today in the evening...we will see... cause I'm making that for fun and have a 'privat life' you know :huh2::D

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Maybe I find the time today in the evening...we will see... cause I'm making that for fun and have a 'privat life' you know  :lol:  :D

Tell me about it. My girlfriend has got me tied up pretty much every night at the moment :):huh2:
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