How do I make a better looking button?

[KenNichols]

GUICtrlCreateButton("Button", 10, 10, 70, 20)

When using the standard Windows XP theme these types of buttons look ok. But if you use the Windows Classic theme they basically blend into the background.

Is there a way to embed the pictures when using GUICtrlCreatePic("", 72, 80, 92, 28)?

Or is there a better way to create buttons?

[CodyBarrett]

$BS_ICON

and... i personally use Labels when it comes to buttons they are much more customizable

[KenNichols]

$BS_ICON

and... i personally use Labels when it comes to buttons they are much more customizable

Thanks for the reply. It's not exactly what I need, but good to know.

Can you give me an example of how you use Labels?

[CodyBarrett]

$label = Guictrlcreatelabel ('LABEL', 10, 10, 100, 20, $SS_CENTER)
Guictrlsetbkcolor (-1, 0x2E2E2E)
Guictrlsetcolor (-1, 0xFFFFFF)
Guictrlsetfont (-1, 10, 400, 'Fixedsys')

a label control is the same control as a button except that buttons have a nice Push in animation, labels on the other hand are MUCH more customizable

[Valuater]

ButtonHover()

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...st&p=288428

or

EzSkin.exe

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...st&p=307380

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Edited June 17, 2009 by Valuater

[KenNichols]

ButtonHover()

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...st&p=288428

or

EzSkin.exe

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...st&p=307380

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Thanks ButtonHover is pretty close to what I wanted. Is there a way to embed the button pics into the app?

[Valuater]

Yes FileInstall()

$My_pic = @TempDir & "\Over.jpg"
FileInstall("C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\Examples\Over.jpg", $My_pic)

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