Create an owner-draw bitmap button and a frame for the title bar in one class.
CCustomBitmapButton�MFC Button Control
Published 09/22/2004
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Choice Button
Published 06/08/2004
Learn about a owner drawn button that can display a bitmap and a dropdown menu with a list of choices.
ImageTextButton
Published 05/27/2004
Learn about a Owner Draw button that loads a bitmap and embeds text on it.
Hover Buttons with Automatic Drop-Shadow Generation and Antialiasing
Published 10/30/2002
[Update] Render a button in multiple ways, including soft drop-shadow generation, antialiasing with the window background, semi-transparency, and more. This class is an extension to the standard hover button. The new additions are: 1. Buttons in the dialog were not set to be ownerdrawn. This has been corrected. 2. The program now links with MFC 7.0 statically, so users without .NET installed can run the demo.
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This is an easy and flexible way to use bitmaps as buttons in your application.
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Published 07/11/2001
This routine lets you derive a class and implement custom a background paint while still having all the features from the CButtonST control.
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