Re: Can some expert tell me how to put a PNG in a Button?

From:
"Tom Serface" <tom@nospam.camaswood.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Tue, 6 Jan 2009 10:42:24 -0800
Message-ID:
<B2969395-DB4F-45E5-852B-F89E16238EE3@microsoft.com>
I don't know if you've seen this one or not, but it may help you out:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/buttons/GdipButton.aspx

Tom

"AntiBNI" <elitescript@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:EB83665B-D9B0-4888-B49A-661FC86A77AB@microsoft.com...

I've been trying to draw a PNG on a Button for a long time without any
luck.

There is no documentation, Tutorial, Post or any kind of information abut
how to draw a Transparent PNG image on a CButton or CBitmapButton.

So, I really need some help on how to do it.

I tried:

----------------------------------------------Code-----------------------------------

void MyButton::DrawItem(LPDRAWITEMSTRUCT lpDrawItemStruct)
{

   // TODO: Add your code to draw the specified item
   CDC dc;
   dc.Attach(lpDrawItemStruct->hDC);
   CRect rt;
   rt = lpDrawItemStruct->rcItem;

   Graphics grpx(dc);

       Rect rect(50,20,100,100); //Size and Pos of the Image

       Image * Img = Image::FromFile(L"C:\\Img.png",FALSE);//Image
Destination

       grpx.DrawImage(Img,rect);//Draw The PNG on the Button

   dc.SetTextColor(RGB(0,0,255));

   CString Temp;
   GetWindowText(Temp);

   dc.DrawText(Temp,rt,DT_CENTER|DT_VCENTER|DT_SINGLELINE);

   dc.Detach();
}

----------------------------------------End of
Code-------------------------------------------------------

But it doesn't work at all...

This will Improve my GUIs dramatically.

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