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Button Controls - Beginners			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Using button controls in an application Updated: 22 Aug 2000 How to get a button control wired-in and working VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Chris Smith	4.17
Dynamic buttons function call: alternative of BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP Updated: 21 Jun 2007 This article discusses a trick to define/re-define a dynamic button for it's click C++, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Sumit Kapoor	3.17
A templated PleaseWait Button, introduction to template Control - Unedited Updated: 25 Mar 2008 The purpose of this article is to present the construction of a templated control, working as a PleaseWait button .NET 2.0, C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#, ASP.NET, .NET, Dev	nico.pyright	2.71
My First GUI program - Unedited Updated: 2 Mar 2008 simple dealing with buttons and edit control VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, C++, Beginner	Kusay J. Mohammed	1.49
confirmbox to commandfield type button - Unedited Updated: 6 Dec 2007 raising confirmbox to commandfield type button .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Mono, DotGNU, C# 1.0, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, C#, ASP.NET, JScript, .NET, Intermediate	kinna
Button Controls - General			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
RoundButton Windows Control - Ever Decreasing Circles Updated: 27 Sep 2006 A Windows round button control in C# with designer support. .NET 2.0, VS2005, C#, Windows, GDI+, Dev, WinForms, Intermediate	Gary Perkin	4.79
Improved and Recoded RibbonMenuButton Updated: 5 Jun 2007 A new version with many functionalities .NET 2.0, VS2005, C# 2.0, VB 8.0, Windows, Dev, Design, Intermediate	Juan Pablo G.C.	4.75
Creating an ActiveX button from a MFC owner-draw button Updated: 25 Apr 2002 Basic steps to transform a MFC button in an activex control VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, VB 6, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Davide Pizzolato	4.73
Creating a glass button using GDI+ Updated: 21 Nov 2007 How to create an animating glass button using only GDI+ (and not using WPF). .NET 2.0, VS2005, C# 2.0, Windows, Dev, WinForms, Design, Intermediate	Lukasz Swiatkowski	4.71
CreateCheckboxImageList - a non-MFC function to create an imagelist of themed checkboxes - Unedited Updated: 15 Apr 2008 CreateCheckboxImageList is a function that creates an imagelist of themed or non-themed checkboxes, suitable for use in tree controls, list controls, and list boxes. VC6, VC8.0, VS2005, VS6, C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Hans Dietrich	4.71
Custom Bitmap Button Using C# Updated: 3 Mar 2005 An article on creating a bitmap button .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	JSimms	4.63
CBrowseCtrl - Adding File/Folder-Browse Features to Your Projects Easily Updated: 25 May 2004 A file/folder browsing control that integrates an editbox and a button with built-in images. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	=[ Abin ]=	4.60
GroupControl Updated: 21 Feb 2005 CButton-derived control to help with using groups. VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Paul S. Vickery	4.57
CRoundButton2 - A fancy graphical button Updated: 29 Sep 2005 A self drawing, round button for different styles and usages. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	JtR1977	4.57
Iconits Updated: 12 Apr 2006 An icon control that zooms and fades-in when your mouse hovers over it, which creates interesting visual effects if your application uses icons instead of buttons. .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, VS2005, C#, GDI+, Dev, Intermediate	hanifku	4.56
Vista Style Button in C# Updated: 23 Jun 2007 A Vista style button in .NET 1.1 .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, VB 7.x, C#, Windows, GDI+, Dev, Intermediate	Xasthom	4.54
XP-Style Button Updated: 24 Sep 2003 .NET button that supports images and XP style on Windows XP and other versions of Windows. .NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, C#, Dev, Intermediate	WiB	4.53
EnableGroupboxControls - a non-MFC function to enable or disable all the controls within a groupbox - Unedited Updated: 9 Apr 2008 EnableGroupboxControls is a function that enables or disables all the controls within a groupbox based solely upon the window rect of the controls. A simple approach to implementing a groupbox checkbox is also explained. VC6, VC8.0, VS2005, VS6, C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Hans Dietrich	4.52
Enhanced GlassButton using GDI+ Updated: 13 Mar 2007 An improved GlassButton with different forms and symbols, using GDI+ (and not WPF). .NET 2.0, VS2005, C# 2.0, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Fink Christoph	4.47
CHyperLink: a simple MFC HyperLink button class with any size 32bpp icons support Updated: 3 May 2007 A class which encapsulates a hyperlink control for web page redirection or normal button usage. VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Gladstone	4.45
A Simple AquaButton Updated: 27 Nov 2005 An example on how to use some of the GDI+ methods to create a simple aqua button. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	rudy.net	4.37
CHoverButton - A simple hoverbutton with one bitmap and a tooltip Updated: 12 Oct 2000 A simple drop-in class that provides a 'hot' look button using the _TrackMouseEvent function VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Niek Albers	4.36
Custom Arrow Button Updated: 13 Sep 2005 A button that looks like an arrow. .NET 1.1, WinXP, VS.NET2003, C#, GDI+, Dev, Intermediate	Alexander Kloep	4.36
A simple hotkey selection control for .NET Updated: 7 Aug 2006 An article that shows off a simple hotkey selection control C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Beginner	Telrunya	4.33
SplitButton: an XP style dropdown split button Updated: 25 Oct 2006 The SplitButton control represents a dropdown split button in standard theme-supported XP style. .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, VS2005, C#, GDI+, Dev, Intermediate	Gladstone	4.31
XP Media Center Animated Button Control Updated: 27 Sep 2006 Drop-in animated button class that emulates the XP Media Center 2005 buttons. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	JJMatthews	4.31
XGlyphButton - a simple image button control Updated: 9 Mar 2004 XGlyphButton is a simple CButton-based control that allows you to display an image without the need for owner-draw control. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Hans Dietrich	4.29
XButtonXP - an XP-aware pushbutton that can also toggle and display an icon - Unedited Updated: 19 Jan 2008 XButtonXP is an XP theme-aware pushbutton that can optionally be used as a toggle button. It can also display an icon with or without text. VC6, VC8.0, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Hans Dietrich	4.27
Transparent Bitmap Buttons with Alpha-Blended Regions in .NET Updated: 12 Aug 2004 How to create and draw transparent bitmap buttons in .NET Forms. VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, C#, GDI+, Dev, Intermediate	Bob Carboni	4.27
An unclickable button Updated: 30 May 2002 What looks like a normal pushbutton - until the user tries to click on it. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Chris Maunder	4.25
Color Button for the .NET Compact Framework Updated: 4 Jan 2004 Shows how to write a color button control for the .NET compact framework. VC7.1, .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, CE .NET 4.0, CE .NET 4.1, CE .NET 4.2, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Jon Nethercott	4.25
CURLLinkButton - Customizable Hyperlink Control Updated: 19 Jul 2004 A CButton-derived hyperlink control that contains a built-in ToolTip VC6, VS6, Windows, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	DucThanh	4.24
CCaptionButton (buttons for the titlebar) Updated: 13 Jun 2004 Bitmap - buttons for the Titlebar VC6, NT4, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Thomas Latuske	4.15
Images on XP-Style Buttons Updated: 27 Oct 2004 A .NET Windows Forms Button using Visual Styles on Windows XP, that can display an image. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, C#, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Michael Ganss	4.10
AquaButton: A sample custom button control with a Mac OS X look Updated: 11 Sep 2002 Sample custom button control to help you write your own custom controls .NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, C#, Dev, Intermediate	No Namegiven	4.10
A Better Bitmap Button Class Updated: 14 Oct 2001 An improvement on the CBitmapButton class. VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Joseph M. Newcomer	4.06
An AutoRepeat Button Class Updated: 14 Apr 2002 A button control that autorepeats after a set period of time VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Joseph M. Newcomer	4.06
XP Style CBitmapButton (CHoverBitmapButton) Updated: 22 Feb 2003 Style and theme aware bitmaps, give your old apps a new look under Windows XP. VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Rail Jon Rogut	4.03
HyperButtonEx: An All-in-One Button Class - Unedited Updated: 24 Mar 2006 Bitmap transparency, custom fonts, rounded rectangles, and more! Hyperlink and Shell functionality built into the class. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Douglas R. Keesler	4.02
Getting BN_DOUBLECLICK to work for buttons Updated: 25 Jun 2002 BN_DOUBLECLICKED doesn't get received VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Roger Allen	4.00
CGroupCheck - Checkbox associated with a groupbox Updated: 16 Aug 2002 CButton-derived control associated with a groupbox to enable/disable controls inside VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Ming Liu	4.00
.NET port of Joe's AutoRepeat Button class Updated: 16 Apr 2002 This ports Joe Newcomer's AutoRepeat Button class to a .NET control .NET 1.0, C#, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Nishant Sivakumar	3.94
The Hot Spot .NET Control Updated: 31 Aug 2002 A control contains a set of [animated] pictures acting as multi-state buttons. .NET 1.0, C#, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Igor Ladnik	3.93
A Managed C++ Button Control - Unedited Updated: 20 Apr 2008 This is an example custom button control written entirely in managed C++ .NET 2.0, C++/CLI, .NET, Dev, WinForms, Intermediate	CodeWizard1951	3.92
Native Win32 Theme aware Owner-draw Controls without MFC Updated: 14 Dec 2002 How to apply themes to owner draw controls in a native Win32 project VC6, VS6, Windows, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Ewan Ward	3.90
CCheckSK - An Extended Check-box class Updated: 19 Aug 2003 This article discusses the CCheckSK class that extends CButton MFC and can be used to create check boxes that look like LEDs. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	abhinaba	3.80
CImageButtonWithStyle - Buttons using Images with XP Visual Styles Updated: 24 Nov 2005 How to get buttons using an icon or bitmap to use XP visual styles. VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Stephen C. Steel	3.79
NSButton Updated: 12 Jan 2004 A button that can be used together with a panel to make ToolBars, or just for everything else buttons are used for .NET 1.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, C#, Dev, Intermediate	Anders Molin	3.78
CRegionButton - A multidirectional button Updated: 17 May 2004 A class for making a button appear as though it has many regions. VC6, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	DavidCrow	3.66
Custom Button with Color and Shape Updated: 28 Apr 2004 Another simple custom button control with color and shape. .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2002, C#, Dev, Intermediate	Alan Zhao	3.52
CColorBox Updated: 3 Aug 2004 A very simple button that shows a color and lets the user change it by clicking on the button. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	PEK	3.50
CImageTextButton Updated: 22 May 2004 Bitmap button which embeds text on it. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	anuragvelekkattu	3.40
Enhanced XP Button Updated: 9 Dec 2003 Enhanced XP Button .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Member 572469	3.29
Simple Auto-Repeat (Fire Control) Button Control Updated: 10 May 2001 Simple drop-in button control that allows type-o-matic repeating on a button VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Harold Bamford	3.27
Round Button in C# Updated: 28 Sep 2003 This sample code illustrates how to create a custom control, specifically a round button in C# with advanced color effects. .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, C#, Dev, Intermediate	Saikat Sen	3.24
CGroup - A Powerful Group Control Updated: 22 Aug 2001 A CButton-derived class that will give groups more powerful functionality. VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	David Msika	3.18
Image Button Control Updated: 27 Mar 2003 Image Button Control MFC Class ( CImageButton ) VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	HAMZADAYI	3.06
Rainbow Button Updated: 22 Dec 2003 Making a rainbow colored button using a custom control .NET 1.0, VS.NET2002, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	David Preece	2.84
Cycle Choice Button Updated: 28 Mar 2005 This article describes a CycleButton control. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, GDI+, Dev, Intermediate	Alex Onezashvili	2.77
Owner-draw icon buttons in plain C (no MFC) - Unedited Updated: 7 Aug 2007 Use icons to draw buttons with owner-draw style VC7, WinXP, VS.NET2003, C, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Bruno Challier	2.75
Enable/Disable a group of controls with one click Updated: 22 Jul 2002 This article demonstrates a CButton derived class that is used to enable or disable a set of controls with a single click. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Pavel Sokolov	2.57
Owner-draw button Updated: 3 Feb 2003 A button-derived class that makes push buttons looks like a toolbar buttons. .NET 1.0, VS.NET2002, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Georgi Atanasov	2.55
SkinControls: Button, CheckBox and RadioButton controls with built-in styles Updated: 15 Mar 2006 Custom drawn button, checkbox and radiobutton controls. .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, VS.NET2003, VS2005, C#, Windows, GDI+, Dev, Intermediate	Pan wen	2.38
XButton control for .NET Updated: 31 Mar 2004 Developing a gradient button in C# .NET 1.0, VS.NET2002, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Tahir Ali Mirza	2.10
Writing a Bitmap Button control using the .NET SDK Updated: 6 Feb 2001 Article on how to write a push button control displaying different images for different user actions VC7, .NET 1.0, VS.NET2002, C#, Windows, Dev, Beginner	Naveen K Kohli	2.00
A button with rollover behavior using C++ Updated: 7 Jan 2003 This class provides a button with rollover behavior VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	datenkabel	1.98
ButtonControl - Unedited Updated: 3 Oct 2006 A simple button control showing the use of a property page. VC7, Win2K, VS.NET2003, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	_AnShUmAn_	1.78
A Multi Gradient Button Updated: 15 Dec 2004 Button that allows multiple gradients defined at design time. .NET 1.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, C#, Visual Studio, GDI+, Dev, Intermediate	marktoth	1.75
Color Button - Unedited Updated: 18 Oct 2006 Changing the Color of the Button control VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, MFC, Dev, Beginner	vasarlajagadish	1.29
How to Write javascript to a command button field - Unedited Updated: 6 Dec 2007 this one is mainly to raise a confirm window to command button field and delete row when clicked yes ASP.NET, JScript, CSS, HTML, WebForms, Ajax, Intermediate	kinna
Button Controls - Non-rectangular Buttons			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
PolyBtn, a polygon button class Updated: 23 Feb 2003 Another non-rectangular button class. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Chris Losinger	4.65
Flicker free resizable custom control Updated: 31 Oct 2005 This dynamically reziable control does not flicker. The article describes the problem and the technique used to solve the flickering. VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, MFC, GDI, GDI+, Dev, Intermediate	JanKotowski	4.63
Transparent Button with Region and Anti-Aliased Edges Updated: 16 Aug 2004 Code for creating transparent, blended bitmapped buttons. VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Bob Carboni	4.60
Round Buttons Updated: 11 Jun 2003 A class that turns rectangular buttons into round buttons. VC6, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Chris Maunder	4.51
Elliptic Buttons Updated: 8 Feb 2000 A class that turns rectangular buttons into elliptic buttons. VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Raghav Gupta	4.20
An elliptical button class with bitmap Updated: 30 Aug 2004 An article on an elliptic button class supporting bitmaps. VC6, VS6, Windows, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Dag Menning	3.47
CFlexiButton Class Updated: 19 Feb 2004 A class that lets you take a break from those rectangular buttons VC6, VS6, Windows, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Gilphi	3.27
CLedButton Updated: 3 Mar 2000 A button that looks like a LED. VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Benjamin Mayrargue	2.25
Button Controls - Owner-draw buttons			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
XEmphasisButton - bold and underlined text in a non-ownerdraw button Updated: 23 May 2007 XEmphasisButton allows you to display buttons with bold and underlined text without requiring ownerdraw. This means that the button is perfectly compatible with XP themes, and also works on previous Windows versions. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Hans Dietrich	4.86
FooButton Updated: 7 Oct 2006 A lightweight general-purpose owner drawn bitmap button. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Ravi Bhavnani	4.80
COddButton Updated: 26 Oct 2002 How to make owner-draw buttons handle default state VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Paolo Messina, George	4.79
Irregular shaped buttons – owner drawn buttons made easy Updated: 21 Sep 2005 Freehand draw - make a button with irregular shape. A step by step beginner's guide. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Naren Neelamegam	4.71
CButtonST v3.9 (MFC Flat buttons) Updated: 28 Mar 2003 A fully featured owner-draw button class - it's got the lot! VC6, VC7, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Davide Calabro	4.69
CCustomBitmapButton - MFC Bitmap Button Updated: 17 Sep 2004 An owner-draw bitmap button and a frame for the caption bar, in one class. VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Andrzej Markowski	4.68
CxShadeButton Updated: 4 Nov 2001 An owner-drawn button class that gives a professional look to your buttons. VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Davide Pizzolato	4.65
CxSkinButton Updated: 18 Jun 2003 A skinned button class with clipping region, tooltip and mouse tracking VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Davide Pizzolato	4.58
CXPStyleButtonST v1.2 Updated: 21 Jan 2002 Windows XP buttons with all CButtonST features VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Davide Calabro	4.54
Button with ToolTip and/or bitmap resource Updated: 14 Oct 2001 A simple way to have tooltip and a 4 state button using a bitmap resource VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Jean-Louis Guenego	4.50
LedButton Status Control (Owner-draw) Updated: 17 Jan 2005 Read-Only button control to display LED statuses (activity, multi-state, etc.). VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	rbid	4.50
FxButton Class Updated: 24 Nov 2003 FxButton allows developers to create customized buttons using captions, bitmaps, tooltips, etc. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	RichardV	4.47
CWinXPButtonST Updated: 6 Sep 2001 A CButtonST derived class that emulates Office/Windows XP buttons VC6, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Davide Calabro	4.45
Custom Draw Buttons & A Smarter Groupbox Updated: 11 Jan 2000 A class to make working with radio buttons easier, and another for custom drawing buttons VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	John Curtis	4.36
XP-style Button Control Updated: 6 Aug 2002 XP style button control for all version of windows. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Shrishail Rana	4.27
CShadeButtonST Updated: 25 Jun 2001 A Shaded Button made using CButtonST VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Davide Calabro	4.19
Moveable \ Resizable Runtime Hover Buttons with ToolTips Updated: 28 Jul 2001 An article on creating changable buttons VC6, VS6, Windows, MFC, Dev, Intermediate