advantages and uses of owner drawn button

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i need the advantages and uses of owner drawn button

Posted 20-Jun-11 0:53am

Adeel Manzoor

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CPallini · Answer 1 · 2011-06-20T00:55:00

Solution 1

The obvious advantage is that you can make it appear (if you're able to do so) whatever you like.
As about the uses, if you need, for instance, an oval button and the system doesn't provide it, then you have to create an owner drawn button.

Posted 20-Jun-11 0:55am

CPallini

Updated 20-Jun-11 0:56am

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Joan M · Answer 2 · 2011-06-20T04:00:00

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Both answers (CPallini and Albert Holguin) are perfect. If you want some samples, you could take a look at this link[^] where lots of button control samples appear.

Hope this helps.

Posted 20-Jun-11 4:00am

Joan M

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Albert Holguin 20-Jun-11 11:15am

good point, lots of examples here at CP

Joan M 20-Jun-11 11:19am

Thank you Albert!

Albert Holguin · Answer 3 · 2011-06-20T03:34:00

Advantages:
- Make a button look exactly the way you want (any color, shape, and include any bitmaps).
- Make your own buttons in a case where your framework doesn't have what you want or need.

Disadvantage:
- You have to draw out the button completely yourself, this includes any transition states and/or enabling/disabling the button.