Creating a Glass Button using GDI+

Lukasz Sw.

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How to create an animating glass button using only GDI+ (and not using WPF)

glassbutton_src.zip
- GlassButton
  - GlassButton.sln
  - GlassButton
    - GlassButton.bmp
    - GlassButton.cs
    - GlassButton.csproj
    - GlassButton.Designer.cs
    - GlassButton.snk
    - Properties
      - AssemblyInfo.cs
  - GlassButtonTest
    - app.ico
    - GlassButtonTest.csproj
    - MainForm.cs
    - MainForm.Designer.cs
    - MainForm.resx
    - Program.cs
    - Properties
  - GlassButtonVB
    - GlassButton.bmp
    - GlassButton.Designer.vb
    - GlassButton.snk
    - GlassButton.vb
    - GlassButtonVB.vbproj
    - My Project
      - AssemblyInfo.vb
  - MfcHostApp
    - MfcHostApp.cpp
    - MfcHostApp.h
    - MfcHostApp.rc
    - MfcHostApp.vcproj
    - MfcHostAppDlg.cpp
    - MfcHostAppDlg.h
    - ReadMe.txt
    - res
      - MfcHostApp.ico
      - MfcHostApp.rc2
    - resource.h
    - stdafx.cpp
    - stdafx.h
glassbutton_demo.zip
- GlassButton (demo)
  - GlassButton.dll
  - GlassButton.xml
  - GlassButtonTest.exe
  - GlassButtonVB.dll
  - GlassButtonVB.xml
  - MfcHostApp.exe
glassbutton.zip
- GlassButton.exe
- src
  - GlassButton.sln
  - GlassButton


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Written By

Lukasz Sw.

Software Developer

Poland

I am a graduate of Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland.

My interests: gardening, reading, programming, drawing, Japan, Spain.

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