PolyBtn

Description

Short story: Create an irregularly shaped UserControl by generating a MaskPicture at runtime.

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To be edited...

Published

This sample, or the one from which it originally derived, was published (or at least peripherally mentioned) in the following article(s):

APIs Usage

This sample uses the following API calls:

Module Library Function
CPolygon.cls gdi32








kernel32
olepro32
user32


BitBlt
CreateBitmap
CreateCompatibleDC
DeleteDC
DeleteObject
GetObject
GetStockObject
Polygon
SelectObject
RtlMoveMemory
OleCreatePictureIndirect
FillRect
GetDC
GetDesktopWindow
ReleaseDC
PolyButton.ctl gdi32
user32
Polygon
GetSysColor

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Download

Download PolyBtn.zip   Please, enjoy and learn from this sample. Include its code within your own projects, if you wish. But, in order to insure only the most recent code is available to all, I ask that you don't share the sample by any form of mass distribution.

Download PolyBtn.zip, 7Kb, Last Updated: Friday, August 14, 1998