CBlendedButtonST v1.0
A CButtonST-derived control with blended (semi-transparent) background!

Yes!
This class is included in the latest SoftechSoftware DLL version.

 

Description

CBlendedButtonST is a CButtonST-derived class that adds blended (semi-transparent) background to your buttons !

Main CBlendedButtonST features are:

How to integrate CBlendedButtonST in your application

In your project include the following files:

Create a CBlendedButtonST object statically
With dialog editor create a standard button control called, for example, IDC_BTNTEST (you don't need to make it owner drawn) and create a member variable for this control: 
CBlendedButtonST m_btnTest;
Now attach the control to CBlendedButtonST. For dialog-based applications, in your OnInitDialog: 
// Call the base-class method
CDialog::OnInitDialog();

// Create the IDC_BTNTEST control
m_btnTest.SubclassDlgItem(IDC_BTNTEST, this);
Or in your DoDataExchange: 
// Call the base method
CDialog::DoDataExchange(pDX);

// Create the IDC_BTNTEST control
DDX_Control(pDX, IDC_BTNTEST, m_btnTest);
Attention!
To properly work the CBlendedButtonST control MUST be in transparent mode and MUST have a opaque percentage lower than 100%. After creation you can set these parameters into your OnInitDialog, for example: 
// Create the IDC_BTNTEST control
(...)

// Set background color
m_btnTest.SetBackgroundColor(RGB(69, 162, 54), FALSE);
// Set opacity percentage to 50%
m_btnTest.SetOpacityPercentage(50, FALSE);
// Set transparent mode
m_btnTest.DrawTransparent();

Class methods

SetBackgroundColor
Sets the control's background color. 

// Parameters:
//     [IN]   crBackgroundColor
//            A COLORREF value indicating the new control's background.
//     [IN]   bRepaint
//            If TRUE the control will be immediately repainted.
//
// Return value:
//      BTNST_OK
//          Function executed successfully.
//
DWORD SetBackgroundColor(COLORREF crBackgroundColor, BOOL bRepaint = TRUE)
SetBorderColors
Sets the control's border colors. 
// Parameters:
//     [IN]   crBorderTopLeft
//            A COLORREF value indicating the color of the top and left sides of control's border.
//     [IN]   crBorderBottomRight
//            A COLORREF value indicating the color of the bottom and right sides of control's border.
//     [IN]   bRepaint
//            If TRUE the control will be immediately repainted.
//
// Return value:
//      BTNST_OK
//          Function executed successfully.
//
DWORD SetBorderColors(COLORREF crBorderTopLeft, COLORREF crBorderBottomRight, BOOL bRepaint = TRUE)
SetOpacityPercentage
Sets the percentage of opacity of the control's background. 
// Parameters:
//     [IN]   byPercentage
//            Percentage (from 0 to 100)
//            0 = Full transparency
//            100 = Full opacity
//     [IN]   bRepaint
//            If TRUE the control will be immediately repainted.
//
// Return value:
//      BTNST_OK
//          Function executed successfully.
//
DWORD SetOpacityPercentage(BYTE byPercentage, BOOL bRepaint = TRUE)
GetVersionI
Returns the class version as a short value. 
// Return value:
//     Class version. Divide by 10 to get actual version.
//
static short GetVersionI()
GetVersionC
Returns the class version as a string value. 
// Return value:
//     Pointer to a null-terminated string containig the class version.
//
static LPCTSTR GetVersionC()

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