how to create irregular shape button?

[blacksource]

how to create irregular shape button from bitmap?

[HanneSThEGreaT]

Just to give you a hint into the right direction :

This would make a circle shaped button :
private void butCCircle_Paint(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs e)
{

//Declare A GraphicsPath Object, Which Is Used To Draw The Shape Of The Button
System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath CirclePath = new System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath();

//Create A 60 x 60 Circle Path
CirclePath.AddEllipse(new Rectangle(0, 0, 60, 60));

//Size Of The Button
butCCircle.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(60, 60);

if (blnCircleClicked) {
//If The Button Is Selected To Draw, Change The Color
butCCircle.BackColor = Color.DeepSkyBlue;
}
else {
//If The Button Is Not Selected To Draw With, Change Back To Original Color
butCCircle.BackColor = Color.Aquamarine;
}

//Create The Circular Shaped Button, Based On The Graphics Path
butCCircle.Region = new Region(CirclePath);

//Release All Resources Owned By The Graphics Path Object
CirclePath.Dispose();

}

This would make a square button :
private void butCSquare_Paint(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs e)
{

//Declare A GraphicsPath Object, Which Is Used To Draw The Shape Of The Button
System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath SquarePath = new System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath();

//Create A 60 x 60 Square Path
SquarePath.AddRectangle(new Rectangle(0, 0, 60, 60));

//Size Of The Button
butCSquare.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(60, 60);

if (blnSquareClicked) {
//If The Button Is Selected To Draw, Change The Color
butCSquare.BackColor = Color.DeepSkyBlue;
}
else {
//If The Button Is Not Selected To Draw With, Change Back To Original Color
butCSquare.BackColor = Color.Aquamarine;
}

//Create The Square Shaped Button, Based On The Graphics Path
butCSquare.Region = new Region(SquarePath);

//Release All Resources Owned By The Graphics Path Object
SquarePath.Dispose();

}

This would make a triangular button :
private void butCTriangle_Paint(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs e)
{

//Declare A GraphicsPath Object, Which Is Used To Draw The Shape Of The Button
System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath TrianglePath = new System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath();

//Create A Triangle Path, With A Total Width And Height Of 60, The Lines From The Bottom Meet At 30 At The Top
Point[] pTPoints = {new Point(30, 0), new Point(60, 60), new Point(0, 60)};

//Add The Point Array Object To The GraphicsPath Object. The Point Array Is Needed To Create The Three Interconnected Points
TrianglePath.AddLines(pTPoints);

//Size Of The Button
butCTriangle.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(60, 60);

if (blnTriangleClicked) {
//If The Button Is Selected To Draw, Change The Color
butCTriangle.BackColor = Color.DeepSkyBlue;
}
else {
//If The Button Is Not Selected To Draw With, Change Back To Original Color
butCTriangle.BackColor = Color.Aquamarine;
}

//Create The Triangular Shaped Button, Based On The Graphics Path
butCTriangle.Region = new Region(TrianglePath);

//Release All Resources Owned By The Graphics Path Object
TrianglePath.Dispose();

}

On the other hand, instead of making a button shaped from a bitmap, why not use the picture as the button instead ¿

I hope my comments were useful

[blacksource]

Thank you

[Falcon Eyes]

thanks
but should i create custom control then the above code to it

[dglienna]

You should draw all the controls at the same time, in some INIT code, that you can also call to CLEAR the form

This way would draw the button every time you invalidated the form

[HanneSThEGreaT]

thanks
but should i create custom control then the above code to it
No. As you can see in my previous post ( Post #2 (http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1753865&postcount=2) ), all you need is the particular button's Paint event, and do all the drawing code in there. :)