How to create this button

[Dion]

I have standard Doc/View application with the view class derived from CScrollview. I have loaded a 256 color bitmap on the entire client area. I'd like to add a small CButton object on the client area ( on top of the bitmap). How can I achieve this without creating additional dialog box. Thank you very much for your help.

[Paul McKenzie]

Just call the API CreateWindow(), CreateWindowEx(), or MFC's CWnd::Create() with the class name as "BUTTON". Look in the Help for the various button styles.

Regards,

Paul McKenzie

[Fabian]

Hi, to create a Button, first create a CButton member variable in CYourView class.

CButton m_button;

and in CYourView::OnInitialUpdate add this

void CYourView::OnInitialUpdate()
{
CScrollView::OnInitialUpdate();

CRect rect(0,0,70,30); //size and position of your button
m_button.Create("Test", BS_PUSHBUTTON, rect, this, 0);
m_button.ShowWindow(SW_SHOW);
}


I used BS_PUSHBUTTON style, but you can use whatever you need, just take a look to "Button Styles" in the documentation.
The font used to write "Test", is the current font selected in the device-context, so you can change it to whatever font you want.

Fabian