CommandButton Style

How can I change the style of a commandbutton dynamically created?

My code:

frm.Controls.Add "VB.CommandButton", "cmdTest"
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set cmdAdicionar = mdgrDataGrid.Parent.Controls("cmdTest")
cmdAdicionar.Top = lngTop + 50
cmdAdicionar.Left = lngLeft + 50
cmdAdicionar.Width = 200
cmdAdicionar.Height = 100
cmdAdicionar.Style = 1 '----- error -----
cmdAdicionar.Picture = LoadResPicture(101, vbResBitmap)
cmdAdicionar.ZOrder 0
cmdAdicionar.TabStop = true
cmdAdicionar.Visible = true




The style property is read only at run time. :-(

Alternative way is to load an array of control:

1. In design view - add a command button (change the properties as needed) and change the Index property to 0 (it is better to have the Visible property set to FALSE)
2. During the run time do the following:

private Sub Form_Load()
for i = 1 to 2
Call LoadDynButton(i)
Command1(i).Visible = true
next i
End Sub

Sub LoadDynButton(byval nInd as Integer)
on error GoTo trap_err

Load Command1(nInd)
Command1(nInd).Left = Command1(nInd - 1).Left + 20 + Command1(nInd).Width
Exit Sub

trap_err:
MsgBox "error creating button #" & nInd & vbCrLf & Err.Description
End Sub




Play with the code so that it can cater for your needs. Good luck.

-Cool Bizs

Thanks, but I use the code posted before in a class that can be used in any form of my application. Because of that I can't use an array of controls. ¿Any suggestion?

You can change a button between Graphical and ordinary styles thus:

'\\ API Declarations
option Explicit
'\\ Window specific information
private Declare Function GetWindowLongApi Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowLongA" (byval hwnd as Long, byval nIndex as Long) as Long
private Declare Function SetWindowLongApi Lib "user32" Alias "SetWindowLongA" (byval hwnd as Long, byval nIndex as Long, byval dwNewLong as Long) as Long

'\\ get Window Long Indexes...
public Enum enGetWindowLong
GWL_EXSTYLE = (-20)
GWL_HINSTANCE = (-6)
GWL_HWNDPARENT = (-8)
GWL_ID = (-12)
GWL_STYLE = (-16)
GWL_USERDATA = (-21)
GWL_WNDPROC = (-4)
End Enum

private Const BS_BITMAP = 80

'\\ --[SetButtonStyle]----------------------------------------------------------------------
'\\ Sets the style bit specified to the window specified. Note that many window style
'\\ bits cannot be used at run time :. use this with caution
'\\ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'\\ You have a royalty free right to use, reproduce, modify, publish and mess with this code
'\\ I'd like you to visit http://www.merrioncomputing.com for updates, but won't force you
'\\ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
private Sub SetButtonStyle(BtnIn as CommandButton, Graphical as Boolean)

Dim lStyle as Long
Dim lRet as Long

'\\ get the current setting of that style bit
lStyle = GetWindowLongApi(BtnIn.hwnd, GWL_STYLE)

If Graphical then
'\\ Add the new style bit to it
lStyle = lStyle Or BS_BITMAP
else
If (lStyle Or BS_BITMAP) = lStyle then
lStyle = lStyle - BS_BITMAP
End If
End If

'\\ set it to the window
lRet = SetWindowLongApi(BtnIn.hwnd, GWL_STYLE, lStyle)

BtnIn.Refresh

End Sub




Note that the VB runtime will not know you have done this, so the Command.Style member will not change - but you will be able to do graphical things with the button.

HTH,
Duncan

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Ex. Datis: Duncan Jones
Merrion Computing Ltd
http://www.merrioncomputing.com