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3D Active Button Magic - Help

Table of contents

Copyright information

License agreement

Files to be included with your application

How to contact MultiMedia Soft

How to report bugs to our technical support

Product history

Deprecated elements

Tutorials

How to use the control in your projects

How to speed up buttons rendering

How to use Mnemonic Constants

How to change the button style

How to manage button templates

How to change the button appearance

How to create a custom shaped button

How to customize the 3D rendering of custom shaped buttons

How to change button colors

How to manage colors of Vista's Aero style

How to manage colors of Office 2003 style

How to manage colors of Office 2007 style

How to add text to the button

How to manage surface lighting

How to display bitmaps and animations

How to change button resources

How to manage alpha channel transparency

How to manage cells

How to apply a texture to the button surface

How to use pictures and sounds downloaded from the Internet

How to know if a button has the input focus

How to use Hyperlinks

How to play sounds with the button

How to render buttons over a picture

How to change the cursor

How to group Radio buttons together

How to use Enhanced Standard controls

How to use the control as a Frame control

How to use the control as a Picture control

How to use the control as a Progress Bar control

How to use the control as a Split Button

How to create rollover effects like in Macromedia Flash

How to create AMZ compressed files for use over the Internet

How to perform custom graphic rendering over the control surface

Other useful settings

Properties

BackColor property

BackColorContainer property

BackColorDisabled property

BackColorFocus property

BackColorInterior property

BackColorMouseOver property

BackColorPressed property

ButtonRaiseFactor property

Caption property

CaptionWordWrapPerc property

CellsManager property

Clickable property

ColorSurfaceDisabled property

ColorSurfaceFocus property

ColorSurfaceInternal property

ColorSurfaceMO property

ColorSurfaceNormal property

ColorSurfacePressed property

CornerFactor property

Cursor property

Enabled property

EnabledInternetLoadAtDT property

FlatPillowFactor property

FocusMode property

FontTextCaption property

FontTextCB property

FontTextCT property

FontTextLB property

FontTextLM property

FontTextLT property

FontTextRB property

FontTextRM property

FontTextRT property

ForeColor property

ForeColorDisabled property

ForeColorMouseOver property

ForeColorPressed property

FrameEffect property

HighlightColor property

HollowFrame property

Hyperlink property

LightDirection property

MovePictureOnPress property

OptionGroupDelimiter property

Orientation property

Picture property

PictureCustom property

PictureDisabled property

PictureKeepRatio property

PictureMouseOver property

PicturePosition property

PicturePressed property

PictureReflectivityEnabled property

PictureReflectivityPerc property

PictureReflectHeightPerc property

PictureTranspColor property

PictureTranspFactor property

PictureTranspMode property

PictureVisible property

PictureXOffset property

PictureYOffset property

ProgressBarColor property

ProgressBarFillMode property

ProgressBarMax property

ProgressBarMin property

ProgressBarType property

ProgressBarValue property

RectHardEdges property

ShadowColor property

ShadowMode property

ShapeHeadFactor property

ShapeLineFactor property

SmoothEdges property

SoundDown property

SoundMouseOut property

SoundMouseOver property

SoundUp property

SpecialEffect property

SpecialEffectFactor property

SplitButtonArrowColor property

SplitButtonArrowOffsetX property

SplitButtonArrowOffsetY property

SplitButtonHighlightColor property

SplitButtonPicture property

SplitButtonShadowColor property

SplitButtonSizePerc property

SplitButtonType property

SpotlightColor property

SpotlightOffsetX property

SpotlightOffsetY property

SpotlightResizeHeight property

SpotlightResizeWidth property

SpotlightType property

SpotlightVisible property

Surface property

SurfaceTransparentFactor property

SurfaceTransparentZone property

SwapEffectsColors property

TextCaptionAlignment property

TextDescrCaption property

TextDescrCB property

TextDescrCT property

TextDescrLB property

TextDescrLM property

TextDescrLT property

TextDescrRB property

TextDescrRM property

TextDescrRT property

TextureSurface property

ToolTipEnabled property

ToolTipTextChecked property

ToolTipTextNormal property

UseAntialiasing property

Office 2003 related properties

Office2003BorderWidth property

Office2003ColorBorder property

Office2003ColorBorderMouseOver property

Office2003ColorBorderPressed property

Office2003ColorSouth property

Office2003ColorSouthMouseOver property

Office2003ColorSouthPressed property

Office2003ColorNorth property

Office2003ColorNorthMouseOver property

Office2003ColorNorthPressed property

Office 2007 related properties

Office2007ColorInnerBorder property

Office2007ColorInnerBorderMouseOver property

Office2007ColorInnerBorderPressed property

Office2007ColorNorthBottom property

Office2007ColorNorthBottomMouseOver property

Office2007ColorNorthBottomPressed property

Office2007ColorNorthTop property

Office2007ColorNorthTopMouseOver property

Office2007ColorNorthTopPressed property

Office2007ColorOuterBorder property

Office2007ColorOuterBorderMouseOver property

Office2007ColorOuterBorderPressed property

Office2007ColorSouthBottom property

Office2007ColorSouthBottomMouseOver property

Office2007ColorSouthBottomPressed property

Office2007ColorSouthTop property

Office2007ColorSouthTopMouseOver property

Office2007ColorSouthTopPressed property

Office2007InnerBorderWidth property

Office2007OuterBorderWidth property

Vista's Aero related properties

VistaColorBackgroundChecked property

VistaColorBackgroundCheckedMouseOver property

VistaColorGlossyEffectLower property

VistaColorGlossyEffectUpper property

VistaColorGlossyEmphLower property

VistaColorGlossyEmphLowerPressed property

VistaColorGlossyEmphUpper property

VistaColorGlossyEmphUpperPressed property

VistaColorGlow property

VistaColorGlowBack property

VistaColorGlowBottom property

VistaColorGlowChecked property

VistaColorGlowCheckedMouseOver property

VistaColorInnerBorder property

VistaColorInnerBorderPressed property

VistaColorMiddleBorder property

VistaColorOuterBorder property

VistaGlossyShape property

VistaLook property

VistaGlossySmoothFactor property

VistaInnerBorderWidth property

VistaMiddleBorderWidth property

VistaOpacityGlossyEffectLower property

VistaOpacityGlossyEffectUpper property

VistaOpacityGlossyEmphLower property

VistaOpacityGlossyEmphLowerPressed property

VistaOpacityGlossyEmphUpper property

VistaOpacityGlossyEmphUpperPressed property

VistaOuterBorderWidth property

Methods

AnimGetFramesCount method

AnimGetFramesRate method

AnimInvertPlay method

AnimPause method

AnimResume method

AnimSetFramesRate method

AnimShowFrame method

AboutBox method

ClearButtonCache method

EnableAcceleratorForVB method

EnableButtonCache method

EnableSound method

ExportBtnImage method

GetButtonCacheSize method

GetControlBitmap method

GetEdition method

GetVersion method

LoadTemplate method

LoadTemplateEx method

MouseCapture method

RefreshTransparentControl method

SaveTemplate method

SaveTemplateEx method

SetAutomaticRefresh method

SetAnimFromMemory method

SetAnimFromNet method

SetCursorFromHandle method

SetCustomPaintFunction method

SetNSContainerColor method

SetPictureFromHandle method

SetPictureFromMemory method

SetPictureFromNet method

SetSoundFromMemory method

SetSoundFromNet method

SetSoundSync method

SetTemplateBinDir method

SetTotalTransparentFactor method

Events

AnimDLLDone event

CellClick event

ChangedSize event

MouseDown event

MouseMove event

PaintDone event

PictureDLLDone event

SoundDone event

SplitButtonClick event

SplitButtonMouseIn event

SplitButtonMouseOut event

COM Objects

SurfaceColor object

SurfaceColor object

Properties

SurfaceColor.Color property

SurfaceColor.Color2 property

SurfaceColor.GradientFactor property

SurfaceColor.GradientType property

SurfaceColor.Render3DType property

TextDescriptor object

TextDescriptor object

Properties

TextDescriptor.Text property

TextDescriptor.Angle property

TextDescriptor.Antialias property

TextDescriptor.Border property

TextDescriptor.ColorBorder property

TextDescriptor.ColorHalo property

TextDescriptor.ColorHighlight property

TextDescriptor.ColorMouseOver property

TextDescriptor.ColorNormal property

TextDescriptor.ColorPressed property

TextDescriptor.ColorShadow property

TextDescriptor.ColorSolidBack property

TextDescriptor.ColorSolidBackShadow property

TextDescriptor.DoubleSpace property

TextDescriptor.OffsetX property

TextDescriptor.OffsetY property

TextDescriptor.SolidBack property

TextDescriptor.SolidBackShadow property

TextDescriptor.SpecialEffect property

TextDescriptor.SpecialEffectFactor property

TextDescriptor.TransparentFactor property

TextDescriptor.Visible property

Texture object

Properties

Texture.ColorToMix property

Texture.Filepath property

Texture.LightIntensity property

Texture.Mode property

Texture.PercentageColorMix property

CellsManager object

CellsManager object

Properties

CellsManager.BackColor property

CellsManager.BorderColor property

CellsManager.BorderWidth property

CellsManager.PictureDisabled property

CellsManager.PictureHorzAlign property

CellsManager.PictureNormal property

CellsManager.PictureTranspFactor property

CellsManager.PictureVertAlign property

CellsManager.ScaleUnit property

CellsManager.Text property

CellsManager.TextDescriptor property

CellsManager.TextHorzAlign property

CellsManager.TextVertAlign property

CellsManager.Visible property

Methods

CellsManager.CellAdd method

CellsManager.CellDelete method

CellsManager.CellFind method

CellsManager.CellGetUniqueID method

CellsManager.CellGetPos method

CellsManager.CellGetSize method

CellsManager.CellGetCount method

CellsManager.CellGetLogFont

CellsManager.CellSetPos method

CellsManager.CellSetSize method

CellsManager.CellSetLogFont method

CellsManager.CellSetPictureFromHandle method

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