How to apply a texture to the button surface

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How to apply a texture to the button surface

Supported texture formats are:

BMP

JPG

PNG

Below you can see a sample of a button with a blue marble texture applied.

The graphic file containing the texture picture can be set through the Texture property.

The texture file can be changed also using the following functions:

abmSetPictureFromHandle function to change the texture picture using a bitmap loaded in memory, identified by a bitmap handle.

abmSetPictureFromMemory function to change the texture picture using a bitmap loaded in memory.

abmSetPictureFromNet function to change the texture picture using a bitmap loaded from the Internet.

The texture rendering can be fine-tuned using the following properties:

TextureMode property to change the mode used to display the texture over the button surface.

TextureLightIntensity property to change the intensity of the light that hits the texture.

TextureColorMix property to change the color that will be mixed to the texture bitmap.

TextureColorMixPerc property to change the percentage used to mix the texture with the TextureColorMix color.

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