Shape property

Remarks

Specifies the shape of the button.

Get / Set functions

short abmGetShape (

HWND hWndBtn

);

void abmSetShape (

HWND hWndBtn,

short nShape

);

Parameters

Description

hWndBtn

Windows handle associated to the button.

nShape

The shape value. Supported values are the following:

Mnemonic constant	Value	Meaning
SHAPE_RECTANGLE	0 (default)	Rectangle
SHAPE_ROUNDRECT	1	Rounded Rectangle (*)
SHAPE_PARALLEL (*)	2	Parallelogram (*)
SHAPE_ELLIPSE	3	Ellipse
SHAPE_GEM	4	Gem (*)
SHAPE_CUSTOM (*)	5	Custom: the shape is determined by the PictureCustom property. By default, if no Picture has been entered in PictureCustom property, an octagonal shape is used. The following is an example of a custom shaped button, a puffy cloud.
SHAPE_TRIANGLE (*)	6	Triangle (*)
SHAPE_TRAPEZE (*)	7	Trapeze (*)
SHAPE_ARROW (*)	8	Arrow (*)
SHAPE_HONEYCOMB_V	9	Vertical honeycomb
SHAPE_HONEYCOMB_H	10	Horizontal honeycomb
SHAPE_HONEYCOMB_45 (*)	11	45º honeycomb
SHAPE_HONEYCOMB_135 (*)	12	135º honeycomb
SHAPE_DIAMOND (*)	13	Diamond
SHAPE_KEYHOLE (*)	14	Keyhole (*)
SHAPE_4LEAFCLOVER_V (*)	15	Vertical four leaf clover
SHAPE_4LEAFCLOVER_D (*)	16	Diagonal four leaf clover
SHAPE_ALFALFA (*)	17	Alfalfa (*)

(*) Shapes marked with a red asterisk can have a further modification of their shape through the Orientation property.

(*) Shapes marked with a green asterisk are not available when the Surface property is set to one of the following styles:

SURFACE_VISTA_AERO

SURFACE_OFFICE_2003

SURFACE_OFFICE_2007

Container function

short abmContainerSetting (

HWND hWndContainer,

short nSetting,

long newValue

);

Parameters	Description
hWndContainer	Windows handle associated to the button container.
nSetting	Must be set to SET_SHAPE
newValue	Same meaning of the nShape parameter described before