VistaLook property

Remarks

The look of the button when in normal state.

For further details about settings for the Vista's Aero style, see the How to manage colors of Vista's Aero style tutorial.

Get / Set functions

short abmGetVistaLook (

HWND hWndBtn

);

void abmSetVistaLook (

HWND hWndBtn,

short value

);

Parameters

Description

hWndBtn

Windows handle associated to the button.

value

The look of the button that will be applied. Supported values are the following:

Mnemonic constant	Value	Meaning
VISTA_LOOK_STANDARD	0 (default)	Standard look
VISTA_LOOK_HOVER	1	Hover look
VISTA_LOOK_CHECKED	2	Checked look
VISTA_LOOK_FLAT	3	Flat look: in this state the surface of button appears completely hidden apart from its texts and pictures: when the mouse hovers the button, as seen on the picture below, its surface will appear in mouse over state.

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_VISTA_LOOK
newValue	Color that will be applied.