LightDirection property

Remarks

The direction from which the light impacts the control.

Get / Set functions

BOOL abmGetLightDirection (

HWND hWndBtn

);

void abmSetLightDirection (

HWND hWndBtn,

short nLightDirection

);

Parameters

Description

hWndBtn

Windows handle associated to the button.

nLightDirection

Specifies the light direction value. Supported values are the following:

Mnemonic constant	Value	Meaning
LIGHT_DIR_NW	0 (default)	Light coming from North-West: this is the standard default for the Windows operating system.
LIGHT_DIR_NORTH	1	Light coming from North
LIGHT_DIR_NE	2	Light coming from North-East
LIGHT_DIR_EAST	3	Light coming from East
LIGHT_DIR_SE	4	Light coming from South-East
LIGHT_DIR_SOUTH	5	Light coming from South
LIGHT_DIR_SW	6	Light coming from South-West
LIGHT_DIR_WEST	7	Light coming from West
LIGHT_DIR_ABOVE	8	Light coming from above

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_LIGHT_DIRECTION
newValue	Same meaning of the nLightDirection parameter described before