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

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