SpecialEffect property

Remarks

Specifies the special effect applied to the button surface.

Get / Set functions

short abmGetSpecialEffect (

HWND hWndBtn

);

void abmSetSpecialEffect (

HWND hWndBtn,

short nEffect

);

Parameters

Description

hWndBtn

Windows handle associated to the button.

nEffect

Specifies the special effect applied. Supported values are the following:

Mnemonic constant	Value	Meaning
SPECIAL_EFFECT_NONE	0 (default)	No special effect applied.
SPECIAL_EFFECT_RAISED	1	A raised special effect is applied to the button surface.
SPECIAL_EFFECT_SUNKEN	2	A sunken special effect is applied to the button surface.
SPECIAL_EFFECT_SUNKEN_SIMPLE	3	A simpler sunken special effect is applied to the button surface.

The amount of this effect can be modified through the SpecialEffectFactor property.

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_SPECIAL_EFFECT
newValue	Same meaning of the nEffect parameter described before