Surface property

Remarks

Specifies the button surface type.

Get / Set functions

short abmGetSurface (

HWND hWndBtn

);

void abmSetSurface (

HWND hWndBtn,

short nSurface

);

Parameters

Description

hWndBtn

Windows handle associated to the button.

nSurface

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

Mnemonic constant	Value	Meaning
SURFACE_HARD	0 (default)	Hard pillow. Below you can see a sample of the button surface in Normal and Pressed state:
SURFACE_SOFT	1	Soft pillow: this kind of surface differs from the previous Hard pillow surface only when the button is in Pressed state. Below you can see a sample of the button surface in Normal and Pressed state:
SURFACE_FLAT	2	Flat
SURFACE_FLATPIL	3	Flat pillow
SURFACE_SUNKEN	4	Sunken pillow
SURFACE_PLASTIC	5	Plastic look
SURFACE_LUCID	6	Lucid look
SURFACE_NEON	7	Neon look
SURFACE_AQUA	8	Aqua look
SURFACE_GEL	9	Gel look
SURFACE_PLASTIC_SHAPED	10	Plastic shaped look
SURFACE_NEON_SHAPED	11	Neon shaped look
SURFACE_AQUA_SHAPED	12	Aqua shaped look
SURFACE_GEL_SHAPED	13	Gel shaped look
SURFACE_VISTA_AERO (*)	14	Windows Vista's "Aero" look
SURFACE_OFFICE_2003 (*)	15	Office 2003 look
SURFACE_OFFICE_2007 (*)	16	Office 2007 look

(*) Surface not available when the Shape property is set to one of the following values:

SHAPE_PARALLEL

SHAPE_CUSTOM

SHAPE_TRIANGLE

SHAPE_TRAPEZE

SHAPE_ARROW

SHAPE_HONEYCOMB_45

SHAPE_HONEYCOMB_135

SHAPE_DIAMOND

SHAPE_KEYHOLE

SHAPE_4LEAFCLOVER_V

SHAPE_4LEAFCLOVER_D

SHAPE_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_SURFACE
newValue	Same meaning of the nSurface parameter described before