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3D Button API - Help

Table of contents

Copyright information

Files to be included with your application

License agreement

How to contact MultiMedia Soft

MultiMedia Soft technical support

Product history

Deprecated elements

Tutorials

How to use the SDK in your projects

How to speed up buttons rendering

Using the SDK in Visual C++ 6.0 (C without MFC)

Using the SDK in Visual C++ 6.0 (C++ without MFC)

Using the SDK in Visual C++ 6.0 and Visual C++ .NET (with MFC)

Using the SDK in Visual Basic 6.0

Using the SDK in Visual Basic.NET

Using the SDK in Visual C#.NET

How to manage button templates

How to change the button shape

How to create a custom shaped button

How to customize the 3D rendering of custom shaped buttons

How to change the button colors

How to manage colors of Vista's Aero style

How to manage colors of Office 2003 style

How to manage colors of Office 2007 style

How to display bitmaps and animations

How to use the control as a powerful text, picture or animation control

How to apply a texture to the button surface

How to use pictures and sounds downloaded from the Internet

How to create AMZ compressed files for use over the Internet

How to use Hyperlinks

How to play sounds with the button

How to change the cursor

How to add text to the button

How to know if a button has the input focus

How to manage cells

How to manage alpha channel transparency

Properties

BackColor property

BackColorContainer property

BackColorDisabled property

BackColorFocus property

BackColorInterior property

BackColorMouseOver property

BackColorPressed property

Orientation property

ButtonRaiseFactor property

Caption property

CaptionWordWrapPerc property

Clickable property

CornerFactor property

Cursor property

Enabled property

FlatPillowFactor property

FocusMode property

ForeColor property

ForeColorDisabled property

ForeColorMouseOver property

ForeColorPressed property

HighlightColor property

Hyperlink property

LightDirection property

MovePictureOnPress property

Orientation property

Picture property

PictureCustom property

PictureDisabled property

PictureKeepRatio property

PictureMouseOver property

PicturePosition property

PicturePressed property

PictureReflectivityEnabled property

PictureReflectivityPerc property

PictureReflectHeightPerc property

PictureTranspColor property

PictureTranspFactor property

PictureTranspMode property

PictureVisible property

PictureXOffset property

PictureYOffset property

RectHardEdges property

ShadowColor property

ShadowMode property

ShapeHeadFactor property

ShapeLineFactor property

SmoothEdges property

SoundDown property

SoundMouseOut property

SoundMouseOver property

SoundUp property

SpecialEffect property

SpecialEffectFactor property

SpotlightColor property

SpotlightOffsetX property

SpotlightOffsetY property

SpotlightResizeHeight property

SpotlightResizeWidth property

SpotlightType property

SpotlightVisible property

Surface property

SurfaceTransparentFactor property

SurfaceTransparentZone property

SwapEffectsColors property

TextCaptionAlignment property

Texture property

TextureColorMix property

TextureColorMixPerc property

TextureLightIntensity property

TextureMode property

UseAntialiasing property

Office 2003 related properties

Office2003BorderWidth property

Office2003ColorBorder property

Office2003ColorBorderMouseOver property

Office2003ColorBorderPressed property

Office2003ColorNorth property

Office2003ColorNorthMouseOver property

Office2003ColorNorthPressed property

Office2003ColorSouth property

Office2003ColorSouthMouseOver property

Office2003ColorSouthPressed property

Office 2007 related properties

Office2007ColorInnerBorder property

Office2007ColorInnerBorderMouseOver property

Office2007ColorInnerBorderPressed property

Office2007ColorNorthBottom property

Office2007ColorNorthBottomMouseOver property

Office2007ColorNorthBottomPressed property

Office2007ColorNorthTop property

Office2007ColorNorthTopMouseOver property

Office2007ColorNorthTopPressed property

Office2007ColorOuterBorder property

Office2007ColorOuterBorderMouseOver property

Office2007ColorOuterBorderPressed property

Office2007ColorSouthBottom property

Office2007ColorSouthBottomMouseOver property

Office2007ColorSouthBottomPressed property

Office2007ColorSouthTop property

Office2007ColorSouthTopMouseOver property

Office2007ColorSouthTopPressed property

Office2007InnerBorderWidth property

Office2007OuterBorderWidth property

Vista's Aero related properties

VistaColorBackgroundChecked property

VistaColorBackgroundCheckedMouseOver property

VistaColorGlossyEffectLower property

VistaColorGlossyEffectUpper property

VistaColorGlossyEmphLower property

VistaColorGlossyEmphLowerPressed property

VistaColorGlossyEmphUpper property

VistaColorGlossyEmphUpperPressed property

VistaColorGlow property

VistaColorGlowBack property

VistaColorGlowBottom property

VistaColorGlowChecked property

VistaColorGlowCheckedMouseOver property

VistaColorInnerBorder property

VistaColorInnerBorderPressed property

VistaColorMiddleBorder property

VistaColorOuterBorder property

VistaGlossyShape property

VistaLook property

VistaGlossySmoothFactor property

VistaInnerBorderWidth property

VistaMiddleBorderWidth property

VistaOpacityGlossyEffectLower property

VistaOpacityGlossyEffectUpper property

VistaOpacityGlossyEmphLower property

VistaOpacityGlossyEmphLowerPressed property

VistaOpacityGlossyEmphUpper property

VistaOpacityGlossyEmphUpperPressed property

VistaOuterBorderWidth property

Container Level functions

abmContainerColorSetting function

abmContainerFontSetting function

abmContainerSetting function

abmContainerSubclass function

abmContainerTextSetting function

abmContainerUnsubclass function

Button Level functions

abmButtonRender function

abmButtonSubclass function

abmButtonSubclassEx function

abmEnableSound function

abmExportBtnImage function

abmGetControlBitmap function

abmGetFontText function

abmGetSurfaceColorDesc function

abmGetTextOnPos function

abmGetTextSettingOnPos function

abmLoadTemplate function

abmRefreshTransparentControl function

abmSetAnimFromMemory function

abmSetAnimFromNet function

abmSetCursorFromHandle function

abmSetFontText function

abmSetPictureFromHandle function

abmSetPictureFromMemory function

abmSetPictureFromNet function

abmSetSoundFromMemory function

abmSetSoundFromNet function

abmSetSoundSync function

abmSetSurfaceColorDesc function

abmSetTextOnPos function

abmSetTextSettingOnPos function

abmSetTextVisible function

abmSetTooltipTexts function

abmSetTotalTransparentFactor function

Generic functions

abmAboutBox function

abmClearButtonCache function

abmEnableButtonCache function

abmGetButtonCacheSize function

abmGetEdition function

abmGetVersion function

abmUseUnicodeStrings function

Cells management

Functions

abmCellsAddCellEx function

abmCellsDeleteCell function

abmCellsFindCell function

abmCellsGetCellPosEx function

abmCellsGetCellSizeEx function

abmCellsGetCellUniqueID function

abmCellsGetCount function

abmCellsGetLogFont function

abmCellsSetCellPosEx function

abmCellsSetCellSizeEx function

abmCellsSetLogFont function

abmCellsSetPictureFromHandle function

Properties

BackColor property (Cells)

BackTranspFactor property (Cells)

BorderColor property (Cells)

BorderWidth property (Cells)

PictureDisabled property (Cells)

PictureHorzAlign property (Cells)

PictureNormal property (Cells)

PictureTranspFactor property (Cells)

PictureVertAlign property (Cells)

ScaleUnit property (Cells)

Text property (Cells)

TextHorzAlign property (Cells)

TextSetting property (Cells)

TextVertAlign property (Cells)

Visible property (Cells)

Data structures

SURFACE_COLOR_DESC structure

TEXT_DESC structure

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