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How make stylistic buttons windows 7?


I want use buttons on my application like this (see picture).

This isn't usual buttons, it have standard picture, caption and description.

Could anyone help me with it? (Post some code or something else)

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Solution

  • The button you mentioned is called a Command Link

    Windows Vista and Version 6.00 introduced another kind of push button, the command link.
    Visually, a command link is very different from a normal push button, but it has the same functionality.
    A command link typically displays an arrow icon, a line of text, and additional text in a smaller font.

    Here is a list of styles available for buttons.
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb775951(VS.85).aspx

    Note the constant BS_COMMANDLINK and BS_DEFCOMMANDLINK at the above weppage

    If you create a button using the BUTTON class with the CreateWindow or CreateWindowEx function, you can specify any of the button styles listed

    Design concepts for Command Link

    Check this link to see the various types of buttons.
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb775947(VS.85).aspx


    Here is the code example for creating a Command Link in C#
    Vista Command Link Control with C# / Windows Forms

    Hope this helps.