Gradient to Button in mfc C++

You could set the style BS_OWNERDRAW
to constitute it by you own gusto... :)

Hi Eugen,

My owner draw is true. i have tried but i am not able to create gradient button.

Actually i am using these button in my own created dialogbar whose background is colored. Now my buttons are transparent mode so background of dialogbar is background of button. when i am clicking on button, background of buttons changed to White.

How to get rid of this?

1. Please derivate you own button class:

class CYourButton : public CButton
{
public:
  CYourButton();
  virtual ~CYourButton();

  // Overridables (for owner draw only)
  virtual void DrawItem(LPDRAWITEMSTRUCT lpDrawItemStruct);
}

...and implement your own drawing (to be not transparent).

2. Have your bar (of the button)
the DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX) function ?

Yes Eugen, My Dialogbar having DoDataExchange function.

Eugen, I am not that much expert of creating my own colored button using DrawItem.

Do you have any link for this, please do send it to me.

Very nice :)

3. Please place a variable of the type CYourButton -
in to your bar class:

{
  CYourButton m_cYourButton;
...
}

...and modify its exchange function:

void CYourBar::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
  CBaseOfYourBar::DoDataExchange(pDX);
  // second parameter is button ID from your .rc file
  DDX_Control(pDX, IDC_BUTTON1, m_cYourButton);
...
}

4. Constitute your drawing procedure
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/y0k9f0a4(VS.80).aspx[^]

5. You can fill gradient surface with the lines
or use other complete methods (must be searched) :)

Eugen, I have done according to you. I have also created DrawItem. but control is not coming to "DrawItem" of CyourButton.

Can you tell how can i achieve this?