Label witch diseapear in a picturebox

Falbala · #1 01-12-2004, 05:08 PM

Hy !
Sorry for my really bad english, I'll do my best. Well i would like to have à gradien on a commandbutton with à label on it. Problem I can't put gradien on a objet witch dont have the 'line' methode ! So i draw my own button with picturebox and put label on it . Good it works, but now when i want to apply gradien on it, the label diseapear !!!
I tried lots of possibilities with all the property of this 2 controls but without succes. So if someone has an idea, it would be great. Thanks a lot...

rpgnewbie · #2 01-12-2004, 07:13 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Falbala
Hy !
Sorry for my really bad english, I'll do my best. Well i would like to have à gradien on a commandbutton with à label on it. Problem I can't put gradien on a objet witch dont have the 'line' methode ! So i draw my own button with picturebox and put label on it . Good it works, but now when i want to apply gradien on it, the label diseapear !!!
I tried lots of possibilities with all the property of this 2 controls but without succes. So if someone has an idea, it would be great. Thanks a lot...

Labels are lightweight controls without their own device context, so that's why you are having problems. Just use picboxes. Why are you trying to use labels? If you want to display text in a picturebox you can use the Print method of Picboxs. It won't come up in the Intellisense dropdown but it's just:

Picture1.Print "Output text"

Remember to set AutoRedraw to True

The other option is bitblting, or use the line method to "draw" the letters...

**passel** · #3 01-12-2004, 07:21 PM

If you set AutoRedraw to True in your picture box, then the label should
show on top of the graphics without a problem. I'm assuming you set
the label's BackStyle to Transparent.

Falbala · #4 01-14-2004, 04:25 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by passel
If you set AutoRedraw to True in your picture box, then the label should
show on top of the graphics without a problem. I'm assuming you set
the label's BackStyle to Transparent.

Yes !!!!! you're right, it's exactly what i wanted. Thanks a lot.

Sorry rpgnewbie but it doesn't work with : "Picture1.Print "Output text" !!!!!! I mean nothing appear on my 'like a button but with a picbox' so I don't know what is it for ?

**passel** · #5 01-14-2004, 05:09 PM

After drawing your gradient, the CurrentX and CurrentY values are
probably left in the lower right corner so the text is being printed
outside the picturebox.

Try something like this (without a label in the picturebox, of course):

Code:

'
  Dim buttonTxt As String
  buttonTxt = "Test Button"
  'Draw your gradient
  Picture1.CurrentX = (Picture1.ScaleWidth - Picture1.TextWidth(buttonTxt)) / 2
  Picture1.CurrentY = (Picture1.ScaleHeight - Picture1.TextHeight(buttonTxt)) / 2
  Picture1.Print buttonTxt

Falbala · #6 01-16-2004, 07:06 PM

Yes, Yes, Yes, that's good ... thanks a lot !