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When using only the Caption and Icon property, the best anyone could hope for was a button that looked something like this:
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Set_Property(Ctrl, "OLE.Caption", "Cancel") |
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Set_Property(Ctrl, "OLE.Icon", "BMPS\delete.png") |
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With the CaptionList and IconList properties, you can make a button that looks like this:
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Set_Property(Ctrl, "OLE.CaptionList", "Cancel":@VM:@VM:"C6") |
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Set_Property(Ctrl, "OLE.IconList", "BMPS\delete.png":@VM:@VM:"C-6") |
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Multiple Captions
The reason we created the CaptionList and IconList properties in the first place was to meet the need of a client that wanted to emulate the buttons of a keyboard. This required multiple captions or images with a variety of layout and style options. Here is a sample button that uses two caption to emulate the '5' button on a typical keyboard:
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BigFont = "Arial":@SVM:16:@SVM:700 |
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LittleFont = "Arial":@SVM:10 |
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CaptionList = "" |
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CaptionList<1> = "5":@VM:"C":@VM:"C":@VM:BigFont |
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CaptionList<2> = "%":@VM:"L3":@VM:"T3":@VM:LittleFont |
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Set_Property(Ctrl, "OLE.CaptionList", CaptionList) |
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Notice how each caption uses a different font. The main part of the key uses a larger font and is perfectly centered. A smaller font is used for the percent symbol and is offset relative to the top left corner.
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