Mega Code Archive
Render onto the button
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using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing.Drawing2D;
public class ButtonRenerer : System.Windows.Forms.Form
{
private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;
private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnRenderedButton;
private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnRenderToOtherButton;
public ButtonRenerer()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
{
if( disposing )
{
if (components != null)
{
components.Dispose();
}
}
base.Dispose( disposing );
}
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.btnRenderedButton = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.btnRenderToOtherButton = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.SuspendLayout();
//
// btnRenderedButton
//
this.btnRenderedButton.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(168, 120);
this.btnRenderedButton.Name = "btnRenderedButton";
this.btnRenderedButton.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(112, 136);
this.btnRenderedButton.TabIndex = 0;
this.btnRenderedButton.Text = "Click on other button!";
//
// btnRenderToOtherButton
//
this.btnRenderToOtherButton.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(168, 8);
this.btnRenderToOtherButton.Name = "btnRenderToOtherButton";
this.btnRenderToOtherButton.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(112, 56);
this.btnRenderToOtherButton.TabIndex = 1;
this.btnRenderToOtherButton.Text = "Render to button";
//
// ButtonRenerer
//
this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 273);
this.Controls.Add(this.btnRenderToOtherButton);
this.Controls.Add(this.btnRenderedButton);
this.Name = "ButtonRenerer";
this.StartPosition = System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition.CenterScreen;
this.Text = "Basic Paint Form";
this.Paint += new System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventHandler(this.ButtonRenerer_Paint);
this.ResumeLayout(false);
}
[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
Application.Run(new ButtonRenerer());
}
private void ButtonRenerer_Paint(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs e)
{
Graphics buttonGraphics = Graphics.FromHwnd(btnRenderedButton.Handle);
HatchBrush b = new HatchBrush(HatchStyle.Cross, Color.Purple, Color.Gold);
buttonGraphics.FillRectangle(b, 0, 0, 50, btnRenderedButton.Height);
}
}
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