Tad advanced for me - besides if the suggestions about including CF/LF work for others, why does my app not accept them? Are there other TBitBtn properties that clash with the suggested solutions? Mark Carl Reynolds wrote: > You might have to roll your own. If you include a "DT_WORDBREAK or " on > each line in the implementation of TButtonGlyph (buttons.pas) that refers to > "DT_CENTER ..." or "DT_CALCRECT", then your BitBtns will all wordwrap - and > everything else that uses TButtonGlyph (caveat: not sure how that might > throw out autosizing!). Unfortunately you can't override anything because > TButtonGlyph is implementation only, but you could just copy the lot and > make those trivial changes for a new button of your own design (call it > TWordwrapBitBtn and sell it on the web :). > > Cheers, > Carl > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 4 February 2000 9:27 > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi > Subject: Re: [DUG]: Multi-line Caption > > No, it IS a TBitBtn. > Mark > > Oscar Martin wrote: > > > Sounds like you are using a TButton - which doesnt support multilines - > use > > a TBitButton instead > > > > Oscar > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 10:00 AM > > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi > > Subject: [DUG]: Multi-line Caption > > > > OK. Fine. I'll risk the impure design! > > Where do you guys learn all this stuff?! > > Thanks everyone. > > Mark > > OK > > When I try this, or the similar hex solution proposed all I get > > is > > > > Line1||Line2 (ie 2 heavy vertical bars in place of the CR/LF > > characters) > > > > or more precisely > > > > ne1||Lin > > > > There must be something simple that I am overlooking. > > (I *have* closed the quotes after Line1) > > Any ideas? > > > > Mark > > Oscar said > > > > you can use: > > > > btnTest.Caption := 'Line 1' + #13#10 + 'Line 2'; > > > > on a bit button - however it does violate every UI design rule > > known to > > mankind ;) > > > > Oscar. > > > > Original message - > > > > Does anyone know how to get a two line caption on a Bit Button, > > please? > > > > TIA > > > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > > which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged > > material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or > > taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or > > entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you > > received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material > from > > any computer. Opinions expressed in this transmission are not necessarily > > those of Sanderson Computers Limited. For further clarification, please > > contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz
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