--- In [email protected], "brucexs" <bswit...@...> wrote:
>
> -
> > 
> > Please put on the maybe-someday future wish list for normal PP bar
> > items (which I always thought were "buttons"):
> 
> 
> If you meant buttons in the sense of Windows controls: no, they
> are not. They are drawn from scratch by direct programming of the
> windows gdi interface. They don't use the pre-defined button
> drawing and processing in Windows controls, as this would be too
> limiting in terms of visual and interaction possibilities, as
> well as wasting a lot of resources (more of a concern for the
> original 16 bit win 3.1 implementation). Even owner-drawn buttons
> have limitations. 

Thanks for explaining that, I can't tell you how many times I tried to
find controls inside the "childtoolbar". :D

>From what I read about owner drawn buttons, you can just basically get
the rectangle of the button and do whatever gdi can do with a
rectangle (fill it, etc.). Each such button would have a handle, etc.,
which I imagine adds overhead compared to your own approach.

Regards,
Sheri

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