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Button Captions... multi-lines?
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11/06/1998 11:12:01
 
 
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11/06/1998 11:02:38
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Visual FoxPro
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Miscellaneous
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00106954
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00107222
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Thanks Arnon ---

Yeah, I've done it myself. I just wish it was intrinsic for speed and ease-of-use.


>John, it is called Coolbarand it is an ActiveX control
>so you don't expect MS to add it to VFP itself
>however, it is fairly simple to add this functionality to VFP (even in VFP5)
>I created in pure VFP5 code- win98 toolbars, right click menus and buttons
>I even published a crude prototype for the buttons (I enhaced it a lot since
>then) in one of the VFUG newsletters (I don't remember the Issue - sorry)
>
>Arnon
>
>>On that issue, Arnon, I'm a little bit peeved that Win98 style buttons were
>not a native control in VFP6....I would have thought that adding --- what
>are they formally called, Active Buttons? ---- would have been a no-brainer.
>>
>>
>>>I createed my own buttons using a container an image and label
>>>(I also then subclassed it to create win98 style buttons etc.)
>>>Gives you all the freedom you want- and not to complicated to create
>>>
>>>Arnon
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>I would like to be able to produce a caption on a button control which
>spans
>>>>>>>more than one line on the button.
>>>>>>Nope....you can't have a multiline caption
>>>>>
>>>>>BZZZZZZT! And thank you for playing. :-) cmdButton.WordWrap = .T. will
>take care of this for you in VFP5, if not earlier....
>>>>
>>>>Wait.....DING! The judges reconsider!!! Seriously, I don't count
>WordWrap because you have no real control (except the size of the button)
>where the line break will occur and the context of the original question
>indicated that he was looking for fine control.
------------------------------------------------
John Koziol, ex-MVP, ex-MS, ex-FoxTeam. Just call me "X"
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" - Hunter Thompson (Gonzo) RIP 2/19/05
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