Button Color?

[Hooch]

...mentioned on a post that you could change the color of a button. I can't find any info on that other than his post. Is this possible? I have some buttons that are toggles and I would like to be able to change the button color or the button text color dependent on what state the toggle is in.

[pekster]

Sorry, I don't think I was correct when I said that you can change button color. You can change the text of the button, or make it the default button (which has a thicker boarder) or even make it a bigger physical button and moved up a bit to distiuguish it from the others.

[flyingboz]

I used toggle buttons with status labels --- i.e.

If $CURRENT_PID <> 0 Then
    GUIWrite($hTriggerStatus, -1, "Watchdog Running PID: " & $current_PID)
          GUISetControlEx($hTriggerStatus,0,0,"",0x00);set to black
  Else
    GUIWrite($hTriggerStatus, -1, "WatchDog NOT Running!")
          GUISetControlEx($hTriggerStatus,0,0,"",0xff);set to red ??? why is this bright blue?
  EndIf

I don't have a color map -- and it doesn't give results I'd expect from looking

at cyberslug's sample GUI (his 0xff value results in red text...) -- but it does at least create a visual cue of togglestatus. -

You also could add icon controls ....though I understand the wish to do everything

one one control.

Edited August 2, 2004 by flyingboz

[Valik]

You can use a checkbox with the style BS_PUSHLIKE (I think that's the one) to make it look like a standard button, but behave like a checkbox.

[CyberSlug]

I don't have a color map -- and it doesn't give results I'd expect from looking

at cyberslug's sample GUI (his 0xff value results in red text...) -- but it does at least create a visual cue of togglestatus.

Opt("ColorMode", ....) ;possible reason

ColorMode Sets the way colors are defined, either RGB or BGR. RGB is the default but in previous versions of AutoIt (pre 3.0.102) BGR was the default:

0 = Colors are defined as RGB (0xRRGGBB) (default)

1 = Colors are defined as BGR (0xBBGGRR) (the mode used in older versions of AutoIt)

0xFF == Red in old versions, 0xFF == Blue in new Versions

We really need to add a color chart to the appendix.

[Hooch]

Ah... well thats plenty of things to try out then, cool, looks like I won't have a problem getting what I am after. Thanks guys'

[Hooch]

OH hey Slug, what is Red in the newer versions?

[Hooch]

You can use a checkbox with the style BS_PUSHLIKE (I think that's the one) to make it look like a standard button, but behave like a checkbox.

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Valik, that style is exactly what I was wanting.... I apologize for not seeing it. Love it.

[pekster]

OH hey Slug, what is Red in the newer versions?

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0xFF0000 should give you red. I get a different result if I just use 0xFF

[Valik]

0xFF = 255

0xFF0000 = 16711680

Small difference.