For a long time now i have been wondering if there is a way in VB to have buttons that are round, for exampl the command buttons i use at the moment dont really allow me to expand the interface of my apps, so i wanted to use some other shapes pr styles of buttons. load that bitmap into their form the butoon, can someone please help.

Thanx

You wont get round buttons with the standard VB controls. However, there are third party addons that can do this. Try:

http://www.codeproject.com/buttonctrl/

You can load bitmaps onto the standard VB rectangualr button. Change the botton to a graphical style and insert a bitmap from the Properties menu. The bitmap has to be the same size as the button. It dosn't auto-size to the size of the button.

Stuart

I am currenty writing an ActiveX component in VB6 that deals with different shaped buttons etc. it isnt very good at this stage but i am working ont it

Cool thanx im gona check out that website and see what i can get, when you finish your activex component will it be possible to have a look at it please? i understand that you have done all the work so you may not want anyone to take it but if you dont mind it would be nice to learn how it works.

Thanx

Oh yeah someone gave me this add you can download some components that allow you to have a different style of forms quite good, i only downloaded the free version so far if anyone is interrested heres the site

http://www.visual-basic.com.ar/

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