Where is the image for the close (X) icom in the window upper right NC corner

[Just Me]

I need an image that agrees with the one shown at the right end of the title
bar.

That is, the image for the button that closes the window.

I believe it changes with changes in the theme so I can't simply dup one.

Any one know how I can, at run time, obtain the image currently being used?
Thanks

[Brian Schwartz]

Windows' special icons can be found in the Marlett font. The X you're
looking for is the letter 'r' in that font. So--in VB change your font to
Marlett, print an r and then you can change back to your normal font.

Brian
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Just Me wrote in message ...

I need an image that agrees with the one shown at the right end of the titlebar.

That is, the image for the button that closes the window.

I believe it changes with changes in the theme so I can't simply dup one.

Any one know how I can, at run time, obtain the image currently being used?
Thanks

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

" Just Me" <ne********@a-znet.com> schrieb:

That is, the image for the button that closes the window.

I believe it changes with changes in the theme so I can't simply dup one.

Any one know how I can, at run time, obtain the image currently being
used?

VB6 sample:

Drawing with XP Visual Styles
<URL:http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=4091>

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

[Just Me]

That interesting, I'll try that but I think that raises other questions?

I believe even the size of the button changes with the theme.

I'm just returning to this. I worked on it some time ago and if I remember
correctly, I made an image to look like the button.
And thought I was done until I changed the theme and then my image did not
look like the button. In fact, it was too small. Maybe, it wasn't simply
the theme I changed, I'll have to investigate unless someone knows what I'm
referring to and straights me out here.
Thanks for the reply
"Brian Schwartz" <ow***@fishnetcomponents.com.no.spam> wrote in message
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Windows' special icons can be found in the Marlett font. The X you're
looking for is the letter 'r' in that font. So--in VB change your font to
Marlett, print an r and then you can change back to your normal font.

Brian
--

Brian Schwartz
FishNet Components
http://www.fishnetcomponents.com
Building better tools for developers - Be part of it!
Just Me wrote in message ...

I need an image that agrees with the one shown at the right end of the

title

bar.

That is, the image for the button that closes the window.

I believe it changes with changes in the theme so I can't simply dup one.

Any one know how I can, at run time, obtain the image currently being
used?
Thanks

[Brian Schwartz]

Don't quote me on this, but I think the reason these characters were put
into a font rather than some special image collection is that text scales
easily and automatically as display metrics change, unlike images which
remain a fixed number of pixels unless specially stretched, which then adds
the problem of distortion.

--

Brian Schwartz
FishNet Components
http://www.fishnetcomponents.com
Building better tools for developers - Be part of it!

[Just Me]

So--in VB change your font to
Marlett, print an r and then you can change back to your normal >font.
Just to be sure, you mean add the code to change the font at run time. Not
change it while I'm in the IDE.
Thanks again

"Brian Schwartz" <ow***@fishnetcomponents.com.no.spam> wrote in message
news:uR**************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... Don't quote me on this, but I think the reason these characters were put
into a font rather than some special image collection is that text scales
easily and automatically as display metrics change, unlike images which
remain a fixed number of pixels unless specially stretched, which then
adds
the problem of distortion.

--

Brian Schwartz
FishNet Components
http://www.fishnetcomponents.com
Building better tools for developers - Be part of it!

[Just Me]

I can't image how you always find relevant things nor how Steve produces so
much unusual stuff.

I think it is going to take the rest of the day to study what he wrote.

Thanks much
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
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" Just Me" <ne********@a-znet.com> schrieb:

That is, the image for the button that closes the window.

I believe it changes with changes in the theme so I can't simply dup one.

Any one know how I can, at run time, obtain the image currently being
used?

VB6 sample:

Drawing with XP Visual Styles
<URL:http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=4091>

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

[Brian Schwartz]

Don't quote me on this, but I think the reason these characters were put
into a font rather than some special image collection is that text scales
easily and automatically as display metrics change, unlike images which
remain a fixed number of pixels unless specially stretched, which then adds
the problem of distortion.

--

Brian Schwartz
FishNet Components
http://www.fishnetcomponents.com
Building better tools for developers - Be part of it!

[Brian Schwartz]

> Just to be sure, you mean add the code to change the font

at run time. Not change it while I'm in the IDE.

Either. If you have a fixed object at design time with a Font property,
there should be no reason you can't do then.

Brian
--

Brian Schwartz
FishNet Components
http://www.fishnetcomponents.com
Building better tools for developers - Be part of it!

[Just Me]

Thanks

"Brian Schwartz" <ow***@fishnetcomponents.com.no.spam> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

Just to be sure, you mean add the code to change the font
at run time. Not change it while I'm in the IDE.

Either. If you have a fixed object at design time with a Font property,
there should be no reason you can't do then.

Brian
--

Brian Schwartz
FishNet Components
http://www.fishnetcomponents.com
Building better tools for developers - Be part of it!