Subject Re: Programmatically Adding An Event From Tom <IHaveNoEmail@ddress> Date Thu, 6 Dec 2018 12:24:41 -0500 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Mine, for what it is worth. Windows10 Pro 64 bit Version 1809 Build 17763.134 Tom On 12/6/18 12:03 PM, rich@autotraker.com wrote: > Hmm, never thought about using Wingdings. As far as I know, Wingdings is > included in all versions of windows. > On my Win7 box it works as you suggested but on my Win10 box I had to go > to "Wingdings 3" and use lower case p and q to get the up and down arrows. > Interesting the Wingdings is different on the 2 versions of Windows. > I guess you could do a test for the host OS and use the proper font and > characters for that version of Windows. > Rich... > > > > "Tom"  wrote in message news:0ly1G8XjUHA.904@ip-AC1E04A7... > > On 12/6/18 10:03 AM, Mervyn Bick wrote: >> On 2018-12-06 4:46 PM, rich@autotraker.com wrote: >>> Thanks, >>> OK that's right, he used PeekMessage(() to test the down state of the >>> mouse button rather than using GetAsyncKeyState()  to test the down >>> state of the pushbutton. >>> Not sure which way would have been better in this case. I'd like to >>> think my way is better. LOL >>> I did notice in my control that the downBitmap wasn't appearing when >>> I defined that and the button didn't look like it was down. >>> Possible adding UpdateWindow(oButton.hWnd) like is in Ronnie's code >>> to the loop just before the sleep() will will cause that to repaint. >>> Rich... >> >> I haven't had time yet to dig too deeply but one thing I did notice >> was that when I used the graphics for the pushbutons from >> dNavigation.dll the two arrows didn't quite line up.  When you use the >> individual .png files they line up exactly. >> >> Mervyn. >> > > Not to add more fuel to this out of control fire but ... > > Pushbutton: > > Set fontName to "WebDings" > > Set text to '3' (left), '4' (right), '5' (up) or '6' (down). > > Adjust font size as desired. > > Not certain that that font is available on all windows computers. > > Tom