Image + text on a button   

Hello, hope this is the right group. 8=]

This is from the MSDN Library page on BM_SETIMAGE:

The appearance of text, an icon, or both on a button control depends on the
BS_ICON and BS_BITMAP styles, and whether the BM_SETIMAGE message is called.

The possible results are as follows:

BS_ICON or BS_BITMAP Set?   BM_SETIMAGE Called?   Result
Yes                         Yes                   Show icon only.
No                          Yes                   Show icon and text.

I wanted to get both icon and text, so I didn't set BM_ICON on my button. In 
WM_INITDIALOG (yes, the button is in a dialog) I say:

~
SendDlgItemMessage(hwndDlg, IDC_CREATE, BM_SETIMAGE, IMAGE_ICON, 
reinterpret_cast<LPARAM>(create_image));
~

It doesn't work. The button shows text only. Now, if I do set the BS_ICON 
style, it works, but there's no text, as documented.
Just in case, create_image is instantiated as follows:

~
create_image = LoadImage(g_current_instance, 
MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_ICONCREATE), IMAGE_ICON, 32, 32, LR_SHARED);
~

So how do I make it work?

Also, I heard that the text & image configuration only works on Vista. Is 
that true? And if it is, is that documented? Because I can't find it.

Thanks.

date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 22:44:27 +0400   author:   Roman ru

Re: Image + text on a button   

On Jun 2, 11:44 am, "Roman" <DXDragonDEL...@yandex.THISru> wrote:
> Hello, hope this is the right group. 8=]
>
> This is from the MSDN Library page on BM_SETIMAGE:
>
> The appearance of text, an icon, or both on a button control depends on the
> BS_ICON and BS_BITMAP styles, and whether the BM_SETIMAGE message is called.
>
> The possible results are as follows:
>
> BS_ICON or BS_BITMAP Set?   BM_SETIMAGE Called?   Result
> Yes                         Yes                   Show icon only.
> No                          Yes                   Show icon and text.
>
> I wanted to get both icon and text, so I didn't set BM_ICON on my button. In
> WM_INITDIALOG (yes, the button is in a dialog) I say:
>
> ~
> SendDlgItemMessage(hwndDlg, IDC_CREATE, BM_SETIMAGE, IMAGE_ICON,
> reinterpret_cast<LPARAM>(create_image));
> ~
>
> It doesn't work. The button shows text only. Now, if I do set the BS_ICON
> style, it works, but there's no text, as documented.
> Just in case, create_image is instantiated as follows:
>
> ~
> create_image = LoadImage(g_current_instance,
> MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_ICONCREATE), IMAGE_ICON, 32, 32, LR_SHARED);
> ~
>
> So how do I make it work?
>
> Also, I heard that the text & image configuration only works on Vista. Is
> that true? And if it is, is that documented? Because I can't find it.
>
> Thanks.


Hi,

You need to make the button an owner-drawn button and handle
the text drawn using the style BS_OWNERDRAW, and handle
the following Windows message:

	WM_DRAWITEM

Or,

You can fabricate an image that contains both the image and the
text, and use the following API to set the image on the button:

	SendMessage()	BM_SETIMAGE

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb775923(VS.85).aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms644950(VS.85).aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb761822(VS.85).aspx

Kellie.

date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 12:46:02 -0700 (PDT)   author:   Kellie Fitton

Re: Image + text on a button   

Kellie Fitton wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> You need to make the button an owner-drawn button and handle
> the text drawn using the style BS_OWNERDRAW, and handle
> the following Windows message:

No.
You don't need at all owner-drawing for bitmap + text !
See MSDN and Google Groups

date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:11:42 +0200   author:   Henry

Re: Image + text on a button   

Thanks, but I don't think I'm going through such a hassle just to display 
the text. I guess I'll stick to displaying just the image.

Was I was really looking for is the confirmation that BM_SETIMAGE doesn't 
work when BS_ICON is not set. Now I see there's Community Content on 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb761822(VS.85).aspx describing this 
issue, so this is probably a documentation bug.

Oh well. 8=]

date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 00:15:47 +0400   author:   Roman ru

Re: Image + text on a button   

> Thanks, but I don't think I'm going through such a hassle just to display the 
> text. I guess I'll stick to displaying just the image.
>
>
There are several well-known simple methods to display text and image
They have been posted many times on win32 api newsgroup
(comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32) since ~1995...

date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:28:28 +0200   author:   Steven