Re: Using images items as 'Buttons' in Forms 5

Dean Grant wrote:

> I have image items that I am using as 'buttons'. I can imitate button down
> and button up 'look', by programmatically changing the bevel of the item.
>
> However, the problem lies in the fact that I can select a rectange on the
> image item using the mouse, and indeed then cut and paste that area. I
> suspect this functionality does not exist by accident, in as much as it
> allows one to cut and paste from image to image. Great, but NOT for my
> purposes.
>
> I need to disable this behaviour. I need to be able to click down on an
> image item and drag the mouse without drawing/defining rectangles for cut
> and paste.
>
> Thanks in advance to any assistance on the matter.
>
> D. Grant.

  Why don't you just assign an icon/image to a button? This should solve your problem. In the properties sheet under functional set Iconic to Yes and in icon filename the path to the icon. Received on Mon Aug 17 1998 - 15:23:02 CEST