The following tables list the members exposed by dbiButton.
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Public Constructors
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | dbiButton Constructor | The constructor for the control. |
Public Properties
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | AccessibleDescription | Gets or sets the description of the control used by accessibility client applications. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| AccessibleName | Gets or sets the name of the control used by accessibility client applications. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| AccessibleRole | Gets or sets the accessible role of the control (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| ActiveOnMask | Determines if a mouse click will be accepted by the control when the mouse is over a portion of the button that is "masked". This is to allow the use of transparency to allow skinnable buttons. This property will have no effect unless an image has been provided to the "Picture" property. |
| AllowDrop | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control can accept data that the user drags onto it. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| Anchor | Gets or sets the edges of the container to which a control is bound and determines how a control is resized with its parent. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| ArrowColor | Gets or sets the color of the arrow in the control. |
| ArrowDirection | Gets or sets the direction of the arrow in the control. |
| ArrowOffset | Gets or sets the vertical and horizontal offset values used to calculate the position of the navigation arrow in the control. This value is applied comparative to the center of the control so to move up or to the left of center, use negative values. |
| ArrowType | Gets or sets the type of arrow to be displayed in the control. |
| BackColor | Gets or sets the primary background color for the control. |
| BackColorDown | Gets or sets the backcolor of the control when it is in a down state. This property will also be the primary background color if grad fills are selected for the button when the button is clicked. |
| BackColorFrom | Gets or sets the primary background color for the control if you are using gradient fills on the button. |
| BackColorOver | Gets or sets the primary background color of the control when the mouse is over the button, and it is not in a depressed state. This property will also be the primary background color if grad fills are selected for the button when the mouse moves over the button. |
| BackColorTo | Gets or sets the secondary background color of the contol for gradient fills. |
| BackFillType | Gets or sets the pattern used to paint the background of the control. |
| BackgroundImage | Gets or sets the background image for the control. |
| BackgroundImageLayout | Gets or sets the background image layout as defined in the System.Windows.Forms.ImageLayout enumeration. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| BorderColor | Gets or sets the color used to paint a Regular/RoundedEdge border in the control. |
| BorderColorDown | Gets or sets the color used to paint a Regular/RoundedEdge border in the control when it is in a down state. |
| BorderColorOver | Gets or sets the color used to paint a Regular/RoundedEdge border in the control when the cursor is over it and the control is in a up state. |
| BorderDown | Gets or sets the type of border to be placed around the control when it in a down state. |
| BorderOver | Gets or sets the type of border to be placed around the control when the mouse moves over it while the control is in an up state. |
| BorderType | Gets or sets the type of border to be placed around the control. |
| CausesValidation | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control causes validation to be performed on any controls that require validation when it receives focus. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| ContextMenuStrip | Gets or sets the System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenuStrip associated with this control. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| Cursor | Gets or sets the cursor that is displayed when the mouse pointer is over the control. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| DataBindings | Gets the data bindings for the control. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| DialogResult | Gets or sets a value that is returned to the parent form when the control is clicked. |
| DisableBackColor | Gets or sets the color used to paint the background of the control when it is disabled. |
| DisableBorderColor | Gets or sets the color used to paint the border of the control when it is disabled. |
| DisableForeColor | Gets or sets the color used to paint the text of the control when it is disabled. |
| Dock | Gets or sets which control borders are docked to its parent control and determines how a control is resized with its parent. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| DrawFocus | Determines if a dotted border will be drawn inside the button border when the control has focus. |
| Enabled | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control can respond to user interaction. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| FlatStyle | Determines how the control is drawn. |
| FocusBackColor | Gets or sets the background color of the control when it has focus. |
| FocusBorderColor | Gets or sets the color of the border of the control when it has focus. |
| FocusColor | Gets or sets the color of the highlight border around the control when it has focus. |
| FocusForeColor | Gets or sets the foreground color of the control when it has focus. |
| Font | Gets or sets the font of the text displayed by the control. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| FontOver | Gets or sets the text font when the mouse moves over the control. |
| ForeColor | Gets or sets the foreground color of the control. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| ForeColorOver | Gets or sets text color of the control when the mouse moves over it. |
| ImeMode | Gets or sets the Input Method Editor (IME) mode of the control. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| Location | Gets or sets the coordinates of the upper-left corner of the control relative to the upper-left corner of its container. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| Margin | Gets or sets the space between controls. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| MaskColor | Determines the mask color used for masked pictures. |
| MaximumSize | Gets or sets the size that is the upper limit that System.Windows.Forms.Control.GetPreferredSize(System.Drawing.Size) can specify. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| MinimumSize | Gets or sets the size that is the lower limit that System.Windows.Forms.Control.GetPreferredSize(System.Drawing.Size) can specify. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| OverColor | Gets or sets the color of the highlight border when the mouse moves over the control, when the control is in an up state. |
| Padding | Gets or sets padding within the control. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| PicDownOffset | Gets or sets the vertical and horizontal offset values used to calculate the position of the image when the control is in a down state. |
| PicOffset | Gets or sets the vertical and horizontal offset values used to calculate the position of the image in the control. |
| PicOnly | Determines if only the picture (no text) will be displayed in the control. |
| PicPosition | Gets or sets the position of the image in relation to the text of the control. |
| Picture | Gets or sets the main image to be displayed in the control. |
| PictureDisable | Gets or sets the unique image to be displayed when the control is disabled. |
| PictureDown | Gets or sets the unique image to be displayed when the control is clicked on or in a down state. |
| PictureMask | This image determines the masking areas for the main image. |
| PictureOver | Gets or sets the image to be displayed when the mouse moves over the control. |
| RightToLeft | Gets or sets a value indicating whether control's elements are aligned to support locales using right-to-left fonts. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| Site | Gets or sets the site of the control. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| Size | Gets or sets the height and width of the control. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| SoundClick | Gets or sets the name of the wave (.wav) file to be played when the mouse clicks on the control. |
| SoundOver | Gets or sets the name of the wave (.wav) file to be played when the mouse moves over the control. |
| State | Determines if the control is in an up (true) or down (false) state. |
| TabIndex | Gets or sets the tab order of the control within its container. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| TabStop | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the user can give the focus to this control using the TAB key. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| Tag | Gets or sets the object that contains data about the control. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| Text | Overridden. Gets or sets the text to be displayed in the control. |
| TextAlign | Gets or sets the vertical and horizontal alignment of the text in the control. |
| TextAntiAlias | Determines if Anti-Aliasing will be used when painting the text. |
| TextOffset | Gets or sets the vertical and horizontal offset values used to calculate the position of the text in the control. |
| Toggle | Determines if the control will act as a toggle button. |
| UseWaitCursor | Gets or sets a value indicating whether to use the wait cursor for the current control and all child controls. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| Visible | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control and all its child controls are displayed. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| XMLRead | Reads the control information from an XML file that has previously been written with WriteXMLFile Method. This property will allow you to read your XML file from the design environment. |
| XMLStyleFile | If this property is set during design-time, the control will load the file indicated when it is instanced in run-time. If the file is not found then the control will simply ignore this property. This is useful for creating a unified look and feel to the controls. |
| XMLWrite | Writes the control information to an XML file that can be read with ReadXMLFile Method. This property will allow you to write your XML file from the design environment. |
Public Methods
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | BeginInvoke | Overloaded. Executes the specified delegate asynchronously with the specified arguments, on the thread that the control's underlying handle was created on. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| BringToFront | Brings the control to the front of the z-order. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| Contains | Retrieves a value indicating whether the specified control is a child of the control. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| CreateControl | Forces the creation of the visible control, including the creation of the handle and any visible child controls. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| CreateGraphics | Creates the System.Drawing.Graphics for the control. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| CreateObjRef | Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object. (Inherited from System.MarshalByRefObject) |
| DoDragDrop | Begins a drag-and-drop operation. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| DrawToBitmap | Supports rendering to the specified bitmap. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| EndInvoke | Retrieves the return value of the asynchronous operation represented by the System.IAsyncResult passed. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| FindForm | Retrieves the form that the control is on. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| Focus | Sets input focus to the control. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| GetChildAtPoint | Overloaded. Retrieves the child control that is located at the specified coordinates, specifying whether to ignore child controls of a certain type. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| GetContainerControl | Returns the next System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl up the control's chain of parent controls. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| GetLifetimeService | Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from System.MarshalByRefObject) |
| GetNextControl | Retrieves the next control forward or back in the tab order of child controls. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| GetPreferredSize | Retrieves the size of a rectangular area into which a control can be fitted. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| Hide | Conceals the control from the user. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| InitializeLifetimeService | Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from System.MarshalByRefObject) |
| Invalidate | Overloaded. Invalidates the specified region of the control (adds it to the control's update region, which is the area that will be repainted at the next paint operation), and causes a paint message to be sent to the control. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| Invoke | Overloaded. Executes the specified delegate, on the thread that owns the control's underlying window handle, with the specified list of arguments. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| LogicalToDeviceUnits | Overloaded. Converts a Logical DPI value to its equivalent DeviceUnit DPI value. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| PerformLayout | Overloaded. Forces the control to apply layout logic to all its child controls. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| PointToClient | Computes the location of the specified screen point into client coordinates. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| PointToScreen | Computes the location of the specified client point into screen coordinates. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| PreProcessControlMessage | Preprocesses keyboard or input messages within the message loop before they are dispatched. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| PreProcessMessage | Preprocesses keyboard or input messages within the message loop before they are dispatched. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| ReadXMLFile | Reads the control information from an XML file that has previously been written with WriteXMLFile Method |
| RectangleToClient | Computes the size and location of the specified screen rectangle in client coordinates. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| RectangleToScreen | Computes the size and location of the specified client rectangle in screen coordinates. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| Refresh | Forces the control to invalidate its client area and immediately redraw itself and any child controls. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| ResetText | Resets the System.Windows.Forms.Control.Text property to its default value (System.String.Empty). (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| ResumeLayout | Overloaded. Resumes usual layout logic. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| Scale | (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| ScaleBitmapLogicalToDevice | Scales a logical bitmap value to it's equivalent device unit value when a DPI change occurs. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| Select | Activates the control. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| SelectNextControl | Activates the next control. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| SendToBack | Sends the control to the back of the z-order. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| SetBounds | Overloaded. Sets the bounds of the control to the specified location and size. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| Show | Displays the control to the user. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| SuspendLayout | Temporarily suspends the layout logic for the control. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| ToString | (Inherited from System.ComponentModel.Component) |
| Update | Causes the control to redraw the invalidated regions within its client area. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| WriteXMLFile | Writes the button information to an XML file that can be read using the ReadXMLFile Method |
Public Events
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | BackColorChanged | Occurs when the value of the System.Windows.Forms.Control.BackColor property changes. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| BackgroundImageChanged | Occurs when the value of the System.Windows.Forms.Control.BackgroundImage property changes. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| BackgroundImageLayoutChanged | Occurs when the System.Windows.Forms.Control.BackgroundImageLayout property changes. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| BeforeTextDisplay | Occurs just before the text of the button is drawn. |
| BindingContextChanged | Occurs when the value of the System.Windows.Forms.BindingContext property changes. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| ButtonToggled | Occurs when the state of a ToggleButton is changed. |
| CausesValidationChanged | Occurs when the value of the System.Windows.Forms.Control.CausesValidation property changes. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| ChangeUICues | Occurs when the focus or keyboard user interface (UI) cues change. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| Click | Occurs when the control is clicked. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| ClientSizeChanged | Occurs when the value of the System.Windows.Forms.Control.ClientSize property changes. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| ContextMenuStripChanged | Occurs when the value of the System.Windows.Forms.Control.ContextMenuStrip property changes. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| ControlAdded | Occurs when a new control is added to the System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlCollection. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| ControlRemoved | Occurs when a control is removed from the System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlCollection. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| CursorChanged | Occurs when the value of the System.Windows.Forms.Control.Cursor property changes. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| DockChanged | Occurs when the value of the System.Windows.Forms.Control.Dock property changes. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| DoubleClick | Occurs when the control is double-clicked. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| DpiChangedAfterParent | Occurs when the DPI setting for a control is changed programmatically after the DPI of its parent control or form has changed. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| DpiChangedBeforeParent | Occurs when the DPI setting for a control is changed programmatically before a DPI change event for its parent control or form has occurred. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| DragDrop | Occurs when a drag-and-drop operation is completed. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| DragEnter | Occurs when an object is dragged into the control's bounds. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| DragLeave | Occurs when an object is dragged out of the control's bounds. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| DragOver | Occurs when an object is dragged over the control's bounds. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| EnabledChanged | Occurs when the System.Windows.Forms.Control.Enabled property value has changed. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| Enter | Occurs when the control is entered. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| FontChanged | Occurs when the System.Windows.Forms.Control.Font property value changes. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| ForeColorChanged | Occurs when the System.Windows.Forms.Control.ForeColor property value changes. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| GiveFeedback | Occurs during a drag operation. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| HelpRequested | Occurs when the user requests help for a control. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| ImeModeChanged | Occurs when the System.Windows.Forms.Control.ImeMode property has changed. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| KeyDown | Occurs when a key is pressed while the control has focus. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| KeyPress | Occurs when a character. space or backspace key is pressed while the control has focus. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| KeyUp | Occurs when a key is released while the control has focus. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| Layout | Occurs when a control should reposition its child controls. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| Leave | Occurs when the input focus leaves the control. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| LocationChanged | Occurs when the System.Windows.Forms.Control.Location property value has changed. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| MarginChanged | Occurs when the control's margin changes. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| MouseCaptureChanged | Occurs when the control loses mouse capture. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| MouseClick | Occurs when the control is clicked by the mouse. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| MouseDoubleClick | Occurs when the control is double clicked by the mouse. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| MouseDown | Occurs when the mouse pointer is over the control and a mouse button is pressed. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| MouseEnter | Occurs when the mouse pointer enters the control. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| MouseHover | Occurs when the mouse pointer rests on the control. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| MouseLeave | Occurs when the mouse pointer leaves the control. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| MouseMove | Occurs when the mouse pointer is moved over the control. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| MouseMoveMask | Occurs when the mouse pointer is moved over the mask picture. This can be used to set mouse cursors or global variables indicating the mouse is in an "inactive" area of the control. |
| MouseUp | Occurs when the mouse pointer is over the control and a mouse button is released. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| Move | Occurs when the control is moved. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| PaddingChanged | Occurs when the control's padding changes. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| Paint | Occurs when the control is redrawn. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| ParentChanged | Occurs when the System.Windows.Forms.Control.Parent property value changes. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| PreviewKeyDown | Occurs before the System.Windows.Forms.Control.KeyDown event when a key is pressed while focus is on this control. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| QueryAccessibilityHelp | Occurs when System.Windows.Forms.AccessibleObject is providing help to accessibility applications. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| QueryContinueDrag | Occurs during a drag-and-drop operation and enables the drag source to determine whether the drag-and-drop operation should be canceled. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| RegionChanged | Occurs when the value of the System.Windows.Forms.Control.Region property changes. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| Resize | Occurs when the control is resized. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| RightToLeftChanged | Occurs when the System.Windows.Forms.Control.RightToLeft property value changes. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| SizeChanged | Occurs when the System.Windows.Forms.Control.Size property value changes. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| StyleChanged | Occurs when the control style changes. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| SystemColorsChanged | Occurs when the system colors change. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| TabIndexChanged | Occurs when the System.Windows.Forms.Control.TabIndex property value changes. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| TabStopChanged | Occurs when the System.Windows.Forms.Control.TabStop property value changes. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| TextChanged | Occurs when the System.Windows.Forms.Control.Text property value changes. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| UserDrawnButton | Occurs before the button has be drawn, allowing the developer to completely customize the appearance of the control. |
| UserDrawnButtonAfter | Occurs after the button has been drawn by the control. |
| Validated | Occurs when the control is finished validating. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| Validating | Occurs when the control is validating. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |
| VisibleChanged | Occurs when the System.Windows.Forms.Control.Visible property value changes. (Inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Control) |