Creating the Button Face Using the Pixel Editor

 

In the Toolbar Button Menu, select Edit Face to create or modify the button face. The Pixel Editor dialog appears. The Pixel Editor dialog and its fields are described below:

 

Bitmap

Displays a bitmap of the Button face. This is the editing area.

Color Palette

Allows one of 16 colors to be used to draw or fill pixels. Click with the Left or Right mouse button to select the desired color.

Extract Icon

Opens a Windows .EXE, .DLL or .ICO file that may contain icons. If the file you select contains icons, the icons are displayed in a window. Click an icon from the attached toolbar. The selected icon is entered into the pixel editor. If the file contains more than one icon, you can click in the background of the window to go to the next page The icons are automatically sized to the size of the button in the pixel editor.

Button

The current Button's face as it normally appears.

Reload

Erases any editing changes and restores the original Button face.

Draw/Fill

Specifies whether a mouse click draws a single pixel or fills a range of pixels.

L/R

Determines the colors that are drawn or filled by the left and right mouse buttons respectively.

Size (x)

Displays a rectangle the size of the source bitmap.

Arrows

Scrolls the bitmap in the respective direction.

Flip-horizontally

Flips the image along the vertical line.

Rotate

Rotates the image counter-clockwise.

Flip Vertically

Flips the image along the horizontal axis.

Lift

Displays a rectangle that is the size of the source bitmap. You can use this element to capture buttons displayed on your screen.

Make

Allows you to create a variable-sized rectangle to capture any part of the screen.

Undo

Erases the previous action.