[VB] Pictures!

[Timzorize]

Hey,

I know how to make a button to a picture but I don't know how to make the button change picture when you left-click on it. Then I want to delete the Mouseover frame too, because if I put my mouse on the button it will be a gray ugly frame around the button which I don't want at all, I only want to change picture if you left-click on the button. (So the button is the picture actually)

[SKU]

Public Class Form1

    Dim counter As Integer = 0
    Dim MyPictures(3) As Bitmap

    ' OPTION ONE
    Private Sub Button1_MouseDown(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles Button1.MouseDown
        If e.Button = Windows.Forms.MouseButtons.Right Then
            ' do other stuff..
        End If
        If e.Button = Windows.Forms.MouseButtons.Left Then
            ' change picture
        End If
    End Sub

    ' OPTION TWO
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        If counter > 2 Then
            counter = 0
        End If

        Button1.BackgroundImage = MyPictures(counter)
        counter = counter + 1
        ' and other stuff
    End Sub

    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        MyPictures(0) = New Bitmap("<filepath for 1st pic>")
        MyPictures(1) = New Bitmap("<filepath for 2nd pic>")
        MyPictures(2) = New Bitmap("<filepath for 3rd pic>")
    End Sub
End Class

Cycles through the 3 pictures when left-clicked.

For the mouse-over / border things. Try out the "FlatAppearance" and "FlatStyle" properties of your button.

Good luck.

[Timzorize]

^^

But on

        MyPictures(0) = New Bitmap("<filepath for 1st pic>")
        MyPictures(1) = New Bitmap("<filepath for 2nd pic>")
        MyPictures(2) = New Bitmap("<filepath for 3rd pic>")

Should i put it like C:\Pictures\picture1.jpg? Imo that can't work if I send the program to someone else that not have the pictures on their computer? There must be a easier way just to make a mouseover image when you put the mouse over the image?

[j00nas]

Use resources to include the pictures in your project?

[Timzorize]

Use resources to include the pictures in your project?

I don't understand, I'm new at VB .NET

[ReidE96]

How To Use Resources in Visual Basic .NET

That should help you get started with using resources. It's a really good thing to learn to use, and actually quite simple.