[DUG] png buttons, actionbars

[Rohit Gupta]

For PNG, try GraphicEx from SoftGems.

Stephen Barker wrote:
> I know this has been discussed here before, but are there any more 
> recent opinions on the merits of
>  
> 1. using TActionManager, TActionMainMenuBar, TActionToolBar.
> It seems to be a better framework than the original TMainMenu and 
> TActionList etc.
>  
> 2. decent PNG handling in conjunction with the above.
>  
> 3. any other preferred alternatives?
>  
> My first tests show that when using the freeware TPNGComponents, 
> specifically the TPngImageList, along with the standard action bars, 
> the glyphs are highlighted during mouse-over with an ugly rectangular 
> background.
> There are 2 style options: XP, and Standard. Standard looks ok, but 
> I'd like to get the more modern XP style working without the 
> background/shadow drawing. The box around the whole control is ok, but 
> not the extra rectangular shadow behind the glyph part.
>  
> Using RS2007, or whatever it is called now.
>  
> Another related question:
> By setting the TActionManager's FileName property, the user can 
> customise the actionbars and have these changes persisted.
> But if you distribute an updated exe with say a new menu item it is 
> not shown, as the user's saved settings take priority over your 
> design-time changes.
> How do you handle this? By erasing their settings file if a new update 
> is run for the first time, or what?
>
> Regards,
>
> Steve Barker
> *Webdata Ltd*
> *ph +64 9 4103074*
>
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