Button Images

  • Thread starter Charles L. Phillips
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Charles L. Phillips

Hello,
This is a multi-question...
Where can I find FREE images (bitmaps) for buttons I need to create?
Is there a step-by-step process (application) to create my own bitmap
images??



Thank you,
 
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Larry Linson

Where can I find FREE images (bitmaps)
for buttons I need to create?
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If the ones provided by Access are not enough, go to http://www.google.com,
select Advanced search and try searchwords "images" or "buttonface bitmaps".
I've found plenty, many of which can be used royalty-free if the application
is not "commercial". Many collections of images on CD include a lot of
bitmaps that can be used on buttons, but you need to be sure to check their
licensing statement -- some can't be used without payment of royalties.
Is there a step-by-step process
(application) to create my own bitmap
images??
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Yes, there are (or have been, as I haven't looked in a while) some freeware
applications for creating button faces and/or icons.

There used to be a sample Icondraw application that was included with Visual
Basic 6.0 and earlier -- but, yes, it was for icons, not buttonface bitmaps.

A simple one comes with most versions of Windows -- the included Paint
applet. You just have to find what size image you need -- I'd have to search
for it -- it is, as I recall, a smallish number and I was impressed by how
much apparent detail can be drawn with so few pixels.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
 
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Charles L. Phillips

"Thank You"...




Larry Linson said:
If the ones provided by Access are not enough, go to http://www.google.com,
select Advanced search and try searchwords "images" or "buttonface bitmaps".
I've found plenty, many of which can be used royalty-free if the application
is not "commercial". Many collections of images on CD include a lot of
bitmaps that can be used on buttons, but you need to be sure to check their
licensing statement -- some can't be used without payment of royalties.


Yes, there are (or have been, as I haven't looked in a while) some freeware
applications for creating button faces and/or icons.

There used to be a sample Icondraw application that was included with Visual
Basic 6.0 and earlier -- but, yes, it was for icons, not buttonface bitmaps.

A simple one comes with most versions of Windows -- the included Paint
applet. You just have to find what size image you need -- I'd have to search
for it -- it is, as I recall, a smallish number and I was impressed by how
much apparent detail can be drawn with so few pixels.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
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