Create a button from an icon image

Hello all,

I am interested in creating button from an icon image. Let's say a save button (not in a toolbar, but a standard button) from the icon (Icon icon_save = addr_ 80).

I would like to do this in the same fashion as an arrow button

DBE down = button(arrowBox, downArrow, doNothing)

However, DXL being what it is I cannot seem to make it work correctly. Is there a way to achieve this or has Rational (IBM) intentionally made it impossible to create personalized buttons.

Thanks for your help
PatrickGuay - Fri Sep 21 13:01:22 EDT 2012

Re: Create a button from an icon image
Mathias Mamsch - Fri Sep 28 15:48:34 EDT 2012

Well it is probably not intentionally, and it was before IBM/Rational that those buttons were introduced. Nevertheless I tried and it seems not possible without bad hacks. The Arrow__ type that the button function takes is just an integer constant (unlike Icon). And since there is no perm that will load a different Arrow__ I guess you are out of luck. So those 11 arrows seem all you get:
 

DB x = centered "Arrows" 
 
void func(DBE) { 
}
 
int i; for (i = 1; i < 12; i++) {
   Arrow__ ar = addr_ i
   button (x, ar, func) 
}
 
show x

Regards, Mathias

Mathias Mamsch, IT-QBase GmbH, Consultant for Requirement Engineering and D00RS

Re: Create a button from an icon image
PatrickGuay - Mon Oct 01 08:38:04 EDT 2012