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Asked: 2026-05-13T11:23:10+00:00

In a win32 application, I want to have a button with an icon which

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In a win32 application, I want to have a button with an icon which looks gray when the button is disabled and ‘brighter’ when the mouse hovers.

I know I can create three bitmaps with an icon editor, but since the icon can be user selected and loaded from the disk, I would like to create the other two versions programmatically.

So, starting with a handle to an image, I would like to:
– Create a new image with all colors converted to grey.
– Create a new image with all colors shifted to white or yellow.

Can this be done using win32 api calls?

Examples in any language will be appreciated.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Maybe the good old DrawState function will suffice. (For some reason it is now listed as only available from Win2000 which is not true.)

    And maybe not, in which case you might want to use SetColorAdjustment function.

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