Syntax Conventions Used	Softel vdm, Inc.

The syntax shown in this documentation follows these guidelines.  Each property, method and event is shown for Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), Visual Basic 6 (VB), C# (C#.NET), Visual C++ 6.0/7.0/8.0 (VC++), C (C) and for Delphi (Delphi).

The syntax for properties shows up to three forms (Get, Put and PutRef) if available, the first to retrieve the property value, the second and third to set the property value.  For most properties, only a Get and Put syntax is shown.  Font and Image1properties also allow a third form (PutRef).  If both Put and PutRef is available, PutRef is the preferred form as it conserves resources and assigns a font or Image1object reference to the control.  Any change to the font or Image1object is reflected in the control also.  Put on the other hand causes the control to completely copy the font or picture object.

Syntax       

	Get
		VB.NET	refImageObj = object.Image1  As SftPictureObject
		VB	Set refImageObj = object.Image1  As SftPictureObject
		C#.NET	SftPictureObject refImageObj = object.Image1;
		VC++	ISftPictureObject* refImageObj = object->Image1; ISftPictureObject* refImageObj = object->GetImage1();
		C	HRESULT object->get_Image1(ISftPictureObject** refImageObj);
		Delphi	refImageObj := object.Image1  : ISftPictureObject;
	Put
		VB.NET	object.Image1 = refImageObj  As SftPictureObject
		VB	object.Image1 = refImageObj  As SftPictureObject
		C#.NET	SftPictureObject object.Image1 = refImageObj;
		VC++	ISftPictureObject* object->Image1 = refImageObj; void object->PutImage1(ISftPictureObject* refImageObj);
		C	HRESULT object->put_Image1(ISftPictureObject* refImageObj);
		Delphi	object.Image1 := refImageObj  : ISftPictureObject;

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The following conventions are used throughout the reference section:

Description	Example
Syntax shown in blue shows sample use of the property, method or event (VB.NET, VB, C#.NET, Delphi) or shows its definition (VC++, C)	refImage1Obj = object.Image1
Syntax shown in gray shows the type of the property, return type of the method or event (VB.NET, VB, C#.NET, Delphi)	As stdole.IPictureDisp  : IPictureDisp
Words in bold (any color) indicate language keywords or (property, method, event) names.	False If Function BorderStyle
Italic words (any color) indicate placeholders for information, to be supplied by you.	object index var
Words in regular font  (any color) indicate text that is used as-is, such as language specific punctuation.	-> get_
Square brackets (any color) indicate optional information when describing Visual Basic (VB). For all other languages, square brackets indicate array indices.	[, arg]

All code samples are based on the source code found in the product directory \Program Files\Softelvdm\SftButton OCX 2.5\Samples\.