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Creating a button item

Left-click on the button icon on the object palette, and left-click again on the object editor inside a panel or dialog box object. The button properties editor will be shown, with the following controls.

Name
The name of this button.
Description
A textual description of the button.
Label
Label for the button.
Auto size
If checked on, the button will size itself according the the text label. If off, the size will be determined by the interactively sizing the button from the object editor.
Use bitmap
If on, will use a bitmap instead of a string label.
Edit bitmap properties
Allows the user to change the name of the bitmap, and the method of bitmap creation on each of the X and Windows platforms.