Any one create a gradient button with this example. Which have hover effect
class CustomButton:Button{#region Fieldsprivate Color _StartColor;private Color _EndColor;private Color _StartHoverColor;private Color _EndHoverColor;private bool bMouseHover;private Brush _paintBrush;private PointF _centerPoint;StringFormat _sf = new StringFormat();#endregion#region Propertiespublic Color StartColor{get{return _StartColor;}set{if (value == Color.Empty){_StartColor = Color.FromArgb(251,250,249);}else{_StartColor = value;}}}public Color StartHoverColor{get{return _StartHoverColor;}set{if (value == Color.Empty){_StartHoverColor =Color.White;}else{_StartHoverColor = value;}}}public Color EndHoverColor{get{return _EndHoverColor;}set{if (value == Color.Empty ){_EndHoverColor = Color.FromArgb(255,255,207) ;}else{_EndHoverColor = value;}}}public Color EndColor{get{return _EndColor;}set{if (value == Color.Empty){_EndColor = Color.FromArgb(224,220,207);}else{_EndColor = value;}}}#endregion#region Constructorpublic CustomButton(){InitializeComponent();bMouseHover = false;_sf.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center;_sf.FormatFlags = StringFormatFlags.DirectionRightToLeft;}#endregion#region Methodsprivate void OnMouseEnter(object sender, System.EventArgs e){bMouseHover = true;Invalidate();}private void OnMouseLeave(object sender, System.EventArgs e){bMouseHover = false;Invalidate();}private void InitializeComponent(){this.MouseEnter += new System.EventHandler(this.OnMouseEnter);this.MouseLeave += new System.EventHandler(this.OnMouseLeave);}protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs pevent){base.OnPaint(pevent);Graphics g = pevent.Graphics;if (bMouseHover == true){_paintBrush = new LinearGradientBrush(this.ClientRectangle,this.StartHoverColor,this.EndHoverColor,LinearGradientMode.Vertical);}else{_paintBrush = new LinearGradientBrush(this.ClientRectangle, this.StartColor, this.EndColor, LinearGradientMode.Vertical);}g.FillRectangle(_paintBrush, this.ClientRectangle);_paintBrush = new SolidBrush(this.ForeColor);//this._centerPoint = new PointF((this.ClientRectangle.Left + this.ClientRectangle.Right) / 2,// (this.ClientRectangle.Top + this.ClientRectangle.Bottom) / 2);this._centerPoint = new PointF(this.Width / 2, this.Height / 2);g.DrawString(this.Text,this.Font,_paintBrush, _centerPoint.X, _centerPoint.Y-5, _sf);paint_Border(pevent);}private void paint_Border(PaintEventArgs e){if (e == null)return;if (e.Graphics == null)return;Pen pen = new Pen(this.ForeColor, 1);Point[] pts = border_Get(0, 0, this.Width – 1, this.Height – 1);e.Graphics.DrawLines(pen, pts);pen.Dispose();}private Point[] border_Get(int nLeftEdge, int nTopEdge, int nWidth, int nHeight){int X = nWidth;int Y = nHeight;Point[] points ={new Point(1 , 0 ),new Point(X-1 , 0 ),new Point(X-1 , 1 ),new Point(X , 1 ),new Point(X , Y-1),new Point(X-1 , Y-1),new Point(X-1 , Y ),new Point(1 , Y ),new Point(1 , Y-1),new Point(0 , Y-1),new Point(0 , 1 ),new Point(1 , 1 )};for (int i = 0; i < points.Length; i++){points[i].Offset(nLeftEdge, nTopEdge);}return points;}#endregion
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