Applications which have button to use that application in Windows Phone 7 have a very significant role because if this button looks good then it will put a great impact on the user. Microsoft Expression Blend allows you to create button of your choice for your Windows Phone 7 application.
Following are some of the important and easy steps which will help you to convert an image into a custom button in Microsoft Expression Blend 4:
1 – Launch Microsoft Expression Blend 4 from Start menu.
2- Create a new project, Select File > New Project > Windows Phone Application.
3 – After creation of your project, you are ready to insert an image in ContentPanel of your application by pasting it from its location after copying.
4- Adjust the image size of the image.
5- After resizing your image, select Tools > Make Into Controls from the menu.
6- When you select Make Into Control , it will open a popup window from which you have to select Button , change its name and click OK.
7- After converting your image into button, you will see a text Button is showing on your image. So delete that text from Properties.
After following the above mentioned steps you are ready to convert your image into a button in your Windows Phone 7 application in Microsoft Expression Blend 4.