How To Making Coolbar Interface Using Toolbar ActiveX Control

This article describes how to create a Coolbar like interface using the Microsoft Toolbar Version 6.0 ActiveX control.

The Coolbar interface is an interface where the buttons highlight only when the user moves the mouse over them, like the behavior in Internet Explorer version 4.0.

The main property to make a Coolbar like button is the Style property of the Toolbar active control. The default value of the Style property is "0 [ASCII 150] Standard" button. Changing this property to "1 [ASCII 150] Transparent" provides Coolbar like button behavior.

Example

1. Create a program file and place the following code in the file:

         PUBLIC x
         x=CREATEOBJECT("myform")
         x.SHOW
   
   
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         * myform - Class Definition
         **************************************************
         DEFINE CLASS myform as Form
            ADD OBJECT myclass1 AS myclass
            ADD OBJECT check1 AS checkbox WITH;
               Top = 150,;
               Left = 50,;
               Height = 50,;
               Caption = "CoolBar"
   
            PROCEDURE check1.Click
               DO CASE
                  CASE This.value = 0
                     && Changing the Toolbar to look like Coolbar.
                     Thisform.myclass1.OBJECT.Style = 0
                  CASE This.value = 1
                     && Changeing the Toolbar to Standard Toolbar.
                     Thisform.myclass1.OBJECT.Style = 1
               ENDCASE
            ENDPROC
   
            PROCEDURE myclass1.ButtonClick
            *** ActiveX Control Event ***
            LPARAMETERS button
               DO CASE
                  CASE Button.key = "One"
                     WAIT WINDOW "Test1"
                  CASE Button.key = "Two"
                     WAIT WINDOW "Test2"
                  CASE Button.key = "Three"
                     WAIT WINDOW "Test3"
               ENDCASE
            ENDPROC
   
            PROCEDURE myclass1.ButtonMenuClick
            *** ActiveX Control Event ***
            LPARAMETERS buttonmenu
               DO CASE
                  CASE buttonmenu.key = "One"
                     WAIT WINDOW "SubOne"
                  CASE buttonmenu.key = "Two"
                     WAIT WINDOW "SubTwo"
               ENDCASE
            ENDPROC
   
         ENDDEFINE
   
         *-- EndDefine: myform
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         * myclass - Class Definition
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         DEFINE CLASS myclass AS olecontrol
   
            #DEFINE tbrDEFAULT 0      && (Defaul) Button
            #DEFINE tbrCHECK   1      && CheckBox
            #DEFINE tbrBUTTONGROUP 2  && ButtonGroup
            #DEFINE tbrSEPARATOR 3    && Separator
            #DEFINE tbrPLACEHOLDER 4  && Placeholder
            #DEFINE tbrDROPDOWN 5     && MenuButton DropDown
   
            Top = 0
            Left = 0
            Height = 38
            Width = 375
            Align = 1
            Name = "Olecontrol1"
            OleClass = "MSComCtlLib.Toolbar.2"
   
            PROCEDURE Init
              This.Buttons.Add(,"One","Test1",,)
              This.Buttons.Add(,"Two","Test2",,)
              This.Buttons.Add(,"Spr",,tbrSEPARATOR,)
              This.Buttons.Add(,"Three","Test3",tbrDROPDOWN,)
              This.Buttons(4).ButtonMenus.Add(1,"One","SubOne")
              This.Buttons(4).ButtonMenus.Add(2,"Two","SubTwo")
            ENDPROC
   
         ENDDEFINE
   
         *-- EndDefine: myclass
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Refer to Toolbar Active Control help in Cmctl198.chm for additional information about Toolbar Active Control.