Codejock Developer Community : "Change Button Image" icons

"Change Button Image" icons : Ah, I would have never figured...

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:46:07 +0000

Author: briansweat
Subject: 13009
Posted: 06 January 2009 at 12:46pm

Ah, I would have never figured that out. Thanks so much!

Instead of using my existing (shared) ImageManager, I will create another ImageManager just for the CustomIcons.

Thanks again!

"Change Button Image" icons : It is just a problem with IDs....

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:35:07 +0000

Author: SuperMario
Subject: 13009
Posted: 06 January 2009 at 8:35am

It is just a problem with IDs. 1001 will never work unless you are trying to display 1001 images in the menu.

I simply changed the ID in your sample from 1001 to 32 in the imagemanager and it works fine.

Here is why:

When adding icons, the IconId must start with 1 and increment by 1 for each icon added. So the IconId will be numbered 1,2,3,4,...N.

The suite provides 42 "built-in" icons that you can choose from and they are automatically displayed in the "Change Button Icon" popup menu if you do not remove them. If you do not remove the "built-in" icons that are provided with the toolkit then you should start your numbering at 43. If you start at 1 and you did not remove the "built-in" icons, then you will overwrite some of the "built-in" icons. So you would number your icons 43,44,45,...N. So you could even keep some of the "built-in" icons and overwrite the ones you don't need with your own custom icons.

I changed the Id in your sample to 32 because we removed the original 42 icons first, then we added 31 of our own in the single bitmap.

Hope this helps

"Change Button Image" icons : Thank you so much for your help,...

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:42:01 +0000

Author: briansweat
Subject: 13009
Posted: 05 January 2009 at 4:42pm

Thank you so much for your help, but I'm still not getting anywhere

Using an ImageManager in conjunction with LoadBitmap works for me. Icons saved in the ImageManager at design-time do not work. I've attached a variation of the MDISample illustrating the problem...

uploads/20090105_163737_MDISample_Custo.zip

I added the dropper.cur image (from sample directory) to the ImageManager1 at design-time. At run-time, it's displaying the icons from the bitmap successfully, followed by one blank button where the dropper image should be.

I'm using the same Icon Id convention that's in my project (ie 10001).

"Change Button Image" icons : Was that helpful? Should be no...

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:48:55 +0000

Author: SuperMario
Subject: 13009
Posted: 05 January 2009 at 2:48pm

Was that helpful? Should be no reason to disable the feature from your software

"Change Button Image" icons : A simple modification to the...

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:15:36 +0000

Author: SuperMario
Subject: 13009
Posted: 05 January 2009 at 1:15pm

A simple modification to the end of that method:

ImageManager1.Icons.LoadBitmap App.Path & "\Icons\CustomButtonIcons.bmp", ChangeButtonImageIconArray, xtpImageNormal
Options.CustomIcons.AddIcons ImageManager1.Icons

I simply added a imagemanager control to the MDI Form. I loaded the images from that same file into the imagemanager to save me time, but you can see it works from imagemanager as well.

Maybe attach your project? Must be a problem with ids or something?

"Change Button Image" icons : SuperMario wrote:CommandBarsMDISample...

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:39:11 +0000

Author: briansweat
Subject: 13009
Posted: 05 January 2009 at 12:39pm

SuperMario wrote:

CommandBarsMDISample for VB6 has a sample on how to do this with some helpful comments.

Thanks, I've looked at the method in the CommandBarsMDISample. The LoadBitmap function uses a bitmap in the file system. However, I'm using a CodeJock ImageManager control to store my icons.

Of course, I could export the icons to a temp folder and use this method. At this point, I will probably just clear the list and remove this functionality :(

"Change Button Image" icons : CommandBarsMDISample for VB6 has...

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:29:43 +0000

Author: SuperMario
Subject: 13009
Posted: 05 January 2009 at 12:29pm

CommandBarsMDISample for VB6 has a sample on how to do this with some helpful comments.

"Change Button Image" icons : Thanks! I'm definitely...

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:48:00 +0000

Author: briansweat
Subject: 13009
Posted: 26 December 2008 at 11:48am

Thanks! I'm definitely on the right track now.

However, the custom icons are not being displayed. I have 32 icons in my ImageManager and I see 32 blank placeholders now. I have both 16x16 and 24x24 variants stored for icon in my ImageManager.

I'm calling the RemoveAll method to clear the list first. Then, I'm calling Options.CustomIcons.AddIcons and passing a reference to the Icons collection of the ImageManager control...

Private Sub CommandBars_Customization(ByVal Options As XtremeCommandBars.ICustomizeOptions)
  Options.CustomIcons.RemoveAll
  Options.CustomIcons.AddIcons fCommon.ImageManager.Icons
End Sub

I initially tried the following code, but receive an "Object doesn't support this property or method" error...

Private Sub CommandBars_Customization(ByVal Options As XtremeCommandBars.ICustomizeOptions)
  Set Options.CustomIcons = fCommon.ImageManager.Icons
End Sub

"Change Button Image" icons : Hi, CatchCustomization event...

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:31:38 +0000

Author: Oleg
Subject: 13009
Posted: 24 December 2008 at 12:31am

Hi,

Catch Customization event and set CustomizeOptions.CustomIcons property.

"Change Button Image" icons : I'm having trouble setting...

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:17:13 +0000

Author: briansweat
Subject: 13009
Posted: 23 December 2008 at 6:17pm

I'm having trouble setting the icons for the "Change Button Image" function in the Customize menu for an individual Command Bar Control.

All icons are loaded into an ImageManager control at design-time. I've tried updating CommandBars.GlobalSettings.Icons and the Icons collections for the individual CommandBar.

Does anyone know where this icon list is located?