Codejock Developer Community : ActiveX Version Tutorial? http://forum.codejock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 13 May 2026 09:27:39 +0000 Sun, 15 Feb 2004 00:46:20 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 forum.codejock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=328 <![CDATA[Codejock Developer Community]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_images/codejock-logo.gif http://forum.codejock.com/ <![CDATA[ActiveX Version Tutorial? : To add a tabbed workspace is really...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=328&PID=1026&title=activex-version-tutorial#1026 Author: SuperMario
Subject: 328
Posted: 15 February 2004 at 12:46am

To add a tabbed workspace is really easy, add these two lines of codeto the Form_Load of your main application after the command bar isloaded or created via code: 
    Dim Workspace As ITabworkspace
    Set Workspace = CommandBars.ShowTabWorkspace(True)
Remember, this will only work in a MDI application.

As far as a how to , it depends on your preference.  Do you wantto use the designer to create your command bar, or create it via code?

To create a command bar with the designer is very simple (Reffering tothe customizable example).  First design your command bar in thedesigner and click on the CommandBars menu selection then click theRecource Symbols selection.  Click the Import button and it willcreate a recource .bas file you need to include in your VBapplication.  This file contains the control IDs that will be usedto associate the icons with controls and you use these IDs in yourcode.  To load your .xcb file created in the designer add thiscode to your Form_Load:
    CommandBars.LoadDesignerBars App.Path & "\filename.xcb"

That's all you have to do to load the command bar, there are a few morelines of code if you want to actually save the command bar if it wascustomized.  After that you have to add code to theCommandBars_Execute and CommandBars_Update event procedures.  Bothof the event procedures will contain a "Select Case" structure. Both of these event procedures will be passed a ICommandBarControl object called Control.  You can get the ID ofthe control that was clicked from this object.  So you use the"Select Case" structure to test "Control.Id" against all of the IDsthat were generated in the .bas module that was exported from thedesigner.  Once you find the correct ID you can perform theappropriate action.  The CommandBars_Execute event procedure isused when you need to perform a task like open a dialog or hide atoolbar.  The CommandBars_Update event procedure is used forthings like placing the check mark next to the control name in the menuif it is visible.  Or keeping a control diabled while a conditionexists, like keeping the paste buttin disabled if nothing is in theclipboard.  The Update procedure is called automatically, wherethe Execute procedure is called when a control is clicked. 

Well, I hope this helped you understand the Customizable sample.  Let me know if you would like another example explained.
]]> Sun, 15 Feb 2004 00:46:20 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=328&PID=1026&title=activex-version-tutorial#1026 <![CDATA[ActiveX Version Tutorial? : I posted this in the VB section...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=328&PID=734&title=activex-version-tutorial#734 Author: MikeV
Subject: 328
Posted: 03 January 2004 at 3:54am

I posted this in the VB section but it doesn't look like it gets a lot of action so I thought I would try here too:

I just purshased the Command Bars activex control based upon the impressive sample projects.  Assuming it would work much like any other activex control I didn't really scrutinize the implementation.  Now that I have the product I find nothing that even remotely would serve as a brief "how-to" for implementation.  Yes there are six sample projects only one with a "xcb" file included.  One of the features I am most interested in is adding XP style tabs to my program, something demonstrated in the "MDI Sample" project, but there isn't a word on how to do in the source code.

I am very impressed by the look of the Command Bar control but I am about ready to write it off unless I can figure it out quickly.  I've poked around and understand the "designer", but without any explanation of what is necessary to achieve a basic menu I find this software very frustrating.  It seems to cater much more to the C++ crowd, which is great, but no help to me.

Can anybody offer a suggestion as to how to get up and running with the ActiveX version of Command Bar?

 

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