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   I have an SDI form and want to add a second ToolBar with only 5 or 6 buttons somewhere on the middle left side of the same form.  I saw in  an earlier post that a picture box could be used to do this but the post didn't describe the process.  How do I go about adding a toolbar in a picture box and getting it where I want on my SDI form?  Where do I add the second CommandBar control and where do I write the code?  I'm new at using the control and could use some help with this.
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Bob Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 June 2006 Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bob Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: CommandBars Posted: 19 October 2007 at 1:30pm
	I have an SDI form and want to add a second ToolBar with only 5 or 6 buttons somewhere on the middle left side of the same form. I saw in an earlier post that a picture box could be used to do this but the post didn't describe the process. How do I go about adding a toolbar in a picture box and getting it where I want on my SDI form? Where do I add the second CommandBar control and where do I write the code? I'm new at using the control and could use some help with this. Thanks
	Bob

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 October 2007 at 3:20pm
	Just add another CommandBars to picture box and create same toolbar.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Bob Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 June 2006 Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bob Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 October 2007 at 9:17pm
	That worked fine except my second toolbar had a visible rectangle around the 3 test bmp's that i used. These bmp's were the same as those used in my form's main menu & toolbar which works fine. I used a Skin control and the rectangle is clearly visible no matter which skin style I select. Note: I named the 2nd CommandBar as CommandBarPic and dimensioned the 2nd toolbar as ToolBar2. Is this okay? 1. How do I get rid of that annoying rectangle? 2. The picture doesn't automatically stretch to display all 3 of the bmp's even though the AutoSize property is set to "True". Should it stretch and show all 3 bmp's? Again, thanks
	Bob

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 October 2007 at 2:29am
	Hi, Think its border of rectangle. Just Remove borders for rectangle.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Bob Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 June 2006 Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bob Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 October 2007 at 9:29am
	How do I get rid of the rectangle? I searched CJ's Help file and all I found was GetWindowsRect method...I didn't see anything on how to "hide" or eliminate the rectangle for the CommandBar. Thanks,
	Bob

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 October 2007 at 12:51pm
	Hello, Attach sample application. I'm not sure what do you see.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Bob Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 June 2006 Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bob Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 October 2007 at 7:27am
	Oleg, Attached is the sample app: uploads/20071031_065026_PicBox_ToolBar_.ZIP The code for the PicBox and 2nd CommandBar is at the end of the Form Load event. I used the Skin Control to Skin the app. I would like to hide the toolbar rectangle and only have the buttons appear (see bitmaps in .zip file). Maybe this is not possible with the CommandBar Control? Note: I tried to attach one of the bitmaps here but text kept popping up in the "Preview" portion of the Image Properties Window when I tried to upload the image, and the "Ok" button was disabled. Why couldn't I attach an image to this post? Thanks,
	Bob

gaudetm Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 September 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 134	Post Options Post Reply Quote gaudetm Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 October 2007 at 8:39am
	change visualtheme of second commandbars to office 2003 then no borders

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 October 2007 at 9:24am
	or call CommandBarsPic.PaintManager.FlatToolBar = True
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Bob Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 June 2006 Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bob Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 November 2007 at 2:26pm
	Thanks Oleg & qaudetm... I went with Oleg's suggestion and I also set CommandBarPic.Visual Theme to xtpThemeOffice2000. This appears to work best since my app allows the user to apply a selected "skin". The form for skinning is from CJ's SkinMdi Sample and uses only those skins. I don't know if this will work with other skins or not. I do know that if you apply some of the other Visual Themes to the CommandBar, no matter what the skin style is, the rectangle will still appear. It would be nice to have a PictureBox with transparency. I did find an ActiveX Control (PictureBox) on the web at DevPower for bitmaps and other images but I haven't tried it. The site says it's written in VB6. Again, thanks
	Bob