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[QUESTION] StatusBar and multiple Commandbars |
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Aaron ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 29 January 2008 Status: Offline Points: 2192 |
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Hi,
Is there a way to have multiple Commandbars and have only one Statusbar in mainform?
I have more than one Commandbars control on a form (same reason as with the DockingPanes with PictureBox <> Form issue I started in Controls forum) and I would like to show user some info about the buttons on the toolbars when hovered.
If this can't be done, is there a way to create different toolbars and "attach" them to the proper PictureBox (or DockingPane) If this means that I have only Commandbars control so be it... Minor issue
![]() Thanks a lot in advance
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Xander75 ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 26 April 2007 Status: Offline Points: 353 |
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Aaron,
I believe you should be able to use many CommandBars and only one StatusBar. In my Projects I usually split out how I build up my GUI and create a reference to the StatusBar so I can get click events and what not from it. That way I can always then reference it. Below is a small snippet of code form a project of mine that shows how you can create a StatusBar on a form, make it public and with events.
As for creating CommandBars then attaching them to PictureBoxes (or DockingPanes) I am not sure if that can be done as like you I have always used multiple instances of the CommandBars control to do just that. Would be nice if this could be done though. |
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younicke ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 11 March 2005 Status: Offline Points: 107 |
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in my case there are times that i use commandbars on other forms... and the way that i do to show the hint on the statusbar of the main form is by using this commandbars event
supposing this is your commandbar on other form Private Sub CBarsOtherForm_ControlSelected(ByVal Control As XtremeCommandBars.ICommandBarControl) If Not Control Is Nothing Then 'display hint here using the control.descriptiontext... frmMain.CommandBars.StatusBar.Pane(1).Text = Control.DescriptionText Else frmMain.CommandBars.StatusBar.Pane(1).Text = "Ready..." End If End Sub |
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Aaron ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 29 January 2008 Status: Offline Points: 2192 |
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Hi,
Thanks for both replies
![]() I guess this isn't going to be solved in an easy way...
Alexander: Do you have Commandbars for every form? Do you happen to use DockingPanes as well? Yes:How do you add toolbars to these panes? NO:Question for other users, how do you add toolbars to panes (Single Commandbar or same as me multiple Commandbars)?
Allan: I guess this would be the easiest solution, it does work and easy to implement, just add ControlSelected event handler (for every used Commandbars) and copy/paste code
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Xander75 ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 26 April 2007 Status: Offline Points: 353 |
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Aaron,
I try an use CommandBars only on forms were I don't want the ToolBar on the Main form (MDI App) to have the options. younicke's is what I meant from my code snippet, the only difference being it that you can use the WithEvents in my code to fire button clicks if you require that code in the StatusBar. I looked into using one CommandBar and trying to place menus that where floating into containers like PictureBoxes, DockingPanes etc but this didn't work as the CommandBars.AttachToWindow attaches the CommandBar control, not the separate toolbar or menubar ![]() |
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younicke ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 11 March 2005 Status: Offline Points: 107 |
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u really have to use a separate commandbars for docking panes
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Aaron ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 29 January 2008 Status: Offline Points: 2192 |
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Hi,
Seems we can't have it all... Would be nice though, if CodeJock would add such thing. I was fiddling around with SetParent API and I'm able to reposition the toolbar but that's all. You can't drag toolbar around and width is calculated from the pane where the toolbar originally was located
![]() CodeJock support? Any ideas? Future implementations?
Thanks a lot in advance
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