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Topic: Different Icon sizes for toolbars and menus

Posted By: MacW
Subject: Different Icon sizes for toolbars and menus
Date Posted: 24 July 2007 at 5:37am

Hi, I have different sets of icons (32x32, 16x16). I want to use the large icons for toolbars, and the small icons for menus.

When I set the large icons using XTPImageManager()->SetIcons, the icons in toolbars look good, but the icons in menus look awful. Apparently XTP resizes the icons using the simple StretchBlt API function.

I made some experiments with


CXTPCommandBars* pcb = ... MainFrame.GetCommandBars(...);
pcb->GetCommandBarsOptions()->szIcons = CSize(16,16)
pcb->GetImageManager()->SetIcons(...);
...

but this usually causes all command bars to show no icons anymore.

What is please the correct sequence of method calls, and which objects to I need to tell which information?

Replies:

Posted By: Oleg
Date Posted: 25 July 2007 at 1:51am

Hello,

I think better call

pcb->GetCommandBarsOptions()->bLargeIcons = TRUE;

it will use large icons by default - 32*32. but also allow user to change it back in customize dialog.

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Oleg, Support Team
CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Posted By: MacW
Date Posted: 25 July 2007 at 10:42am

Hi, Oleg

this does not change anything. The icons in the menus are still 16x16 pixels.

Posted By: Oleg
Date Posted: 26 July 2007 at 7:12am

Hi,

In first message you wrote that want 16x16 icons for menu....

if you see small icons in toolbar, temporary comment LoadCommandBars call.

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Oleg, Support Team
CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Posted By: MacW
Date Posted: 26 July 2007 at 8:38am

Hi, Olec

You're right. I want 16x16 pixel bitmaps for menus.
But I don't want XTP to create these from the 32x32 pixel bitmaps I set via the XTPImageManager... call. The XTP resize algorithm creates ugly-looking bitmaps in the menu. I have better routines for that.

I want to set one set of icons to use in toolbars. I use my 32x32 icon set for that. And another set of icons to be used in command bars (menus). I want to use my 16x16 icon set for that. I create different sizes from my original vector sources, and the quality is hence very good for both sizes.

How do I set one set of icons for toolbars, and another for the menus?

I did not find a working solution in the samples, and neither instructions in the XTP documentation.

Posted By: Oleg
Date Posted: 27 July 2007 at 12:15pm

Call

pCommandBars->GetImageManager()->SetIcons(IDR_MAINFRAME, IDB_MAINFRAME_SMALLICONS);

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Oleg, Support Team
CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Posted By: MacW
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 6:29am

Hi,

if you look at my initial post, this is exactly what I'm doing. Without success.
Seems that there needs to be done more, or in a different sequence.

Is there anywhere a working sample?

Posted By: Oleg
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 6:52am

Hello,

See

Samples\CommandBars\CommandBarIcons

and

Samples\UserInterface\GUI_WinZip

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Oleg, Support Team
CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS