Popup command bars

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   Hi.I am new to codejock and have been struggling to get Popup Command Bars to work in C#.

It compiles OK but when I run the code I get a "Catastrophic COM failure ..."
I've clearly not understood the nuances of calling a Popup.
Can anyone help?
Cheers
Andy

My code is as follows.

private void LaunchPopup()
        {
            CommandBars cmdbars;
            CommandBar popupbar;
            CommandBarControl control;

            cmdbars = new CommandBars();   //This doesn't work and the subsequent line throws the error
            popupbar = cmdbars.Add("Popup", XTPBarPosition.xtpBarPopup);
            popupbar.Controls.Add(XTPControlType.xtpControlButton, 1, "&New", -1, false);
            popupbar.Controls.Add(XTPControlType.xtpControlButton, 2, "&Open", -1, false);
            popupbar.Controls.Add(XTPControlType.xtpControlButton, 3, "&Save", -1, false);

            control = popupbar.Controls.Add(XTPControlType.xtpControlButton, 4, "&Print", -1, false);
            control.BeginGroup = true;

            popupbar.ShowPopup();
        }

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AndyLUK Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 14 February 2022 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndyLUK Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Popup command bars Posted: 17 February 2022 at 3:45pm
	Hi. I am new to codejock and have been struggling to get Popup Command Bars to work in C#. It compiles OK but when I run the code I get a "Catastrophic COM failure ..." I've clearly not understood the nuances of calling a Popup. Can anyone help? Cheers Andy My code is as follows. private void LaunchPopup() { CommandBars cmdbars; CommandBar popupbar; CommandBarControl control; cmdbars = new CommandBars(); //This doesn't work and the subsequent line throws the error popupbar = cmdbars.Add("Popup", XTPBarPosition.xtpBarPopup); popupbar.Controls.Add(XTPControlType.xtpControlButton, 1, "&New", -1, false); popupbar.Controls.Add(XTPControlType.xtpControlButton, 2, "&Open", -1, false); popupbar.Controls.Add(XTPControlType.xtpControlButton, 3, "&Save", -1, false); control = popupbar.Controls.Add(XTPControlType.xtpControlButton, 4, "&Print", -1, false); control.BeginGroup = true; popupbar.ShowPopup(); }

AndyLUK Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 14 February 2022 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndyLUK Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 February 2022 at 12:04pm
	Hi. I was trying to get a popup menu to appear when clicking on a ReportControl column header. After much experimenting and reverse engineering of the Codejock Samples I eventually got it to work. It would be great if there was an introduction document to the use of these controls or a You tube video showing the basics for newbies but hey ho. Anyway the code below is what I ended up with. I have documented the best I can and maybe it will be of some use to another newbie. cheers Andy private void wndReportControl_ColumnClick(object sender, AxXtremeReportControl._DReportControlEvents_ColumnClickEvent e) { //this is if you right click on a column head - see SendContextMenuForWholeHeaderArea property if you want //all columns to have the same ColumnClick event //MessageBox.Show("col click"); LaunchPopup(); } private void LaunchPopup() { //the following "using" statements are required //using XtremeReportControl; //using XtremeCommandBars; CommandBar popupbar; CommandBarPopup popup2; CommandBarControl control, pu_andy1, pu_andy2; //N.B. you can't "new up" a command bar you need a command bar object on your form otherwise you //get a "Catastrophic COM failure ..." error when you run it. //create the base command bar and add some buttons - the ID class defines a unique number for each button //see Codejock samples popupbar = axCommandBars1.Add("andy", XTPBarPosition.xtpBarPopup); popupbar.Controls.Add(XTPControlType.xtpControlButton, ID.FILE_NEW_FILE, "&New", -1, false); popupbar.Controls.Add(XTPControlType.xtpControlButton, ID.FILE_OPEN_FILE, "&Open", -1, false); popupbar.Controls.Add(XTPControlType.xtpControlButton, ID.FILE_SAVE, "&Save", -1, false); //need to define popup2 as a command bar and cast the control so we can add more controls to it. popup2 = (CommandBarPopup)popupbar.Controls.Add(XTPControlType.xtpControlPopup, 9, "sub menu"); //add controls to the sub menu pu_andy1 = popup2.CommandBar.Controls.Add(XTPControlType.xtpControlButton, 901, "andy1", -1, false); pu_andy2 = popup2.CommandBar.Controls.Add(XTPControlType.xtpControlButton, 902, "andy2", -1, false); //add divider and last control to main menu control = popupbar.Controls.Add(XTPControlType.xtpControlButton, ID.FILE_PRINT, "&Print", -1, false); control.BeginGroup = true; //now setup the icons to use in the commandbar //you need an image control on the form popupbar.CommandBars.Icons = axImageManager1.Icons; //using default name of axImageManager1 //build an array to hold ID values int[] CommandBarIconArray = new int[20]; //load array (ID values are defined in another class and are used to identify each control uniquely) CommandBarIconArray[0] = ID.FILE_NEW_FILE; CommandBarIconArray[2] = ID.FILE_OPEN_FILE; CommandBarIconArray[3] = ID.FILE_SAVE; CommandBarIconArray[4] = ID.FILE_SAVE_ALL; CommandBarIconArray[5] = ID.FILE_PRINT; //load the icons from the Toolbar.png file - see icons folder in codejock samples popupbar.CommandBars.Icons.LoadBitmap(ID.IconsPath() + "Toolbar.png", CommandBarIconArray, XtremeCommandBars.XTPImageState.xtpImageNormal); //display the popup - by default this is in the middle of the screen but there are coordinate parameters to "ShowPopup() popupbar.ShowPopup(); }