Creating a Toolbar

The following example uses the CreateWindowEx function to create a toolbar that the user can customize and that has a tooltip control associated with it. The example uses the TB_ADDBITMAP and TB_ADDSTRING messages to add button images and buttons strings to the toolbar. The example also adds three buttons by using the TB_ADDBUTTONS message.

// CreateAToolBar - creates a toolbar and adds the initial set of

// buttons to it.

// Returns the handle of the toolbar if successful or NULL otherwise.

// hwndParent - handle of the parent window

HWND CreateAToolBar(HWND hwndParent)

{

HWND hwndTB;

TBADDBITMAP tbab;

TBBUTTON tbb[3];

char szBuf[16];

int iCut, iCopy, iPaste;

// Ensure that the common control DLL is loaded.

InitCommonControls();

// Create a toolbar that the user can customize and that has a

// tooltip associated with it.

hwndTB = CreateWindowEx(0, TOOLBARCLASSNAME, (LPSTR) NULL,

WS_CHILD | TBSTYLE_TOOLTIPS | CCS_ADJUSTABLE,

0, 0, 0, 0, hwndParent, (HMENU) ID_TOOLBAR, g_hinst, NULL);

// Send the TB_BUTTONSTRUCTSIZE message, which is required for

// backward compatibility.

SendMessage(hwndTB, TB_BUTTONSTRUCTSIZE,

(WPARAM) sizeof(TBBUTTON), 0);

// Add the bitmap containing button images to the toolbar.

tbab.hInst = g_hinst;

tbab.nID = IDB_BUTTONS;

SendMessage(hwndTB, TB_ADDBITMAP, (WPARAM) NUM_BUTTON_BITMAPS,

(WPARAM) &tbab);

// Add the button strings to the toolbar.

LoadString(g_hinst, IDS_CUT, (LPSTR) &szBuf, MAX_LEN);

iCut = SendMessage(hwndTB, TB_ADDSTRING, 0, (LPARAM) (LPSTR) szBuf);

LoadString(g_hinst, IDS_COPY, (LPSTR) &szBuf, MAX_LEN);

iCopy = SendMessage(hwndTB, TB_ADDSTRING, (WPARAM) 0,

(LPARAM) (LPSTR) szBuf);

LoadString(g_hinst, IDS_PASTE, (LPSTR) &szBuf, MAX_LEN);

iPaste = SendMessage(hwndTB, TB_ADDSTRING, (WPARAM) 0,

(LPARAM) (LPSTR) szBuf);

// Fill the TBBUTTON array with button information, and add the

// buttons to the toolbar.

tbb[0].iBitmap = BMP_CUT;

tbb[0].idCommand = IDM_CUT;

tbb[0].fsState = TBSTATE_ENABLED;

tbb[0].fsStyle = TBSTYLE_BUTTON;

tbb[0].dwData = 0;

tbb[0].iString = iCut;

tbb[1].iBitmap = BMP_COPY;

tbb[1].idCommand = IDM_COPY;

tbb[1].fsState = TBSTATE_ENABLED;

tbb[1].fsStyle = TBSTYLE_BUTTON;

tbb[1].dwData = 0;

tbb[1].iString = iCopy;

tbb[2].iBitmap = BMP_PASTE;

tbb[2].idCommand = IDM_PASTE;

tbb[2].fsState = TBSTATE_ENABLED;

tbb[2].fsStyle = TBSTYLE_BUTTON;

tbb[2].dwData = 0;

tbb[2].iString = iPaste;

SendMessage(hwndTB, TB_ADDBUTTONS, (WPARAM) NUM_BUTTONS,

(LPARAM) (LPTBBUTTON) &tbb);

ShowWindow(hwndTB, SW_SHOW);

return hwndTB;

}

Software for developers

Delphi Components
.Net Components
Software for Android Developers

More information resources

MegaDetailed.Net
Unix Manual Pages
Delphi Examples

Databases for Amazon shops developers

Amazon Categories Database
Browse Nodes Database