CommandBars Articles and Tutorials

Add or Remove CommandBar MDI Buttons

Author: Mike Palmatier
Platform: Visual Basic 6.0

You can add or remove MDI buttons that control the child windows in a MDI application. The CommandBars.SetFlags method is used to apply one of the flags from the XTPMenuBarFlags enumeration.

Menu bar with the system MDI popup added
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Menu bar with the minimize MDI button hidden
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Menu bar with the maximize MDI button hidden
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Menu bar with the close MDI button hidden
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Menu bar with the all MDI buttons hidden
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This sample code illustrates how to add a MDI popup control on the menu bar.

CommandBars(1).SetFlags xtpFlagAddMDISysPopup, 0

This sample code illustrates how to hide all MDI buttons on the menu bar.

CommandBars(1).SetFlags xtpFlagHideMDIButtons, 0

This sample code illustrates how to hide the maximize MDI button on the menu bar.

CommandBars(1).SetFlags xtpFlagHideMaximizeBox, 0

This sample code illustrates how to hide the minimize MDI button on the menu bar.

CommandBars(1).SetFlags xtpFlagHideMinimizeBox, 0

This sample code illustrates how to hide the close MDI button on the menu bar.

CommandBars(1).SetFlags xtpFlagHideClose, 0