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Upgrading Toolkit Standard to Toolkit Pro - Create a custom theme for your application

by Kirk Stowell Visual C++ Created on 11/16/2007

Create a new class derived from one of the predefined themes found in the toolkit. We are going to use CXTPDefaultTheme, however you can use any of the following theme classes: CXTPDefaultTheme to inherit Office 2000 themeCXTPOfficeTheme to inhe...

Office Style Flat Combo Box

by Kirk Stowell Visual C++ Created on 10/16/2007

The CXTFlatComboBox class can easily give your application the Flat Look to your standard CComboBox control as seen in many of the Microsoft® Office products. To use the control, simply add the files XTFlatComboBox.cpp and XTFlatComboBox.h to you...

Outlook Style Menu and Pager Control

by Kirk Stowell Visual C++ Created on 10/16/2007

The CXTOutlookBar class is a CListBox derived class that implements a Outlook style control. The CXTPagerCtrl class is used to contain and scroll the CXTOutlookBar window. This class wraps the windows pager API. Both classes are fairly easy to use an...

Why you should use the ImageManager Control

by Mike Palmatier Visual Basic 6 Created on 10/26/2005

The ImageManager control is similar to the Standard Microsoft ImageList control and is intended to be used as a replacement for the Standard ImageList Control. However, the ImageManager is a much more powerful tool. One of the most noticeable improve...

Removing an Icon from the ImageManager at Design Time

by Mike Palmatier Visual Basic 6 Created on 10/26/2005

To remove an icon from the ImageManager at design-time, simply click on the ID from the list of Icon IDs listed on the left of the Properties dialog for the icon your want to remove. You can see the list of Icon Ids in the picture below. In the pictu...

Importing Images into the ImageManager at Design Time

by Mike Palmatier Visual Basic 6 Created on 10/25/2005

How do I add BitMap (.bmp) file into the CommandBars ImageManager Control at Design Time? Start out by going into Form View of the form that contains the ImageManager Control. Now Right-Click on the ImageManager Control and select "Properties" a...

Special \ Reserved Control IDs

by Mike Palmatier Visual Basic 6 Created on 10/21/2005

Using an ID of 35000 in a MDI application for a menu item will automatically add a menu item for up to 9 open documents. Clicking on one of the menu items will cause the document to come into focus. Using an ID of 35001 for a button or menu item wil...

What You Need to Know About CommandBar Control IDs

by Mike Palmatier Visual Basic 6 Created on 10/21/2005

Each CommandBar control needs to have a unique ID so that you will know when a button or menu item has been pressed. There are many other things the ID is used for such as updating the control, searching for the control, and associating an icon with ...

Enabling the Office 2003 Luna Colors when Running in Windows 2000 and Earlier

by Mike Palmatier Visual Basic 6 Created on 10/21/2005

The CommandBarsGlobalSettings object allows you to override the default 'grey' system colors that are used for the Office 2003 theme when running you application in Windows 2000 and earlier. To do this, you must change the color in the Form_Initializ...

Stretch a Toolbar to Fill the Entire Width of the Application

by Mike Palmatier Visual Basic 6 Created on 10/21/2005

The CommandBars.EnableDocking method is used to apply the xtpFlagStretched flag from the XTPToolBarFlags enumeration. This will keep stretching the toolbar the entire width (if horizontal) of the application, even when there are not enough buttons to...

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