DOCUMENT:Q174087 26-SEP-1997 [vbwin] TITLE :HOWTO: Display Additional Buttons in Customize Toolbar Dialog PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows PROD/VER:WINDOWS:4.0 5.0 OPER/SYS:WINDOWS KEYWORDS:vb432 VB4WIN vb5all vb5howto VBKBAX VBKBComp VBKBCtrl ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------ --- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0 - Microsoft Visual Basic Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions, 32-bit only, for Windows, version 4.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ --- SUMMARY ======= The Toolbar control that is provided with the Microsoft Windows Common Controls (COMCTL32.OCX) can be customized by users. The Customize Toolbar method is displayed if either: - the AllowCustomize property is set to True and the user double- clicks the Toolbar -or- - the Customize method of the Toolbar is invoked. By default, this dialog lists all of the buttons on the Toolbar in the "Toolbar Buttons" lists but lists only a Separator in the "Available Buttons" list. This article describes how you can display additional toolbar buttons in the "Available Buttons" list. MORE INFORMATION ================ All of the buttons in the Buttons collection of a Toolbar control appear in the Customize Toolbar dialog. Buttons that are currently showing on the Toolbar appear in the "Toolbar Buttons" list and Buttons that have been removed from the Toolbar through customization appear in the "Available Buttons" list. To add additional buttons to the "Available Buttons" list, create your default toolbar, use the SaveToolbar method to save this setting, add the additional buttons at run-time, and then use RestoreToolbar to restore the "default" toolbar settings. Step-by-Step Example -------------------- 1. Start a new project. 2. Reference the Microsoft Windows Common Controls (COMCTL32.OCX). 3. Add a Toolbar and an ImageList to Form1. 4. Add six images to ImageList1 with the following properties: Index Key Picture ----- --- ------- 1 Bold ..\VB\Graphics\Bitmaps\Tlbr_w95\Bld.bmp 2 Italic ..\VB\Graphics\Bitmaps\Tlbr_w95\Itl.bmp 3 Underline ..\VB\Graphics\Bitmaps\Tlbr_w95\Undrln.bmp 4 Copy ..\VB\Graphics\Bitmaps\Tlbr_w95\Copy.bmp 5 Paste ..\VB\Graphics\Bitmaps\Tlbr_w95\Paste.bmp 6 Cut ..\VB\Graphics\Bitmaps\Tlbr_w95\Cut.bmp 5. Set the ImageList property of Toolbar1 to "ImageList1." 6. Add three buttons to Toolbar1 with the following properties: Index Key Image ----- --- ----- 1 Bold Bold 2 Italic Italic 3 Underline Underline NOTE: The Toolbar contains only these three buttons because this is the layout of the "default" toolbar. The Copy, Paste, and Cut buttons will be added at run-time so that they will appear in the "Additional Buttons" list. 7. Add the following code to Form1: Private Declare Function RegOpenKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias _ "RegOpenKeyA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, _ phkResult As Long) As Long Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001 Private Sub Form_GotFocus() Me.Show 'Check to see if the registry keys for the toolbar exists 'If not, then save the initial toolbar settings Success = RegOpenKey(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "MyApp", hKey) If Success <> 0 Then Toolbar1.SaveToolbar "Test", "MyApp", _ "Toolbar1" 'Add the toolbars you wish to see in the "Available Buttons" list Toolbar1.Buttons.Add , "Copy", , , "Copy" Toolbar1.Buttons.Add , "Paste", , , "Paste" 'Restore the toolbar settings DoEvents Toolbar1.RestoreToolbar "Test", "MyApp", "Toolbar1" DoEvents bFormLoad = False End Sub Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer) 'When the form unloads, save the toolbar settings 'to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\MyApp Toolbar1.SaveToolbar "Test", "MyApp", "Toolbar1" End Sub 8. Press the F5 key to run the application. Double-click Toolbar1 to display the Customize Toolbar dialog. Notice that the Cut, Copy, and Paste toolbars appear in the Additional Buttons list. NOTE: The SaveToolbar and RestoreToolbar methods used in this example write and read the registry entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\MyApp\Toolbar1. ====================================================================== Keywords : vb432 VB4WIN vb5all vb5howto VBKBAX VBKBComp VBKBCtrl Version : WINDOWS:4.0 5.0 Platform : WINDOWS Issue type : kbhowto ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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