Toolbar Attributes Window

Start of instruction setAccessible Using

  1. "Dialog > Toolbar"; or

  2. first check the "Toolbar" entry in the dialog attributes window, then double-click on the dummy toolbar in the dialog; or select 'Toolbar...' from the toolbar's context menu.

  3. CTRL+ALT+T.


Entries

Note:
For context-sensitive help on attribute entries, select the entry so it has the focus, and press F1.

Entry in Attributes Window Represents
Name Handle name of the toolbar (may be overwritten with another name).
Position TOOLBAR-POS attribute values.
Wrapped STYLE attribute value: if set and there are more toolbar items than can be displayed on the top of the dialog, the toolbar wraps around to a new line. (The default: the toolbar can be scrolled with the two small arrow push buttons on the left of the toolbar.)
Margin-X MARGIN-X attribute value (specifies which margin to the left, to the right and above the bitmaps is displayed in the toolbar area. This attribute only applies if TOOLBAR-POS is set to TB-LEFT or TB-RIGHT.
Margin-Y MARGIN-Y attribute value (specifies which margin to the left, above and below the bitmaps is displayed in the toolbar area. This attribute only applies if TOOLBAR-POS is set to TB-TOP or TB-BOTTOM.
Item width ITEM-W attribute value (specifies the width of all items in the toolbar).
Item height ITEM-H attribute value (specifies the height of all items in the toolbar).
Toolbar Displays the handle name and the BITMAP-FILE-NAME of the existing toolbar items.
Selected toolbar item: In this group frame, you assign attribute values to the toolbar item selected in the "Toolbar items" group frame on the left.
Name Handle name of the toolbar item (may be overwritten with another name).
Type MENU-ITEM-TYPE attribute value for the selected toolbar item.
Same as SAME-AS attribute value (not for MENU-ITEM-TYPE attribute "Separator"); the selection box displays the menu items available.
Bitmap BITMAP-FILE-NAME attribute value.
... Dialog box for determining sources of BITMAP-FILE-NAME attribute values. Also provides a list of all available bitmaps to be used.
DIL text DIL-TEXT attribute value (string).
... Dialog box for determining sources of DIL-TEXT attribute values (not for MENU-ITEM-TYPE attribute "Separator").
Accelerator ACCELERATOR attribute value.
... Dialog box for determining sources of ACCELERATOR attribute values.
Command ID CLIENT-KEY attribute value (used in this context for associating a command ID).
Background Color:  
Selection box BACKGROUND-COLOUR-NAME attribute value to be used for display of the item's bitmap (if any). If 'default' is specified, the color of the first (top-left) pixel in the bitmap determines the background color.
... Dialog box for editing BACKGROUND-COLOUR-VALUE attribute value.
State:  
Visible VISIBLE attribute value.
Enabled ENABLED attribute value (not for MENU-ITEM-TYPE attribute "Separator").
Checked CHECKED attribute value (not for MENU-ITEM-TYPE attribute "Separator").
Shared SHARED attribute value. CLICK events for this item will be forwarded to the active MDI child dialog (if any). This attribute is ignored for non-MDI dialogs.
Style:  
Scaled STYLE attribute value: allows for stretched bitmaps to be displayed on the toolbar items.
Transparent STYLE attribute value: bitmap pixels in the background color do not change the state of the screen.
Events Dialog box for editing event handlers; may only be used with the appropriate "Type" entry; may not be used if the toolbar item is associated with a menu item using the SAME-AS attribute.
New Creates a new toolbar item.
Cut Cuts a selected toolbar item and copies it to the clipboard. You can also cut and paste several toolbar items at once.
Paste Pastes a toolbar item from the clipboard.

Note:
The "New" and "Paste" entries insert toolbar items behind the currently selected item, or, if no items are selected, at the top of the list. You deselect items by holding down CTRL while selecting the selected items.

OK Save settings and exit the window.
Cancel Exit the window without saving the settings.
Help Provides online help on the attributes window.