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 Posted: Feb 8th, 2007, 5:24pm Post subject: [DEMO BETA] Rebar Control |
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As promised, my Rebar+WMLiberty demo. The ZIP file includes the LB demo, and a small helper DLL to create and manage the rebar control. Tested on Windows XP SP2, with LB v4.03 and WMLiberty v1.03. Feedback appreciated.
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Brent
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| Posted: Feb 10th, 2007, 10:59pm Post subject: Re: [DEMO BETA] Rebar Control |
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Hi Bill,
Neat demo! But I'm wondering about the decision to create a wrapper/helper DLL. Did you have problems getting rebar to work without it? Or was it just to simplify rebar creation and management? I italicize "simplify" because I'd say nary a novice LBer would describe any DLL as simple, if that is the intended audience.
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| Posted: Feb 11th, 2007, 2:09am Post subject: Re: [DEMO BETA] Rebar Control |
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| Brent wrote: | Hi Bill,
Neat demo! But I'm wondering about the decision to create a wrapper/helper DLL. Did you have problems getting rebar to work without it? Or was it just to simplify rebar creation and management? I italicize "simplify" because I'd say nary a novice LBer would describe any DLL as simple, if that is the intended audience. |
It was an attempt at simplification. This is the kind of thing that a preprocessor would be good for. That and UDTs would make API programming much quicker.
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Dave
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| Posted: Mar 20th, 2007, 12:39am Post subject: Re: [DEMO BETA] Rebar Control |
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I should probably move my rebar question to here. Bill, I have three questions: First, are we able to add more than one control to a band? Second, are you able to make a toolbar band with your DLL, and third, are you able to apply a menubar to a band?
I know these are sort-of odd questions, but if you can come up with any answers, they would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advanced!
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| Posted: Mar 27th, 2007, 8:02pm Post subject: Re: [DEMO BETA] Rebar Control |
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| Dave wrote: | I should probably move my rebar question to here. Bill, I have three questions: First, are we able to add more than one control to a band? Second, are you able to make a toolbar band with your DLL, and third, are you able to apply a menubar to a band?
I know these are sort-of odd questions, but if you can come up with any answers, they would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advanced! |
1) Not directly. The rebar control only supports one control per band. However, you can use container controls. Brent wrote some wrappers for container controls some time ago, and I updated them a few weeks ago. I'll post them here when I get the chance.
2) Not directly. You can, however, create a toolbar and add it to a rebar band.
3) Not directly. From what I understand, you can't put a native menu bar on a rebar control band. You can, however, emulate one using a container control, a graphicbox, and popup menus. I haven't tried this method yet, but I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work.
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Dave
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| Posted: Jul 27th, 2007, 11:26pm Post subject: Re: [DEMO BETA] Rebar Control |
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| Another quick question - is it possible to undock a rebar container (such as the toolstrips in MS Office programs)? Thanks.
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Brent
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| Posted: Jul 28th, 2007, 5:59pm Post subject: Re: [DEMO BETA] Rebar Control |
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Hello Dave,
Docking is not a built-in feature of rebar controls. It involves a very complex "dance" between windows if you want it to look the same way. I may attempt a demo at some time, but it may require my upgrading WMLiberty.
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Dave
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| Posted: Jul 28th, 2007, 7:46pm Post subject: Re: [DEMO BETA] Rebar Control |
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| Thanks for explaining. I have tried to achieve it using some stylebits, but it did not work. I will just emulate it using dialog windows for now.
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| Posted: Jul 28th, 2007, 9:35pm Post subject: Re: [DEMO BETA] Rebar Control |
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| Brent wrote: | Hello Dave,
Docking is not a built-in feature of rebar controls. It involves a very complex "dance" between windows if you want it to look the same way. I may attempt a demo at some time, but it may require my upgrading WMLiberty. |
Maybe, maybe not... See:
http://www.catch22.net/tuts/docking1.asp
http://www.catch22.net/tuts/docking2.asp
Also, The Code Project has a demo of tear-off rebars, but it uses MFC. From the code that's on the page, it might not be too hard to translate, though.
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Dave
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| Posted: Jul 29th, 2007, 1:57am Post subject: Re: [DEMO BETA] Rebar Control |
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Thanks for pointing those sites out, Bill! I'll try to translate them. Sorry to use your original demo post for my questions.
Thanks again!
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