I am having trouble getting the styles on the toolbar and coolbar to work together. When I add a manifest file the project the coolbar gets the new XP style and the toolbar is still flat and gray. Is there anyway around this?
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I am having trouble getting the styles on the toolbar and coolbar to work together. When I add a manifest file the project the coolbar gets the new XP style and the toolbar is still flat and gray. Is there anyway around this?
Use the toolbar from the Common Controls 5.0, not 6.0
I already am using that toolbar, but when I combine it with the coolbar I get this:
Hey I never knew the Coolbar looked that good under XP :D
Maybe you need a custom toolbar control? I tried the default ones and they all look bad like you said.
I think I will use toolbars from vbAccelerator, but they are harder to use.
I still haven't resolved this toolbar issue. Has no one ever encountered this before? I would like to use coolbar/toolbar, except this issue is preventing me from dong that.
The toolbars from vbAccelerator are too hard to use and I can't find any other toolbar replacement controls.
Im using the toolbar from 6.0 and mine looks better for some reason.
Cant attach a picture right now for some reason. :(
Really? Could you try to post the project (or miniproject)? Maybe I have a setting werid or something... Ig uess if you can't upload pics you probably can't upload a project.
No dice. Is it just me or everyone? :(
No, its me too. I just tried a picture and a .zip. It said invalid file or something.
I just posted a thread in FF.
RobDog, can you post your example project (where the styles work) now that attachments are working?
Ok here is the screen shot and the project.
http://www.vbforums.com/attachment.p...chmentid=41216
You must be getting old RD. Can't you see the minor difference near the left edge of the rebar. Right where the toolbar part start the color changes. Can't anyone else see that? It is similar to the picture I posted (my 2nd post in this thread).
:( :lol: Welll then your mising the fact that the coolbar has a gradient background. This clashes with the toolbars background. Mine still looks better then yours. You need to set the toolbar width and height so the coolbar background doesnt show.
Edit: You know I am over 800+ years old. :D
Yes, I do see that the CoolBar has a gradient background, that is the point of this post. :)
Yours does look better than mine, but isn't there a way to get rid of the gradient on one or add a gradiant to the other? Or are there any good custom toolbar controls out there?
Setting the toolbar height would help a little, but I am going for a super professional effect. Are there any other solutions?
I reckon both of them look exactly the same. You need to make the toolbar background transparent somehow. I had a quick look and couldn't find any examples of doing that so it's probably not possible.
Wanna try making a Usercontrol?
No! :lol:
The usercontrol on vbAcc is probably the best around, but it is too hard to use because you have to set all the proeprties and icons, etc. at runtime. Thats too much trouble IMO, but maybe I will use it.
i'm having problem doing package when using vbAcc components...i dont know why but its true eyermonkey, vbAcc usercontrol is the best around..
But I hate manually setting every icon and property by hand at run time. Plus the vbAcc control doesn't allow customization as easy. The default toolbar opens a dialog and does it all for you.
eyeRmonkey pls send me some code how u did urs