[RESOLVED] Dropdown buttons with Windows Common Controls 5.0

[ehayut]

I am trying to achieve a windows XP style with my VB software, and found plenty of resources telling me that I had to use Windows Common Controls 5.0

This seems to work wodnerfully. However, I am having the issue of not being able to make dropdown buttons in my toolbar with these controls, whereas it is very easy with Windows Common Controls 6.0

Am I missing something, or do dropdown buttons simply not exist in 5.0? If that is the case, are there any workarounds?

[bushmobile]

i don't know if they exist in v5 or not (i guess if they're not there then no) - for alternatives check out vbAccelerator

[ehayut]

*bump*
Does anybody else know a little bit more about this?

[brucevde]

Button Menus where added in VB 6.0 so you need to get creative. It can be easily achieved with two Command buttons and a ComboBox

Add a Toolbar Button. Set its style to tbrPlaceholder
Add a ComboBox, it will be used as the DropDown menu.
Add two Command Buttons, one to display the Icon and/or Caption the other to trigger the ComboBox.

Here check it out...

[ehayut]

Thanks mate, that's exactly what i needed