[RESOLVED] Question on CoolBar

[RS_Arm]

Hello. This may sound silly, but how can I add buttons to a coolBar. I saw other vbforums threads about coolbar, but I was not able to see any reference about adding buttons.

What I want to do is a coolbar, very like the VB6 has. (New, Open, Save, ...)
How can I do this?

Thank you.

[zynder]

You can use an ordinary toolbar then make it look like a coolbar.

Click Here

[RS_Arm]

That's ok, but it does not have the look I want. What I want to do is coolbar, with coolbar style.

Thank you Zynder, anyway.

[brucevde]

The Coolbar is a container control that usually has two or more "Bands".
Each Band can only contain a single control. That control, typically a Toolbar or PictureBox, is the one that contains your application's buttons.

[zynder]

It looks a coolbar to me. Well you could draw it to complete the coolbar effect. I havent tried it but i think you can put it insde the coolbar using setparent API.

[RS_Arm]

For example, in VB6 Editor, each band of the CoolBar, has more than one picture?
Then, when you pass over the mouse, the buttons get a 3D effect, right?
How can I have that effect?
(PS: If I don't use a CoolBar, my app will not pass in a certification control , wich, in many other things, is based on the look of the app.)

Thank you

[brucevde]

Use the Toolbar control to hold the buttons.
Put the Toolbar controls onto a Band in the Coolbar.

Here check out this sample Form.

[RS_Arm]

Thank you Brucevde. That's just what I was looking for!
Thank you once again.