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Combobox on toolbar

Mon, 13 Oct 2003 09:31:13 -0700

I want to create a toolbar with a combobox on it. But in MSDN there's only a TBSTYLE_DROPDOWN button style. I suppose that it could be done with owner drawn button, but I didn't found out how can I create it.

Oxygenium

Re: Combobox on toolbar

Wed, 15 Oct 2003 11:43:58 -0700

Why don't you use a rebar that contains the combobox and the toolbar? It's an easiest way to do it (owner drawn buttons give lots of problems...).

nICO

How beautiful, if Sorrow had not made sorrow more beautiful than Beauty itself.
JOHN KEATS

Re: Combobox on toolbar

Thu, 16 Oct 2003 09:17:19 -0700

: Why don't you use a rebar that contains the combobox and the toolbar? It's an easiest way to do it (owner drawn buttons give lots of problems...).
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: nICO
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: How beautiful, if Sorrow had not made sorrow more beautiful than Beauty itself.
: JOHN KEATS
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Yeah... I decided to do so too. But I'm having problems with creating theese bars in rebar. I'm doing it just like in the example in the documentation, but it doesn't work!

/*
	fce:						createToolbars

	popis:						Vytvori rebar s toolbarem a comboboxem
*/
HWND createToolbars (HWND hWnd) 
{
	//vytvorim rebar
	HWND rebar = CreateWindowEx (
		WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW,
		TOOLBARCLASSNAME,
		NULL,
		WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_CLIPSIBLINGS | WS_CLIPCHILDREN
			| RBS_VARHEIGHT,
		0, 0, 0, 0,
		hWnd,
		(HMENU)IDC_REBAR, 
		hInstance, 
		NULL
	);

	REBARINFO ri;
	ri.cbSize	= sizeof (ri);
	ri.fMask	= 0;
	ri.himl		= NULL;

	SendMessage (rebar, RB_SETBARINFO, 0, (LPARAM)&ri);

	//pridam toolbar a combobox
	REBARBANDINFO rbi;	

	rbi.cbSize	= sizeof (rbi);
	rbi.fMask	= RBBIM_STYLE | RBBIM_CHILD;

	//toolbar
	rbi.hwndChild	= createTopToolbar (rebar);
	rbi.cyMaxChild	= 500;	
	rbi.cyMinChild	= 100;
	rbi.cyChild	= 200;
	rbi.cx		= 200;

	if (!SendMessage (rebar, RB_INSERTBAND, (WPARAM)-1, (LPARAM)&rbi))
		MessageBeep (0);
	return rebar;
}

I don't have even an idea what's wrong (of course that you'll look at it and see a huge mistake :). At least I hope so...).

Oxygenium

Re: Combobox on toolbar

Thu, 16 Oct 2003 11:14:35 -0700

The code seems right, but I doubt you could create a rebar if you specify TOOLBARCLASSNAME as the window class... ;) REBARCLASSNAME should work!

nICO

How beautiful, if Sorrow had not made sorrow more beautiful than Beauty itself.
JOHN KEATS

Re: Combobox on toolbar

Fri, 17 Oct 2003 08:57:48 -0700

: The code seems right, but I doubt you could create a rebar if you specify TOOLBARCLASSNAME as the window class... ;) REBARCLASSNAME should work!
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: nICO
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: How beautiful, if Sorrow had not made sorrow more beautiful than Beauty itself.
: JOHN KEATS
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Oopps.. o_O I had to be very tired yesterday... Thanks...

Oxygenium