toolbar

Using VFP 6, I use toolbar which is currently docked horizontally at
the top LHS of the screen when forms are opened. I have two questions.

1. Because some buttons are inappropriate for some forms, the init for
those forms calls a method in a class which makes those buttons visible
property = .F.. In some cases, while this works OK otherwise, the
toolbar is no longer horizontal but some buttons appear on a second line
under others and I have to drag the toolbar manually to correct it.
What causes this and how do I fix it ?

2. What I would really like is to have the toolbar docked centrally
under each form which calls it. But as the forms are all different sizes
this means that it needs to be in different places for different forms.
Is there any way to achieve this ?

Thanks
--
Tim Hobson

turiya36
Tue Aug 03 20:07:02 CDT 2004

Hi Tim

I'm struggling to understand your post - perhaps I've been programming too much today and my brain is mush.

You said

What I would really like is to have the toolbar docked centrally under each form which calls it

But you said at the beginning of your post that your tool bar is at the top left hand side of your screen. If your tool bar was docked _under_ a form, would it still be in the top left hand of your screen? Or did you mean that you would like your forms to appear directly underneath the toolbar button that calls it?

Well, that seems to be one problem - the other problem is that making buttons invisible causes unintended resizing of your toolbar into two lines. I had that problem too - so I just fixed the toolbar at the top left hand side of the screen, and made it unmovable. It's always there - unless the user chooses to hide the toolbar in the view menu. All functions of my application are callable either from the toolbar or from the menu. Yes, I sacrificed some useablility, but no one really wanted to move the toolbar anyway, so it wasn't that big of a deal.

You might consider just disabling the button instead of making it invisible. It probably wouldn't resize on you then.



"Tim Hobson" wrote:

> Using VFP 6, I use toolbar which is currently docked horizontally at
> the top LHS of the screen when forms are opened. I have two questions.
>
> 1. Because some buttons are inappropriate for some forms, the init for
> those forms calls a method in a class which makes those buttons visible
> property = .F.. In some cases, while this works OK otherwise, the
> toolbar is no longer horizontal but some buttons appear on a second line
> under others and I have to drag the toolbar manually to correct it.
> What causes this and how do I fix it ?
>
> 2. What I would really like is to have the toolbar docked centrally
> under each form which calls it. But as the forms are all different sizes
> this means that it needs to be in different places for different forms.
> Is there any way to achieve this ?
>
> Thanks
> --
> Tim Hobson
>

Tim
Wed Aug 04 13:22:22 CDT 2004

Thanks for advice. I started off by disabling the buttons, but disliked
their black appearance. Making visible=.F. does, as you say, resize the
toolbar but that would be OK if it just remained docked horizontally
where it should be instead of appearing on two lines. I will see if I
can make it unmoveable.

Sorry I was unclear with my second question. If I could put the toolbar
under each form it would be a change from having it docked on the LHS of
the screen - but I do not know how to make that change or if it is
possible.

In article <D79A8E37-EF15-4DE0-B6C4-0D91AC966C12@microsoft.com>,
turiya36 <turiya36@discussions.microsoft.com> writes
>Hi Tim
>
>I'm struggling to understand your post - perhaps I've been programming
>too much today and my brain is mush.
>
>You said
>
>What I would really like is to have the toolbar docked centrally under
>each form which calls it
>
>But you said at the beginning of your post that your tool bar is at the
>top left hand side of your screen. If your tool bar was docked _under_
>a form, would it still be in the top left hand of your screen? Or did
>you mean that you would like your forms to appear directly underneath
>the toolbar button that calls it?
>
>Well, that seems to be one problem - the other problem is that making
>buttons invisible causes unintended resizing of your toolbar into two
>lines. I had that problem too - so I just fixed the toolbar at the top
>left hand side of the screen, and made it unmovable. It's always there
>- unless the user chooses to hide the toolbar in the view menu. All
>functions of my application are callable either from the toolbar or
>from the menu. Yes, I sacrificed some useablility, but no one really
>wanted to move the toolbar anyway, so it wasn't that big of a deal.
>
>You might consider just disabling the button instead of making it
>invisible. It probably wouldn't resize on you then.
>
>
>
>"Tim Hobson" wrote:
>
>> Using VFP 6, I use toolbar which is currently docked horizontally at
>> the top LHS of the screen when forms are opened. I have two questions.
>>
>> 1. Because some buttons are inappropriate for some forms, the init for
>> those forms calls a method in a class which makes those buttons visible
>> property = .F.. In some cases, while this works OK otherwise, the
>> toolbar is no longer horizontal but some buttons appear on a second line
>> under others and I have to drag the toolbar manually to correct it.
>> What causes this and how do I fix it ?
>>
>> 2. What I would really like is to have the toolbar docked centrally
>> under each form which calls it. But as the forms are all different sizes
>> this means that it needs to be in different places for different forms.
>> Is there any way to achieve this ?
>>
>> Thanks
>> --
>> Tim Hobson
>>

--
Tim Hobson