Make A Flat Toolbar In VB5

You just need to do as followings:

First: copy these code in your module

'--------------
'Const .....
'--------------------------
Public Const WM_USER = &H400
Public Const TB_SETSTYLE = WM_USER + 56
Public Const TB_GETSTYLE = WM_USER + 57
Public Const TBSTYLE_FLAT = &H800
Public Const TBSTYLE_TOOLTIPS = &H100
Public Const TBSTYLE_WRAPABLE = &H200
Public Const TBSTYLE_ALTDRAG = &H400
Public Const TBSTYLE_LIST = &H1000
Public Const TBSTYLE_CUSTOMERASE = &H2000



	

		
				
Email Article
		
				
Print Article
			
				
	

		
'---------------
'API......
'---------------------
Public Declare Function SendMessageLong Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" _
  (ByVal hwnd As Long, _
   ByVal wMsg As Long, _
   ByVal wParam As Long, _
   ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowExA"_
  (ByVal hWnd1 As Long, _
   ByVal hWnd2 As Long, _
   ByVal lpsz1 As String, _
   ByVal lpsz2 As String) As Long

'------------------------------------------------------
'A public sub in order to make a flat toolbar
'Enteries:tb(the name of your toolbar control)
'Return : no
'-----------------------------------------------------
Public Sub FlatBar(ByVal tb As Toolbar)
  Dim style As Long
   Dim hToolbar As Long
   Dim r As Long
   hToolbar = FindWindowEx(tb.hwnd, 0&, "ToolBarWindow32", vbNullString)
   style = SendMessageLong(hToolbar, TB_GETSTYLE, 0&, 0&)
   If style And TBSTYLE_FLAT Then
	     style = style Xor TBSTYLE_FLAT
   Else: style = style Or TBSTYLE_FLAT
   End If
   r = SendMessageLong(hToolbar, TB_SETSTYLE, 0, style)
   tb.Refresh
End Sub

Second: In your form put one Toolbar control(named MyTB) and one ImageList control,at the same time put some icons in Imagelist.now bind Imagelist with Toolbar get a comm Toolbar.

Third: In your form Load event call sub FlatBar() like this : Call FlatBar(MyTB)

Fourth: Now Run your project to see what happen in you toolbar. is it Cool ?

Posted On: 30-Nov-1998

This article was originally published on November 30, 1998