“TOOLBARS,STATUSBAR,COOLBARS”

“TOOLBAR”

1.Adding a ToolBar To a Form

STEPS:-Select the Project/Components menu item.Click the Control Tabs in the components

dialog boxSelect Microsoft windows common controls

item and click on OK to close the dialog Box.

This adds the Toolbar Control tool to the visual Basic

Adding Buttons To a Toolbar

Steps:-

Right Click the control and click properties

item in the menu that appears.

When the Toolbar’s property pages open,click

the Buttons Tab.

Handling Toolbar Button Clicks

How to make these buttons active:

Do it with the Toolbar control’s ButtonClick event.

The button the user clicked is passed in the event

handler procedure.

We can determine which button was clicked by

checking its index properties. With the help of

message box.

Adding Separators to a Toolbar

In Toolbars,separators appear as blank

spaces,setting group of button aparts.

STEPS:-

Insert a new button into a toolbar and set its

STYLE proerty to tbrSeparator.

Now,add other buttons and click OK to close the

property page

Adding Images to toolbar

Steps:

Add image list to a program now.

Right click the image list control

Select the poperties menu and click the images tab.

Click the insert Picture button to insert the first

image and more and click OK.

Status Bar

STEPS:-Select the Project/Components menu item.Click the Control Tabs in the components

dialog boxSelect Microsoft windows common controls

item and click on OK to close the dialog Box.

This adds the status tool to the visual Basic

ADDING PANELS

STEPS:-

Right Click the status bar and click properties item in

the menu that appears.

Click the panels tab in the property pages

Click the insert panel button as many times you want

panels in your status bar

Close the property pages by clicking on OK.

Display Text in Status Bar

DISPLAY DATE,TIME IN A STATUS BAR

COOLBAR

1.Adding a CoolBar To a Form

STEPS:-Select the Project/Components menu item.Click the Cool Tabs in the components dialog

boxSelect Microsoft windows common controls 3

item and click on OK to close the dialog Box.

This adds the Toolbar Control tool to the visual Basic

ADDING CONTROL TO COOLBAR BANDS