Creating and Managing Toolbars and Tools WinToolbarsManager™ provides a large amount of support and integration with Visual Studio .NET to make it easier to create and manage toolbars and menus. The following is a breakdown of the support available. Creating and Modifying Toolbars and Tools There are two primary w...
Custom Tool Types The WinToolbarsManager™ object model is designed to leverage the object oriented capabilities of .NET’s Common Language Runtime. All 15 built-in tool types derive from a common base class called ToolBase which implements the basic functionality required by all tools. The 15 built-in tool types ar...
Customize Areas of Application Menu 2010 and File Menu Button The Office 2010 style application menu of the Ribbon consists of the navigation menu, the content area and the header. These areas can be customized using Appearance properties. The following example code assumes that an UltraToolbarsManager component i...
Customize Tool Captions in the Run-Time Customizer At run-time a user can customize the tools on a toolbar, such as setting shortcut keys or reading a description of the tool. You can use the CustomizerCaption property of the tool, which returns or sets the string that will appear in the Customize dialog’s Command...
Customizing Non-Client Area with WinToolbarsManager Topic Overview Purpose This topic demonstrates customizing of the non-client area with WinToolbarsManager™ component. Customizing Non-Client Area Introduction The non-client area of the form is the area that is not fully exposed for customization. The WinToolbars...
Define the Appearance of Toolbars and Tools For the ToolBars , the Settings properties return the ToolBarSettings object of the UltraToolBar whose members include the Appearance , DockedAppearance , FloatingAppearance properties where you can set individual properties for the appearance you would like for the tool...
WinToolbarsManager Design-Time Customize Dialog Box The Customize Dialog, which can be accessed by right clicking on the WinToolbarsManager™ in the component tray and selecting Customize…, contains four tabs for modifying the component: Toolbars — This tab contains options for creating and modifying the UltraTool...
Display a Checkbox for the StateButton Tool A StateButton tool allows the user to select a tool that will toggle between two different states. When the StateButton is located on a menu, it may be necessary to display a checkbox next to the tool to indicate to the user which state is currently selected. The MenuDis...
Display a Label Over the Icon Area {Warning} In order to divide the PopupMenuTool into logical sections, you may want to use a LabelTool as a header. With the LabelDisplayStyle property, you can do just that. Setting the LabelDisplayStyle property to Header will display all labels in a menu overtop the icon area. ...
Display a Menu as a Context Menu Sometimes you need to display a context menu when the user right-clicks on a form or any of the controls contained on that form. The WinToolbarsManager™ gives you the option of using its PopUpMenu tool for this behavior once the element is added to the form. To display a menu as a ...