custom toolbar position

[Mike Wilson]

I have created a custom toolbar that I want positioned to the right of the system toolbar. So in design mode, in the 'Toolbar Appearance" tab, I select 'Initial Dock Position' = Right. I use a5_toolbar_open() to open the toolbar in my mainmenu form OnInit event. It opens on the left, positioned before the system toolbar. How do I get it on the right?

[G Gabriel]

Re: custom toolbar position

Mike:
Without looking at toolbars, I think you are confusing the terminolog:
Right means it docks VERTICALLY at the right side of the screen. One icon on top of the other all on the right side of your screen.

I think what you want is TOP and TO THE RIGHT of the system toolbar.

As far as I recall, it's doable with a little bit of trickery, but I think the mindset of alpha is:
If you have created a custom toolbar and If you want it to the right of the system bar, then :
what you should have created is a modification of the system toolbar wherein you add your extra icons to the right of the sytem toolbar icons (below the system's icons when in design mode). In either case, you are going to activate your custom toolbar, instead of activating the system's toolbar and then yours, why not just the modified sytem toolbar?

If you still insist on having it your way, I will tinker with it although I think it's an exercise in fuility.

[Mike Wilson]

Re: custom toolbar position

Gabriel,
Yeah, I kind of figured that having to rebuild the systems tool bar was going to be needed. What I wanted to do was make separate toolbars so I could open and close them. Much to my dismay... there is no functions I see to close them.

Thanks, I'll put in the hard wotk to make it happen.

[martinwcole]

Re: custom toolbar position

actually there is an xbasic command that lets you change toolbars

parentform.toolbarchange("<toolbarname>") 'it closes the current and opens the named toolbar

what you could do is save the system toolbar to a name - modify it so it is the same as your previous toolbars glued together

save and modify it as many times as necessary for different combinations with different names, and then use the command above to change to the desired toolbar at certain events - like at arriving at a certain field, or something.

[MikeC]

Re: custom toolbar position

Mike,
Along with the function Martin mentioned is this which will close any toolbar that you want by inserting the toolbar name.

a5_close_system_toolbars("main_toolbar")

[Mike Wilson]

Re: custom toolbar position

Mike,
Along with the function Martin mentioned is this which will close any toolbar that you want by inserting the toolbar name.

a5_close_system_toolbars("main_toolbar")

Mike,
Thanks for the code. I find no documentation on this and wonder from where you got it. However, in my system there is no closing of any toolbars with that code. It grays out a bunch of stuff but the toolbar remains visible. Is that the intended function?


Martin,

what you could do is save the system toolbar to a name - modify it so it is the same as your previous toolbars glued together

I thought of that and would if I knew the name of the system toolbar.

[G Gabriel]

Re: custom toolbar position

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[MikeC]

Re: custom toolbar position

Hi Mike,

No documentation---found it I believe when modifying a system toolbar....or who knows if not!! But did you use the name of your custom toolbar inside the function?? Am on version 8 but I use this function often when creating and testing a toolbar as many times when I open a toolbar I cannot close it without closing Alpha--this function makes it easy.