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    #16
    Re: One toolbar and menu to rule them all

    Yep, but I don't know what they added making it possible only starting with V8.
    Steve Wood
    See my profile on IADN

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      #17
      Re: One toolbar and menu to rule them all

      Robin,

      THAT'S IT!! The function A5_toolbar_open() is the key. It allows you to display a previously defined toolbar as a local toolbar (which goes away when the form loses focus, just as if it was assigned in form properties), or as a global toolbar, which is exactly what I wanted.

      Thank you!

      Steve,

      Thanks for the design idea. For when I get around to upgrading.

      Peter,

      What can I say? Alpha Five spoils me. The more it does, the more I want it to do!

      Thread done, I think.
      Jim

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        #18
        Re: One toolbar and menu to rule them all

        Originally posted by Steve Wood View Post
        Yep, but I don't know what they added making it possible only starting with V8.
        Stuff to make it prettier?
        Robin

        Discernment is not needed in things that differ, but in those things that appear to be the same. - Miles Sanford

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          #19
          Re: One toolbar and menu to rule them all

          Jose, have you considered the space issue...

          Are you designing this app to be used only by users with screen resolutions larger than 1024x768? If not, I assume your toolbar will either be two lines high or missing many of the standard icons because you can't possibly fit all the icons into a "one high" toolbar on a 1024x768 screen.

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            #20
            Re: One toolbar and menu to rule them all

            Hi, Cal.

            It'll drop most of the standard icons. It's a really simple app.

            But just in case, a good option would be to split the icons between a second, third, and even fourth global toolbar, and open any number of them as needed independently of forms, just like the various toolbars in MS Word. I don't know if it's possible with A5, though.
            Jim

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              #21
              Re: One toolbar and menu to rule them all

              Hi,

              I have a Toolbar menu and scripts as
              Code:
              dim global gToolbarName as c
ControlPanel.Minimize()

gToolbarName = a5_toolbar_open("Navigation Toolbar",.t.)
form.view("welcome")
	
ControlPanel.Hide()
              As long as the Welcome form opened and display on the screen, the Toolbar menu is working fine as I designed(open a form). However, If I close the Welcome form, the Toolbar menu does not work and Error message pop up with Not an open table.

              Does any one know what did I missing?

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                #22
                Re: One toolbar and menu to rule them all

                Hi John,
                The toolbars & menu are form dependent, so if the form closes and the control panel is hidden, your app is not active. Peter had an idea I borrowed to make a dummy form as small as possible that is the same color as the app background with no system menu showing so it looks invisible. If I can find the link to the thread I'll post it.
                Robin

                Discernment is not needed in things that differ, but in those things that appear to be the same. - Miles Sanford

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                  #23
                  Re: One toolbar and menu to rule them all

                  Robin,

                  Thank you for your tip.

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                    #24
                    Re: One toolbar and menu to rule them all

                    Robin,

                    Another Problem. Whenever I tried to Zip or Backup, I have the Warning -- The following tables are open. Proceed anyway? and List of the Tables.

                    My code is
                    Code:
                    'before closing the toolbar, make sure that the user did not already close it
IF ui_modeless_dlg_exist(gToolbarName) THEN
   ui_modeless_dlg_close(gToolbarName)
END IF
'Close the form/browse called: Welcome
:Welcome.close(.f.)

a5_forceCloseTables() 'Will close all open tables
                    Did I missing something on the A5_forceCloseTables()?

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