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Toolbar with text on right.

I'm trying to put text on the right side on some toolbar buttons. The text is displayed if the button is enabled, but if it's disabled there is no text displayed. Also, if the button is enabled and the text shows, and I then disable it, the text is replaced with junk characters, and even if I enable it again, the text is still junk. If I use GetButtonInfo and look at the text, it really is junk, why do this happen? What have I missed? Here's the code I use:

//Create the toolbar
if (!m_wndToolBar.CreateEx(this, TBSTYLE_FLAT | TBSTYLE_LIST | CCS_ADJUSTABLE, WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | CBRS_TOP
| CBRS_GRIPPER | CBRS_TOOLTIPS | CBRS_FLYBY | CBRS_SIZE_FIXED ) ||
!m_wndToolBar.LoadToolBar(IDR_MAINFRAME))
{
TRACE0("Failed to create toolbar\n");
return -1; // fail to create
}

// Add text to some buttons, TRUE indicates display text.
m_wndToolBar.SetButtonTextEx ( ID_FILE_NEW, _T("New"), TRUE );
m_wndToolBar.SetButtonTextEx ( ID_FILE_OPEN, _T("Open"), TRUE );
m_wndToolBar.SetButtonTextEx ( ID_FILE_SAVE, _T("Save"), TRUE );
m_wndToolBar.SetButtonTextEx ( ID_EDIT_CUT, _T("Cut"), FALSE );
m_wndToolBar.SetButtonTextEx ( ID_EDIT_COPY, _T("Copy"), FALSE );
m_wndToolBar.SetButtonTextEx ( ID_EDIT_PASTE, _T("Paste"), FALSE );
m_wndToolBar.SetButtonTextEx ( ID_FILE_PRINT, _T("Print"), FALSE );
m_wndToolBar.SetButtonTextEx ( ID_APP_ABOUT, _T("About..."), TRUE );

// SetButtonTextEx sets the text on the buttons.
// CTbInfo is a ownerdefined class, to add as lParam on each button.
BOOL CToolBarEx::SetButtonTextEx ( UINT uButtonID, LPCTSTR lpszButtonText, BOOL bShowSelectiveText /*= FALSE*/ )
{
CTbInfo* lpTbInfo = new CTbInfo;
if ( lpTbInfo == NULL )
return FALSE;

lpTbInfo->m_strButtonText = lpszButtonText;

TBBUTTONINFO tbInfo = { 0 };
tbInfo.cbSize = sizeof ( TBBUTTONINFO );
tbInfo.dwMask = TBIF_STATE;
GetToolBarCtrl ().GetButtonInfo ( uButtonID, &tbInfo );

tbInfo.dwMask = TBIF_TEXT | TBIF_STYLE | TBIF_LPARAM | TBIF_STATE;
tbInfo.pszText = bShowSelectiveText ? (LPTSTR)lpszButtonText : 0x00;
tbInfo.cchText = bShowSelectiveText ? _tcslen ( lpszButtonText ) : 0;
tbInfo.fsStyle = TBSTYLE_BUTTON | TBSTYLE_AUTOSIZE;
tbInfo.lParam = (DWORD_PTR)lpTbInfo;

return GetToolBarCtrl ().SetButtonInfo ( uButtonID, &tbInfo );
}

Anyone has any ideas? Thanks.

/Joakim

Roshan Davis

If yo are specifying TBIF_STATE, yuo should specify fsState also
like
tbInfo.fsState = TBSTATE_ENABLED | TBSTATE_PRESSED | TBSTATE_INDETERMINATE;

GOOD LUCK

joakimf

ASKER

Hi,
I call
TBBUTTONINFO tbInfo = { 0 };
tbInfo.cbSize = sizeof ( TBBUTTONINFO );
tbInfo.dwMask = TBIF_STATE;
GetToolBarCtrl ().GetButtonInfo ( uButtonID, &tbInfo );

to get the current state of the button, so I don't have to set the fsState since it's already set.

/Joakim

Roshan Davis

Tell me the base class of CToolBarEx

CToolBarCtrl or CToolBar

Roshmon

Roshan Davis

Okay I understool its from CToolBar,

Looking into the problem....

Roshan Davis

Can you show me the cTbInfo class

joakimf

ASKER

Here's the class you wanted, it only contains one variable so far:
class CTbInfo
{
public:
CTbInfo ()
{
m_strButtonText = _T("");
}
CString m_strButtonText;
};

Thanks.

/Joakim

Roshan Davis

check "HOWTO: Add Text to Toolbar Buttons" in MSDN, I think, that will work.

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joakimf

ASKER

Thanks, however one side effect with that code is that all buttons receive the same width, that's why I want to use the ToolBarCtrl, then the button is resized based on the text width.

Well, got some new ideas from this and that will propbably help. Thanks again.

/Joakim