SAMPLE: TOOLBAR Demonstrates Creating a Toolbar

• Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows version 3.1

TOOLBAR builds a toolbar similar to the Microsoft(R) Windows(TM) for Workgroups toolbar, which was implemented through the COMMCTRL dynamic-link library (DLL).

A toolbar consists of a row of small, graphical buttons usually placed across the top of a window. It gives the user a fast and convenient alternative to using the window's menu to perform operations. The menu provides a more easily understood way to activate a function and includes a keyboard interface to the function. A toolbar, on the other hand, gives the experienced user a shortcut to operations, and thus improves the usability of an application.

TOOLBAR is a companion sample application for the "Creating a Toolbar" technical article on the Microsoft Developer Network CD.

TOOLBAR was built and tested under Microsoft Windows version 3.1. The sample also builds and runs under Microsoft C/C++ version 7.0 and Visual C++ version 1.0.

Download TOOLBAR.EXE, a self-extracting file, from the Microsoft Software Library (MSL) on the following services:

• Microsoft Download Service (MSDL)

        Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
        Download TOOLBAR.EXE (size: 90092 bytes) 
  

• Internet (anonymous FTP)

        ftp ftp.microsoft.com
        Change to the \SOFTLIB\MSLFILES directory
        Get TOOLBAR.EXE (size: 90092 bytes)