How to Get the Current State of a Button in a CToolbar

• The Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), included with:
  • Microsoft Visual C++ for Windows, 16-bit edition, versions 1.0, 1.5, 1.51, 1.52
  • Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, versions 2.0, 2.1, 4.0, 4.0

SUMMARY

Although the Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) offer a useful and easy method of keeping the state of a menu command and/or toolbar button in a CControlBar tied together, there is no easy means of finding out the command's or button's current state.

MORE INFORMATION

To find the current state of a menu command or toolbar button in a CControlBar-derived class, use the following piece of code:

      UINT iButtonID;
      UINT iButtonStyle;
      int iButtonImage;

      // If the Toolbar is not based upon the default "AFX_IDW_TOOLBAR"
      // constant, then replace its use with the valid Toolbar constant.

      // If the following line is used from the Frame Window remove
      //"GetParentFrame()->":
      CToolBar* pBar =
      (CToolBar*)GetParentFrame()->GetDescendantWindow(AFX_IDW_TOOLBAR);

      // If this code sample is called from an AppWizard generated,
      // Frame Window member function in Visual C++ 4.0, replace the above
      // statement with the following. Recall that the CMDIFrameWnd-derived
      // Frame Window generated by AppWizard has a CToolBar m_wndToolBar
      // member.
      CToolBar* pBar = &m_wndToolBar;

      if (pBar != NULL) {

           // Use the relevant Button ID for the following line:
           int iButtonIndex = pBar->CommandToIndex(ID_MY_BUTTON);

           pBar->GetButtonInfo(iButtonIndex, iButtonID, iButtonStyle,
      iButtonImage);

           // The following code checks for all possible states.
           // In practice, check only for those states that you need.

           if (iButtonStyle & TBBS_PRESSED)
                // Button Down
           else
                if (iButtonStyle & (TBBS_CHECKED & TBBS_DISABLED))
                     // Button Down & Unavailable
                else
                     if (iButtonStyle & TBBS_DISABLED)
                          // Button Disabled
                     else
                          if (iButtonStyle & TBBS_INDETERMINATE)
                               // Button State Indeterminate
                          else
                               if (iButtonStyle & TBBS_CHECKED)
                                    // Button Checked
                               else
                                    // Button Up & Enabled

      } 

Additional query words: 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.10 2.50 2.51 2.52 3.00 3.10 4.00 kbinf

Keywords          : kbMFC KbUIDesign kbVC 
Version           : 1.00 1.50 1.51 1.52 | 2.00 2.10
Platform          : NT WINDOWS 
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Last Reviewed: July 26, 1999