Thursday 12 May 2011

How To Use the Toolbar Control in Visual Basic

Visual Basic is a type of programming language that is often used for developing applications for Windows OS. This program was derived from its predecessor, BASIC and many programmers use this to create several applications because Visual Basic can make creating several components a whole lot easier.

Visual Basic has several features and functions. Most of these functions are made for the program to be user –friendly. And one of the features that many users find useful is the Toolbar Control in Visual Basic.

The Toolbar Control helps you create the toolbars that you need. You can personalize your toolbar according to how often you use a command, feature or function of Visual Basic. Here is a step by step guide that you could follow in using the Toolbar Control in Visual Basic.

* Select the “Properties” command. To select the “Properties” command, point your cursor on the “Properties” command the left-click on it. A new window will pop up on your screen.
* Locate the ImageList. In the new window that has popped up, you’ll find several tabs. Click on the “General” tab to look for the ImageList field then choose ImageList Control.
* Add your buttons. After choosing the ImageList Control, click on the “Buttons” tab then click on the “Insert Button” option to add the new buttons to your toolbar. The maximum number of buttons that you can add in the toolbar is 255 and you cannot exceed more than that. When you add buttons, make sure that you fill up all of the appropriate fields.

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