| Diodia ToolbarCreator 1.5 |
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Skip all the
ground work usually required when implementing an Internet Explorer toolbar
and go straight to the interesting part: Implementing the actual functionality
of the toolbar.
When using ToolbarCreator to create toolbars you don't have to worry about
- Which COM objects to implement.
- Which type libraries to register.
- Which interfaces to expose.
- How to use a CToolBarCtrl in an Internet Explorer rebar.
- How to make Windows XP visual styles work in an Internet Explorer toolbar.
- How chevrons work.
- How to add combo-boxes and edit controls to a toolbar.
- How to sink Internet Explorer events.
- How to access the Internet Explorers DHTML Document Object Model (DOM).
Diodia ToolbarCreator creates Visual Studio 2005 projects that compile into unique Internet Explorer toolbars. The output is a single self-registering DLL, exposing all the required interfaces. See the online help.
The source code for the Diodia ToolbarCreator framework is available. See the details here.
What's new in version 1.5.02?
Diodia ToolbarCreator 1.5.02 with support for HTML controls was released on July 22nd 2009. See the list of new features here.
What's new in version 1.4.02?
Diodia ToolbarCreator 1.4.02 was released on October 23rd 2008. See the list of new features here.
See the full version history here.
How to create a new Internet Explorer toolbar
1) Start
ToolbarCreator.
2) Enter the name of
the new toolbar in the Toolbar name field. This is the name that the Internet
Explorer will display in the View->Toolbars menu.
3) Change the short name, if you don't like the default. The short name is used
internally in variable and function names and in file names. Spaces are not
allowed in the short name.
4) Enter a company name for the registry. By default the toolbar stores data
(i.e. the button layout) in the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\<company
name>\<toolbar name>.
5) Select a location on the hard disk for the Visual Studio projects.
6) Click Create Toolbar. A Visual Studio project is created in the selected
directory:
| <toolbar short name>.vcproj | (Visual Studio 2005) |
7) Open the Visual Studio project:
8) Build the project and the toolbar is ready. Visual Studio performs the registration during the build, so just open the Internet Explorer and the new toolbar should be visible right away:
9) Use
the programming guide to change the appearance and implement the
functionality of the toolbar.
Programming Guide
The programming guide
is available as a Microsoft Word document,
and as HTML.
Download
Download Diodia ToolbarCreator
1.5.
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