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From: dave@wucs1.wustl.edu (David T Mitchell III)
Subject: Re: toolbar
Message-ID: <1991May6.225409.24308@cec1.wustl.edu>
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
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Date: Mon, 6 May 91 22:54:09 GMT

>I am interested in what approach should be taken to implementing a tool
>bar, such as the one used in Excel.  I haven't seen anything in the way of
>direct support for it in the SDK.  Is there anything?  Or does anyone have 
>any suggestions as to how it should be approached?

there's a reasonably new book out called _Windows 3: A Developer's Guide_fN!
by Jeffrey Richter (ISBN 1-851-164-4, $39.95, 670 pages) that has a chapter
on MDI stuff, including how to implement a "ribbon" (toolbar) and a status 
line.  The book comes with three floppies of source.

In a nutshell, Richter suggests setting up the ribbon as a modeless dialog
box.  The book goes into the details about resizing the client window (to
make room for the ribbon), and passing the messages correctly.

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