Outlook 2003 Shortcutbar

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The Outlook ShortcutBar is meant to duplicate the look and behaviour of navigation control found in Outlook.

Implementation:

//Open Event of window that contains the control
//Or the post constructor event of the userobject that contains the control

//Add items\controls to the shortcut bar
uo_1.of_AddItem(dw_1, "Mail", 'Mail.ico')
uo_1.of_AddItem(dw_2, "Calendar", 'calendar.ico')
uo_1.of_AddItem(dw_3, "Contacts", 'contact.ico')
uo_1.of_AddItem(dw_4, "Tasks", 'task.ico')
uo_1.of_AddItem(dw_5, "Notes", 'note.ico')
uo_1.of_AddItem(dw_6, "Folder List", 'folder.ico')
uo_1.of_AddItem(dw_7, "Shortcuts", 'shortcut.ico')

//Select the item named Mail
uo_1.of_SelectItem("Mail")

//Remove items from main view and add to icon tray
uo_1.of_HideItem("Notes")
uo_1.of_HideItem("Folder List")
uo_1.of_HideItem("Shortcuts")

Outlook 2003 ShortcutBar
Developed by Brad Wery [TeamSybase]
brad.wery@PowerToTheBuilder.com

Usage:

Place u_cst_shortcutbar from advguicontrols.pbl on your window.

Library List:

Add the following libraries to your application library list:
- advguicontrols.pbl
- advguiobjects.pbl

Distribution:

You will have to distribute the canvas.pbx file with your application

Functions:

of_selectitem (string as_text)
of_selectitem (long al_item)
      - Selects an item by text or index

of_hideitem (string as_text)
of_hideitem (long al_item)
      - Hide item by text or index

of_showitem (string as_text)
of_showitem (long al_item)
      - Show item by text or index

of_additem (dragobject a_object, string as_text, string as_image)
      - Adds an object to the control.

of_setini (string as_ini)
      - Specify the ini or registry entry that will store user settings

of_hideall ()
      - Hide all items

of_showall ()
      - Show all items

of_displayheaderimage (boolean ab_switch)
      - Display image in header (True display, False do not display)

of_setstyle (integer ai_style)
      - Set the shortcut bar style (XP, VISTAEMBOSSED, VISTAORIGINAL, VISTAGLASS, CUSTOM)

of_setshadowtext (boolean ab_switch)
      - Display shadow text (TRUE display, False do not display)

of_setpattern (long al_pattern)
      - Set the shortcut bar pattern (NOPATTERN, SOLIDCIRCLE, HOLLOWCIRCLE, SOLIDSQUARE, HOLLOWSQUARE, STAR, WAVE, BAR, DIAMOND)

of_displayclosebutton (boolean ab_display)
      - Display close button on shortcut items (TRUE display, False do not display)

of_setenabled (long al_item, boolean ab_enabled)
of_setenabled (string as_text, boolean ab_enabled)
      - Enable a shortcut item by text or index

of_settext (string as_item, as_text)
of_settext (long al_item, as_text)
      - Set text for item by text or index

of_setmenutext (long al_item, as_text)
      - Set text for controls pop menu

Events:

ue_selectionchanged ( string as_text, string as_image )
- Occurs when an items is selected.

Special Contributions:

The following was contributed by Serge Samson:
      All Vista styles.
      Pattern functions.
      Shadow text functions.
      Close Button on items functionality.
      Disabled items functionality.

The u_canvas object was kindly donated by Yeyi of kodigo.sourceforge.net

Download:

PBGUIControls.zip Version 2.1.2 - for PB9.0 668 KB
PBGUIControls.zip Version 2.1.2 - for PB10.5 776 KB
PBGUIControls.zip Version 2.1.2 - for PB11.1\11.2 .Net Winforms 810 KB

Special Note:
PowerBuilder 9.0
    - Theme support is intermittent and a fix is being investigated.
    - canvas.pbd must be distributed with your PowerBuilder 9.0 application along with the canvas.pbx file.

PowerBuilder 11.1 - .Net Winforms
    - The PBCanvas.dll assembly must be added to and distributed with your application.
    - There is no need to distribute canvas.pbx with your application.
    - You must remove and re-add the reference to the PBCanvas.dll assembly to run the sample.

New This Release:

Version 2.1.2 - May 04, 2008
    - General
        - Support for PB11.2
    - PowerDock
        - Mail application frame lost focus when pane was pinned or unpinned

Version 2.1.1 (Winforms) - Apr 27, 2008
- PowerDock
- Support for Winforms deployment

Version 2.1.1 - Apr 13, 2008
    - PowerDock
        - Added new close and context menu for document which will display on the main windows menu
        - New function to close the active document
        - Hover effect on pin
        - Misc. bug fixes

    - Tab Control
        - Added more overloads to make it easier to work with tabs that represent windows

Version 2.1.0 - Apr 06, 2008
    - PowerDock
        - Added many new functions to make the control more usable

    - Tab Control
        - Added more overloads to make it easier to work with tabs that represent windows

Version 2.0.0 - Mar 27, 2008
    - PowerDock
        - New this release

    - Tab Control
        - Added new overloads so Windows can be opened as tabs

    - Toolbar
        - Now supports verticle orientation

Version 1.2.1 - Feb 24, 2008
- GroupBox
- Added a new style for the groupbox

Version 1.2.0 - Feb 10, 2008
    - Toolbar
        - Added an overload for of_SetEnabled so items can be enabled\disabled by using an item index
            - of_SetEnabled(long al_item, boolean ab_switch

        - Added an overload for of_Toggle so items can be toggled on or off by using an item index
            - of_Toggle(long al_item)

        - Added an overload for of_AddItem so tip text can be specified
            - of_AddItem(string text, string image, string tiptext)

        - Added an overload for of_DisplayText so text can be displayed for a single item
            - of_DisplayText(string as_item, boolean ab_display)

        - Added two new functions which allow you to change the text for any item
            - of_SetText(string as_item, string as_text)
            - of_SetTipText(string as_item, string as_text)

    - ButtonListBar
        - Added a new function which allows you to change the text for any item
            - of_SetText(long al_item, string as_text)
            - of_SetText(string as_item, string as_text)

    - Outlook 2003 ShortcutBar
        - Added a new function which allows you to change the text for any item
            - of_SetText(long al_item, string as_text)
            - of_SetText(string as_item, string as_text)

        - Added a new function which allows you to change the text for the popmenu that displays when the chevron (">>") is clicked
            - of_SetMenuText(long al_item, string as_text)

    - Custom Static Text
        - Renamed to u_cst_statictext

Version 1.1.1 - Jan 30, 2008
- Bug fix for of_SetSize in u_cst_shortcutbar

Version 1.1.0 - Jan 27, 2008
     - GroupBox
         - New this release.

     - Toolbar
         - Added functions to toggle button
             - of_Toggle(string as_item)
             - of_IsToggleOn(string as_item)

     - XPListBar
         - Link items now have the ability to store data

     - ButtonListBar
         - Buttons now have the ability to store data

Version 1.0.0 - Jan 11, 2008
- Initial Release