How to create a toolbar using MFC?

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How to create a toolbar using MFC?
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Posted 16-Jun-10 7:29am

Sweety Khan

Updated 16-Jun-10 7:59am

Sandeep Mewara

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Sandeep Mewara 16-Jun-10 13:59pm

What have you tried so far?

Niklas L 17-Jun-10 16:03pm

Please read the edit in my answer. It points you to how to add a toolbar to a dialog. There are a few more steps you need to take to make it work.

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Niklas L · Accepted Answer · 2010-06-16T10:46:00

The following steps are for a SDI or MDI project prior to the "MFC Extension Pack" in VS 2008. After that there are more options.

1. Create a Toolbar resource in the Resource View, give it an ID, e.g. ID_TOOLBAR
2. Add the buttons you'd like.
3. If you want the toolbar in your main frame window or in a child frame window, create an instance of a CToolbar class, e.g.CToolBar m_toolbar; in CMainFrame or CChildFrame class.
4. Create the toolbar window in the frames OnCreate member like

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if (!m_toolbar.CreateEx(this, TBSTYLE_FLAT, WS_CHILD | CBRS_TOP
    | CBRS_GRIPPER | CBRS_TOOLTIPS | CBRS_FLYBY | CBRS_SIZE_DYNAMIC) ||
    !m_toolbar.LoadToolBar(IDR_TOOLBAR))
{
    TRACE0("Failed to create toolbar\n");
    return -1;      // fail to create
}

m_toolbar.EnableDocking(CBRS_ALIGN_ANY);
DockControlBar(&m_toolbar);

If you want it placed somewhere else, like in a dialog, you have to do it another way. A bit more work but manageable. You might wanna have a look at this[^].

Also check the documentation[^]

Edit: The excellent article A Toolbar in the middle of elsewhere[^] describes very well how to add a toolbar to a dialog.