Uses the CXlToolbar class to add a toolbar to Excel's application window

Remarks

This project demonstrates how to use the CXlToolbar class to add a toolbar to Excel's main window, and how to remove it again. The bitmaps for the toolbar's buttons are held in BMP files at run-time.

As part of the build, each of the bitmap files is copied to the target directory (alongside Toolbar1.xll).

Classes and functions used

CXlToolbar | CXlToolbar::AddToolbar | CXlToolbar::ShowToolbar | CXlToolbar::DeleteToolbar | CXlToolbar::AddTool | CXlToolbar::SetToolBitmap | CXllApp::OnXllOpenEx | CXllApp::OnXllClose

Sample project

Each sample project is located in a sub-directory of the Samples directory of the XLL+ installation. To use the sample project, open the solution file Toolbar1.sln or the project file Toolbar1.vcproj.

You can enable debugging under Excel by using the Setup Debugging command in the XLL+ ToolWindow.

When delivered, the help files are excluded from the build. You can enable the help build by selecting the files Toolbar1.help.xml and Toolbar1.chm in the Solution Explorer, and using the right-click menu to view Properties. Select the page "Configuration Properties/General" and set the "Excluded from build" property to "No". See Generating help in the User Guide for more information.

See Also

List of Sample Projects | Simple Toolbar using resources | Dynamic Toolbar | Toolbars (User Guide)