Q153928: HOWTO: Put a ComboBox into a Toolbar

Article: Q153928
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:4.0,5.0,6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbVBp kbVBp400 kbVBp500 kbVBp600 kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport kbControl
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications version 5.0 
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SUMMARY
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This article describes how to use the Toolbar control in the 32-bit version of
Visual Basic 4.0 to allow programmers to add buttons to the Toolbar but not
ComboBoxes. If you create a ComboBox at design time and place it on top of the
Toolbar, the ComboBox will not appear when the program is run. This behavior
occurs because the Toolbar has a higher precedence than the ComboBox on the
Z-order.

To put a ComboBox on a Toolbar, create a button on the Toolbar to act as a place
holder, and position the ComboBox above the place holder in the Z-order, because
you cannot place the ComboBox inside the place holder directly.

The following code sample showing how this effect can be achieved.

MORE INFORMATION
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1. Start a new Visual Basic project. Form1 is created by default.

2. Place a ComboBox on the form.

3. Place a Toolbar on the form.

4. Add the following code to the Form1 code window:

     Option Explicit

     Private Sub Form_Load()
        Dim btn As Button
        Me.Show
        Set btn = Toolbar1.Buttons.Add()
        btn.Style = tbrSeparator
        Set btn = Toolbar1.Buttons.Add()
        btn.Style = tbrPlaceholder
        btn.Key = "ComboBox"
        btn.Width = 2000

        DoEvents

        With Combo1     
           .ZOrder 0
           .Width = Toolbar1.Buttons("ComboBox").Width
           .Top = Toolbar1.Buttons("ComboBox").Top
           .Left = Toolbar1.Buttons("ComboBox").Left
        End With
     End Sub

5. Press the F5 key to run the project. The Form should load with a ComboBox in
  the Toolbar.

Additional query words: kbVBp400 kbVBp600 kbVBp kbdsd kbDSupport kbControl

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Keywords          : kbVBp kbVBp400 kbVBp500 kbVBp600 kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport kbControl 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVB600Search kbVBA500 kbVBA600 kbVB600 kbVB400Search kbVB400 kbVBASearch kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,5.0,6.0
Issue type        : kbhowto

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