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AddSwitchPane Method

Description

Adds a Switch Pane to the status bar.

Syntax

Public Function AddSwitchPane( _
    ByVal Id As Long _
) As StatusBarSwitchPane

Parameters

  • Id: Id of the Switch Pane.

Return Type

Reference to the StatusBarSwitchPane that was added to the status bar.

Remarks

AddSwitchPane is used to add a Switch Pane to the status bar.

Switch Pane

Notes:

  • The SwitchPaneClick event can be used to select/check a switch when it is clicked as well as perform some other action when the appropriate switch has been clicked.
  • AddSwitch will add a new switch to the Switch Pane.
  • RemoveSwitch removes a switch by passing in the Id of the switch to remove.
  • The Checked property holds the Id of the currently selected switch.

Example

' Code to load images for switches, add a switch pane, and switches  

CommandBars.Icons.LoadBitmap App.Path & "\res\StatusBarViewSwitches.png", _  
    Array(ID_SWITCH_PRINTLAYOUT, ID_SWITCH_FULLSCREENREADING, ID_SWITCH_WEBLAYOUT, ID_SWITCH_OUTLINE, ID_SWITCH_DRAFT), xtpImageNormal  

Dim SwitchPane As StatusBarSwitchPane  
Set SwitchPane = StatusBar.AddSwitchPane(ID_INDICATOR_VIEWSHORTCUTS)  

SwitchPane.AddSwitch ID_SWITCH_PRINTLAYOUT, "Print Layout"  
SwitchPane.AddSwitch ID_SWITCH_FULLSCREENREADING, "Full Screen Reading"  
SwitchPane.AddSwitch ID_SWITCH_WEBLAYOUT, "Web Layout"  
SwitchPane.AddSwitch ID_SWITCH_OUTLINE, "Outline"  
SwitchPane.AddSwitch ID_SWITCH_DRAFT, "Draft"  

SwitchPane.Checked = ID_SWITCH_PRINTLAYOUT  
SwitchPane.Caption = "&View Shortcuts"  

Private Sub StatusBar_SwitchPaneClick(ByVal Pane As XtremeCommandBars.StatusBarSwitchPane, ByVal Id As Long)  
    Pane.Checked = Id  

    Select Case Id  
        Case ID_SWITCH_PRINTLAYOUT:  
            MsgBox "Print Layout Switch Clicked"  
        Case ID_SWITCH_FULLSCREENREADING:  
            MsgBox "Full Screen Reading Switch Clicked"  
        Case ID_SWITCH_WEBLAYOUT:  
            MsgBox "Web Layout Switch Clicked"  
        Case ID_SWITCH_OUTLINE:  
            MsgBox "Outline Switch Clicked"  
        Case ID_SWITCH_DRAFT:  
            MsgBox "Draft Switch Clicked"  
    End Select  
End Sub

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