PaletteDemo Sample: Custom Multi Column Toolbar (Palette) Application

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The PaletteDemo sample illustrates how to create a multi-column toolbar with an owner-draw information area. Click 2, 3 or 4 buttons on the Standard toolbar in order to change at the runtime the number of columns of the custom toolbar.

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Building and Running the Sample

To build and run the PaletteDemo sample

  1. Open the solution PaletteDemo.sln.

  2. On the Build menu, click Build.

  3. On the Debug menu, click Start Without Debugging.

Keywords

The PaletteDemo sample demonstrates the following keywords:

CFrameWndEx; CMFCMenuBar; CMFCPopupMenu; CMFCStatusBar; CMFCToolBar; CMFCToolBarButton; CMFCToolBarsCustomizeDialog; CMFCVisualManager; CWinAppEx;

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Other Resources

MFC Samples