This page provides a feature summary for VLButtonBar. We have covered most significant features of the product to give you a feel of its capabilities. If you need any clarifications regarding features of this product, please contact our tech support group.
-
Vertical menu, Tool bar or tool palette
VLButtonBar offer unique ability to show a groups of buttons as outlook sidebar styled vertical menu, a tool bar or a tool palette.
-
Group Flow
VLButtonBar lets you specify the way groups should be displayed relative to each other. They can be shown one below the other (vertical flow) or side-by-side (horizontal flow). The orientation of the group caption will automatically get adjusted.
-
Button Flow and Layout
Similar to groups, buttons can be arranged flowing from top to bottom or from left to right. Also, the buttons can be displayed as tiled or with linear layout. Tiled layout gets you a tool palette styled appearance, where as linear layout gets you a vertical menu or a tool bar styled appearance.
-
Automatic size calculation
VLButtonBar automatically calculates the size of the buttons based on the button pictures, caption and font. You may choose to specify button size, in which case the buttons will be drawn as per your size specification.
-
Gradient filled background
VLButtonBar lets you specify gradient filled backgrounds for groups and buttons with a variety of options. Gradient filled background offers ability to get stunning visual effects to the groups and buttons.
-
Keyboard support with hotkeys for buttons and groups
VLButtonBar provides full support for keyboard based navigation. User can change active group, as well as select a button using keyboard. Keyboard support is significantly enhanced in version 3.0, by allowing use of keyboard mnemonics for groups and buttons. Also, with newly added keyboard events, your customers can now use VLButtonBar without touching the mouse. -
Enhanced text alignments
In Ver 3.0, you can specify the alignment of caption of groups and buttons and have even more control on the appearance of the groups and buttons.
-
Unicode support
VLButtonBar now allows use of unicode text and unicode font for group and button captions. With this feature, now you can provide great looking navigation bar in your application in any language.
-
Right To Left support
Especially for Hebrew, Arabic and Urdu script, VLButtonBar now provides right-to-left display support. You will find this feature particularly useful when deploying VLButtonBar as a horizontal toolbar control.
-
True color icons / icon files with multiple icons support
VLButtonBar breaks the 16 color barrier for button icons. You can use even true color icon with VLButtonBar, and deliver absolutely stunning looking navigation interface in your application.
If you have icon files with multiple icons, enhanced design time wizard of VLButtonBar will let you select appropriate icon from the file.
-
Enhanced button styles
You now have more button styles to choose from. With great looking rounded buttons, your application will be miles ahead of your competition.
-
OLE drag drop and reordering of groups and buttons
VLButtonBar supports drag-drop reordering of groups and buttons as well as reordering through your program. This version also introduces OLE drag drop events.
-
WYSIWYG designer
VLButtonBar has a built-in WYSIWYG designer for adding groups and buttons at design time, resulting in significant reduction in code.
-
Simple programming interface
VLButtonBar not only provide a good end user interface, it also provides an easy to use yet functionally powerful programming interface.
-
Integrated on-line help
VLButtonBar ships with a detailed, integrated on-line help. So, while programming help on any property or method is just F1 away.
-
Sample
VLButtonBar setup ships with an extensive sample program (with source) demonstrating the usages of the control.