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Hi



How can I disable the pulldown menu of the linewidth button in the DRAWCLI sample application? It pops up when I click on it although the button itself is disabled (i.e. when no object is selected).



Thanks - Peter

The CExtBarButton::CanBePressedInDisabledState() virtual method returns a flag which indicates whether disabled toolbar buttons are click-able. We have enabled mouse clicks and popup menu displaying from disabled toolbar buttons due to numerous customer requests. To disable this feature, you should use the following toolbar button class:

class CYourBarButton : public CExtBarButton
{
public:
      DECLARE_DYNCREATE( CYourBarButton );
      CExtBarColorButton( CExtToolControlBar * pBar = NULL, UINT nCmdID = ID_SEPARATOR, UINT nStyle = 0 )
            : CExtBarButton( pBar, nCmdID, nStyle )
      {
      }
      virtual bool CanBePressedInDisabledState()
      {
            ASSERT_VALID( this );
            if( IsDisabled() )
                  return false;
            return CExtBarButton::CanBePressedInDisabledState();
      }
};

IMPLEMENT_DYNCREATE( CYourBarButton, CExtBarButton );

You will also need to create your CExtToolControlBar-derived class which implements the CExtToolControlBar::OnCreateBarCommandBtn() virtual method for instantiating instances the of your CExtToolControlBar class instead of CExtBarButton class:

CExtBarButton * CYourToolControlBar::OnCreateBarCommandBtn(
      UINT nCmdID,
      UINT nStyle // = 0
      )
{
      ASSERT_VALID( this );
CExtBarButton * pTBB = new CYourBarButton( this, nCmdID, nStyle );
      ASSERT_VALID( pTBB );
      return pTBB;
}

If you are using customizable toolbars, then you will also need to make customize site creating instances of the CYourToolControlBar toolbars. You should override the CExtCustomizeSite::OnUserBarCreate() virtual method:

virtual CExtToolControlBar * CExtCustomizeSite::OnUserBarCreate(
      __EXT_MFC_SAFE_LPCTSTR strName,
      UINT nBarID, // = 0 // 0-alloc any, other-alloc specified
      bool bCreateInvisible, // = false
      CExtToolControlBar * pBarNew // = NULL
      )
{
      __PROF_UIS_MANAGE_STATE;
      if( pBarNew == NULL )
            pBarNew = new CYourToolControlBar;
      return CExtCustomizeSite::OnUserBarCreate( strName, nBarID, bCreateInvisible, pBarNew );
}