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CommandBar 2002 Features

CommandBar 2002 Development Kit Features

CommandBars is not only easy to use from a user's perspective - it is easy to use from a developer's perspective as well.
Below is a short list of features available to you when using CommandBars.

Bullet The Look and Feel of Office XP - CommandBars provides the new UI standard for menus and toolbars introduced in the most recent release of Office XP.

Floating CommandBar. [ Screenshot ]
Popup CommandBar. [ Screenshot ]

If You want to see Office 2000 UI style please look at CommandBar 2000 Development Kit.
Bullet Supported platforms - CommandBar Development Kit is supported most of the Windows operating systems.

Library was tested on the following platforms.
Windows 98 and later
Windows NT 4.0 and later
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Bullet MFC Framework Support - CommandBars can be used in the application with the MFC framework instead of standard toolbars. You can download trial version of the CommandBar Development Kit and test included MFC sample. [ Screenshot ]
Bullet End-Users Customization of command accelkeys - CommandBar lets your end-users customize command accelkeys at run-time. You are in full control so you can disable this feature. [ Screenshot ]
Bullet Double accelkeys - Just like MS Office, your applications can use double accelkeys e.g. Ctrl+K,C.
Bullet More accelkeys for one command - Just like MS Office, your applications can use more accelkeys for one command.
Bullet Owner-draw comboboxes - You can create your own comboboxes with custom drawing.
Bullet Extensible framework - You can create your own items and that way extended CommandBar functionality.
Bullet Automatic Drag & Drop End User Customization - Just like MS Office, your applications can allow end-users to fully customize toolbars and menus, thus giving your apps a highly polished presentation.
Bullet Popup Menu Drag & Drop - You can define small caption style for often used popup menus in your application. User can drag such menu and drop it anywhere on the screen. Then the menu is changed to the CommandBar. [Screenshot ]
Bullet Full docking support - CommandBar toolbars are dockable and you control where they can be docked or whether they can be undocked. End-user can dock toolbars at the top, bottom, left and right side of the mainframe at runtime.

Docking horizontally. [ Screenshot ]
Docking vertically. [ Screenshot ]
Bullet Full MDI Support - CommandBars gives you the ability to construct menus/toolbars for both SDI and MDI applications. [ Screenshot ]
Bullet Quick Customization - Via CommandBar's Quick Customization feature, you can modify toolbars at runtime using the 'Add or Remove Buttons' sub menu, just as you do in Office XP. [ Screenshot ]
Bullet Most Recently Used Items - Like Office XP, recently used submenu items are fully supported. [ Screenshot ]
Bullet Toolbar List - Allows you to easily display a list of available bars in use within your application. [ Screenshot ]
Bullet Context menus for all your controls - CommandBar provides the extender property to all your controls that allows you to set the context menus. [ Screenshot ]
Bullet Support large image sizes on toolbars - Your end-user can set large and small images at runtime. [ Screenshot ]
Bullet Personalized Menus - Reduces the menu complexity by hiding unused menu items.
Bullet Automatic Image Processing - CommandBar automatically creates disabled or grayed images from the basic image you provide.
Bullet End-Users Customization of Menus and Toolbars - CommandBar lets your end-users customize both menus and toolbars at run-time. You are in full control so you can disable this feature or disable it only for particular items.

Property page for toolbar customizing. [ Screenshot ]
Property page for commands customizing. [ Screenshot ]
Options property page. [ Screenshot ]
Bullet Button Image Editor - Just like in Office XP end-users can customize button images at run-time. [ Screenshot ]

The Slugen CommandBar Development Kit is now shipping! Please download fully functional trial version and see for yourself why CommandBar Development Kit is most compelling solution today or Purchase your copy today.

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