Customize Toolbars Dialog Box

The Customize Toolbars dialog box displays the following items:

Toolbars Tab

Item

Description

Owner

Lets you select a toolbar owner.  Only active owners appear in the list.  

Toolbars

Lets you show and hide the selected toolbar.  

Enable Docking for Selected Toolbar

Lets you enable or disable toolbar docking.  

Show ScreenTips on Toolbars

Lets you enable or disable text descriptions for every button on every toolbar.  When enabled, you can display a description by placing the cursor over a button.  

Add Toolbar

Lets you create a toolbar.  

Modify Properties

Lets you modify the properties of the selected toolbar.  Toolbars supplied with iFIX cannot be modified.  

Delete Toolbar

Lets you delete the selected toolbar.  Toolbars supplied with iFIX cannot be deleted.  

Reset

Lets you reset the selected toolbar to its default state.  Any buttons removed from the toolbar and supplied by default are added back.  All buttons not supplied with the toolbar are removed.  Resetting a toolbar affects toolbars supplied with iFIX; toolbars you create are not affected.   

Import

Lets you import custom toolbars shared among your iFIX nodes or created by a toolbar developer.

Buttons Tab

Item

Description

Categories

Lets you select a toolbar category.  

Add Category

Lets you add a toolbar category.  

Rename Category

Lets you rename the selected toolbar category.  Categories supplied with iFIX cannot be renamed.  

Delete Category

Lets you delete the selected toolbar category.  Categories supplied with iFIX cannot be deleted.  

Buttons Area

Drag and drop a button from this group box onto a toolbar, or double-click a button in the toolbar to edit the VBA script.  

Description

Displays a description of the selected button.  

Add Button

Lets you add a button to the selected category.  

Modify Button

Lets you modify the selected button's properties.  You cannot modify a button supplied with iFIX.  

Delete Button

Lets you delete the selected toolbar button.  Buttons supplied with iFIX cannot be deleted.  

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