Toolbar buttons

Hi guys and gals

If you have a toolbar button group, where there are say 4 choices, and you
can make them all display (fly-out), you can select one of them and then
this one that you selected will remain visible on-screen because you picked
it.

The question is - is there a way to make this happen without actually
picking it? For instance if when you open a drawing a variable is read,
which would by its value determine which of the buttons should be displayed?

This is beyond my abilities for the moment...

 

Generally by default the first (top-most or left-most) button on the toolbar
(when you open it) is the one which stays at top.
Now if you want to be different for different drawings you are opening at
one session - I can't figure anything for now. Then what variable you plan
to use?
John

 

I set certain variables during drawing sessions, and these are saved to
drawing specific data files.

When a drawing is opened, the data file is read, and the variables are set
from that data. Some of the variables can be changed by clicking on certain
toolbar buttons - what I would like is to be able to read the setting for
the variable, and then based upon its value, make the relevant button be the
one that is "on top".

I hope this makes more sense now, thanks John.

 

You *might* be able to change the bitmap image of the flyout toolbutton using the VBA GetBitmaps and
SetBitMaps methods to change the picture of the flyout button to that of the desired underlying
toolbar's button image.

I say *might* because I haven't tried it. Look at VBA Help under the ToolBarItem object and and the
AttachToolbarToFlyout example.

 

This is great advice Allen, many thanks!