Toolbars ... Rebars... whatever!... ...
So how can I create toolbars, that remain active even when I switch to another window?
I mean toolbars should be active all the time but I don't know how that works.
For example in VC6, when I move the toolbars out of the rebars (That's these bars, that can contain child windows - usually toolbars) they still have an active titlebar - even though the window I am writing in has the focus.
Does anyone have an idea?
when you create your window, use
CreateWindowEx()
The first argument should be something like WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW or something like that. you'll have to look it up, but i believe it's something like toolwindow, palettewindow, or topmost, but i can't remember.
DutchStud is leading you in the right direction, pass WS_EX_PALETTEWINDOW as the first parameter to the CreateWindowEx() function.
WS_EX_PALETTEWINDOW combines the "toolwindow" and "topmost" extended window styles.
