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Step 3: Creating the Speedbar Container
Now we can add the panel that will serve as the container for the speedbar buttons:
1. Choose a Panel component from the Component Palette and place it anywhere on
the form.
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2. Change the Name property to SpeedBar.
3. Change the Height property to 32.
4. Change the BevelOuter property to bvNone.
5. Clear the Caption property.
6. Change the Align property to alTop. The panel moves to the top, but just underneath
the bevel we placed there earlier.
The last step in this sequence illustrates a point about the Align
property. If you make a component’s Align property alTop, it will move
to the top of the client area or to the bottom edge of the first component
it encounters. This allows you to place several components on the top of
a form and have them adjust automatically as the form is sized.
Step 4: Decorating the Panel
Now all that’s left to do is add a button or two to the panel:
1. Click on the Additional tab of the Component Palette and choose a SpeedButton
component.
2. Place a speed button on the panel (not on the main form). Don’t worry about its
exact placement.
3. Change the Name property to FileOpenBtn.
4. Change the Left property to 5.
5. Choose View | Alignment Palette from the main menu. Click the Center Vertically
in Window button.
6. Locate the Glyph property and double-click the Value column. The Image Editor is
displayed.
7. Click the Load button on the Image Editor. The Load picture dialog box is
displayed. Navigate to the \Images\Buttons subdirectory of C++Builder and choose
the fileopen.bmp file. Click OK.