Windows Icons

[laasunde]

Got a simple C# (VS2002 and dotnet 1.1) application with a toolbar thats linked to a imagelist. The imagelist contains a few simple self-made .gif images that I'm able to display in the toolbar.

However, how can I add standard windowsXP icons to the toolbar\imagelist such as new, open, save, save as etc? Do I really need to draw these icon myself?

[creatorul]

That is easy for VS 2005. Click the smart tag glyph () so the ToolStrip Tasks dialog appears and select Insert Standard Items.
Tell me if it works for VS2003 also.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/571c1z99.aspx

[laasunde]

Thanks for the reply.

Could not find the toolstrip component in Toolbox->Windows Forms.

Any other solution?

[laasunde]

Did a quick google and found Top Ten Visual Studio 2005 Enhancements for Windows Forms Development .

2. Office 2003 look-and-feel using Toolstrips

Visual Studio 2005 provides Toolstrip controls that consist of menus, toolbars, context menus, and status bars that provide the same look and feel as Office 2003 applications. Now, applications you develop with Visual Studio 2005 will have thesame professional look and feel as Office 2003. With the current development environment, you would need to purchase third-party menu and toolbar controls to get the same look and feel as Office 2003.

[creatorul]

ToolStrip comes with .NET Framework 2.0 and ToolBar is retained for backward compatibility.
If you use VS .NET and .NET 1.1 I'm afraid you have to design your own buttons for load, save etc.

[Dmorley]

There's open source stuff out there for the Office 2003 feel....check out

http://www.codeproject.com/cs/menu/M...e2003Menus.asp

...theres loads of other articles on this, you should be able to find something you can use.

As far as icons go, there are a few sites that have open source stuff as well...

Think a lot of the XP ones are here...
http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/Re...cons/index.asp

These are more custom, but are still pretty good!
http://www.fasticon.com/downloads.html