Quickstart

Follow these steps  to implement an Icetips OutlookBar in your application:

Add the global template

Open your application (or create a new one)

Press the "Global"-options button ()

Click the "Extensions"-button

Click the "Insert"-button

Choose the "POOutlookBarGlobal - Icetips OutlookBar Global"-template

Press "Ok" two times to get back to the application

Populate the control

Create a Window

Populate "OutlookBar" control template by clicking the

Choose the "POOutlookBar - Icetips OutlookBar Control"-template

Place the control somewhere on you window and adjust the size.

Right-click on the control and choose "Actions".

Now, press the "Insert"-button to bring up the "Header Editor".

    (Header settings)

In the "Title"-field, enter "Header 1" (without the quotes)

Switch to the "Style tab"

If you'd like an icon in the header, press the elipsis-button (...) to right of the icon-field, and choose an .ico-file.

Now, switch to the "Tasks" tab and click "Insert" to add a task.

   (Task settings)

Enter "Task 1" in the "Title"-field

For this task, choose "No Special Action" as "Action" on the "Action"-tab

Click "Ok" to add the Task

Click "Insert" to add another task

Title: Quit

Action: Post Event

Event: EVENT:CloseWindow

Control:

Click "Ok" to add the Task

Click "Ok" three times to get back to the window formatter.

Save the window

Now, go to the embed-point "Local Objects - Outlookbar1 - Header_1 - My_First_Header:Task_1 - Before Generated Code", and enter the following code:

       Message('You selected task 1')

Save, compile and run your application.

  The result should look something like this (the left screenshot is with the style set to "Outlook2003", the right screenshot has style set to "OutlookXP"):

When you click on "Task 1" a message saying "You selected task 1" should appear.