Quick start

This tutorial takes you through the steps to create a simple PowerToolbar application.

The finished application is installed at: Clarion6\3rdParty\Examples\PowerToolbar\Quickstart.app

1. Create an empty application (ABC or Legacy).

2. Add the global template to your application (PowerToolbarGlobal - Icetips Power Toolbar Global)

  Press the "Global"-button

  Click "Extensions"

  Click "Insert"

  Choose "PowerToolbarGlobal - Icetips Power Toolbar Global"

  Click "Ok" to close global settings.

3. Add an AppFrame to your application

  Double-click the Main procedure

  Choose "Frame - Multiple Document Main Menu"

  Click the "Window"-button

  Choose "Application Main MDI Frame"

4. Add a toolbar to your AppFrame

  Select "Toolbar -> New Toolbar" on the menu

5. Populate the toolbar control

  Click the "Control Template" toolbutton

  Choose the template "POToolbar - Toolbar Control"

  Click somewhere inside the Clarion toolbar to position the PowerToolbar-control.

6. Open PowerToolbar settings

  Right-click the PowerToolbar-control and select "Actions"

7. Add a toolbar-band

  Press the "Insert"-button

  Enter a name for the band:  "Quick start Band" (without the quotes)

  When you tab to the next field, the an ID will be generated (TB1_QuickstartBand)

8. Add a control to the band

  Press the "Insert"-button below the Controls list.

  In the control-settings dialog, enter the following Name: "My First Button" (without the quotes)

  The generated ID will be ID_MyFirstButton

  You can choose your favourite icon and enter some tooltip text if you'd like to.

9. Add some action for the button

  Choose the "Action"-tab

  Press the "Embeds"-button

  Double-click the "Local Objects -> Toolbar1 -> ID_MyFirstButton -> Accepted"-event

  Choose "Source" as Embed type

  Enter the following text:

       Message('Hello from PowerToolbar')

  Exit and save the source

  Press "Close" and "Ok" three times and close the window formatter to get back to the main Clarion IDE.

10. Compile and run your application

The result should be something similar to the screen shot below:

This example application can be found in the "Clarion6\3rdparty\Examples\PowerToolbar\" folder.