Problem with LabVIEW ActiveX container

[Tom WP]

Hi,
I am trying to use LabVIEWs activeX container to add a coolbar to my application. A coolbar is itself a container which usually includes various menus, an example is Internet Explorer. When i insert the Microsoft Coolbar control into LabView i am given a warning that "This container does not support the contained controls collection". Does anybody know how i can work around this or have any other ideas. Thanks for your help
Tom.

[Labviewguru]

If this is a container, you will in fact have problems. Isn't there any way to install just the buttons you want, recreating the container?

There has been some recent interest in button bars lately (probably initiated by yours truly) in LabVIEW. As of yet, I have heard nothing about adding these to LabVIEW in convenient manner.

I know that it can be done using ActiveX, but the method I tried to use was automatic button bar creation using Picture controls. This is the way to go, as it can mimic button bars very well, and be native to LabVIEW (that is, platform independent, something that SHOULD be important these days.)

If you want to try buttong bars, I can advise on some tricks, or you can go to the examples and learn how to do it. Remember that
Picture Controls have mouse events, so you would have to create something like HTML maps and Java Mouse Events to get the effects you are probably looking for.

Please also keep us posted on your progress.

Thanks,

-Mike