Outlook 2003 Style ShortcutBar ActiveX Control

Teebo Software Solutions has released ShortcutBar, the ActiveX control solution for providing Office 2003 style navigation bars in your applications.



A ShortcutBar is divided into three visual areas. There is a selection of bars that the user can choose from to select a category or function. Each bar has a corresponding panel, which can contain any other control, such as a listview or a treeview. If there isn't enough room to display all the bars at once, the extra bars will be placed on the toolbar at the bottom. This space-saving design allows you to present large amounts of information in a very compact space.

ShortcutBar can automatically detect the user's color scheme and display the appropriate themed appearance, or you can specify custom colors and background pictures. A built-in ImageList supports 32-bit alpha channel icons on all Windows platforms, allowing you to display antialiased icons with shadows. Unicode support is provided for displaying international characters.

As an added bonus, we are also including the OutlookContainer control. This is an Office 2003 Style frame control that mimics that mini-container in Outlook 2003. You can use this control to provide sub-headings within ShortcutBar for different sets of information.

You might expect that a control with so many features would require adding a huge binary to your application. ShortcutBar is only 140kb!

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Some of ShortcutBar's Features:  
Great Outlook 2003 Style Appearance
Supports 32-bit Alpha Channel Icons for Antialiasing and Shadows
Customizable Fonts and Colors
Tiled Background Picture Support
Includes Free OutlookContainer ActiveX Control
Compact Space-Saving Design
Unicode Support for Internationalization
Easy to Use
Lightweight OCX (only 140kb)

A free evaluation version is available for download on our website. For more information please visit:

ShortcutBar ActiveX Control - http://www.teebo.com/outlook-shortcut-bar.htm