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ToolBarEx:

I tried to make a simple toolbar class that allows to set a bitmap in the backgroud of a toolbar.
It is not as successfull as the BCGControl lib but that's a begining...

Some improvements could be made; for example, hot image is not used.
The process also ficker a little when clicking a button...
The class should also be modified to Load the background only once to update only the buttons rect.


* Create the toolbar as usual:

if (!myToolBar.CreateEx(this, TBSTYLE_FLAT, WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | CBRS_TOP
		| CBRS_GRIPPER | CBRS_TOOLTIPS | CBRS_FLYBY | CBRS_SIZE_DYNAMIC, DB_BITMAP_TAHITI, IDB_BITMAP_TOOLBAR, 9, false) ||
		!m_wndToolBar.LoadToolBar(IDR_MAINFRAME))
{
	TRACE0("Failed to create toolbar\n");
	return -1;      // fail to create
}

DB_BITMAP_TAHITI = id of the background bi			

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			... to be continued.

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