ShowBrowserBar Inconsistent Behaviour

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ShowBrowserBar Inconsistent Behaviour
ShowBrowserBar seems to behave differently on different computers running the same browser 
Gary Garside




Posts: 15
 Joined: 2012-10-19
Hi all,

We have created an addon that includes an Explorer Bar and a Toolbar. The Toolbar has 2 buttons on it: "Hide Toolbar" and "Toggle Sidebar". We also have 2 ADXIE Menu Items which have to be updated once the aforementioned buttons have been clicked so as to keep the state across the app.

Toggle Sidebar seems to behave extremely inconsistently across operating systems and browsers. Here's the code I'm using in my Toolbar class on the "Toggle Sidebar" click handler: 

' Get the IEModule
            Dim m As IEModule = Me.Module.GetModuleByTabIndex(CurrentTab)

            ' Get the Sidebar
            Dim SidebarObj As AddinExpress.IE.ADXIEBar = m.Bars.Item(0).BarObj

            Dim Visible = True
            If Not SidebarObj Is Nothing Then
                Visible = Not SidebarObj.Visible
            End If

            ' Toggle the Sidebar
            Dim dummy As Object = Nothing
            Dim show As Object = Visible
            Dim guid As Object = Type.GetType("OurAppName.Sidebar").GUID.ToString("B")
            IEApp.ShowBrowserBar(guid, show, dummy)

            ' Toggle our Menu Item
            Dim MenuItem As AddinExpress.IE.ADXIEMenuItem = m.AdxieMenuItem2
            MenuItem.Checked = Visible


Can anyone see any reason why the above code wouldn't work? And more importantly, does anyone know a way to bind the "Toggle Sidebar" button to the Explorer Bar itself, much like the automatically added command bar button?

Thanks in advance,
Gary
Posted 20 Nov, 2012 04:52:45 Top
Sergey Grischenko


Add-in Express team


Posts: 7233
 Joined: 2004-07-05
Hi Gary,

I would change the code as shown below:
Dim m As IEModule = Me.Module 

        Dim m As IEModule = Me.Module
        ' Get the Sidebar
        Dim SidebarObj As AddinExpress.IE.ADXIEBar = m.Bars.Item(0).BarObj

        Dim Visible = False

        If Not SidebarObj Is Nothing Then
            Visible = SidebarObj.Visible
        End If

        ' Toggle the Sidebar
        Dim dummy As Object = Nothing
        Dim show As Object = Not Visible
        Dim guid As Object = GetType(MyIEBar1).GUID.ToString("B")

        IEApp.ShowBrowserBar(guid, show, dummy)
         ...............


The code may not work if the add-on (BHO) is not started. In this case you need to check if the OnConnect event fires in your module (BHO).
Posted 20 Nov, 2012 05:55:46 Top
Gary Garside




Posts: 15
 Joined: 2012-10-19
Hi Sergey,

Thanks for the quick response. I'll give your code a try and let you know.

Gary
Posted 20 Nov, 2012 06:04:39 Top
Gary Garside




Posts: 15
 Joined: 2012-10-19
Just the ticket, Sergey. Many thanks!

Gary
Posted 21 Nov, 2012 04:13:47 Top