Topic: Expanded menu on AutoCAD status bar

[Andrey Bushman]

Hi all,

How can I create on AutoCAD status bar an expanded menu, with items, as at the screen (look attached file)? How can I add into it checked/unchecked item? How can I create a hierarchy of nested elements in it? How can I set icons for such elements? How can I set enable/disable status for such items?

I can do it through WPF, but how can I do it through .NET API?

[Jeff H]

Have you looked at Pane Class?
and
Document.StatusBar.Panes.Add()----2012     Document.GetStatusBar().Panes.Add()----2013
Application.StatusBar.Panes.Add(); 
You can toogle PaneStyles.PopOut to make active and create a System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenu and pass it to Pane.DisplayContextMenu()
 
For Drawing status bar you might need
 

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         [DllImport("accore.dll", EntryPoint = "?acedShowDrawingStatusBars@@YAHH@Z", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
         public static extern bool ShowDrawingStatusBars(bool show);


[Andrey Bushman]

Have you looked at Pane Class?
and
Document.StatusBar.Panes.Add()----2012     Document.GetStatusBar().Panes.Add()----2013
Application.StatusBar.Panes.Add(); 
You can toogle PaneStyles.PopOut to make active and create a System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenu and pass it to Pane.DisplayContextMenu()
 
For Drawing status bar you might need
 

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         [DllImport("accore.dll", EntryPoint = "?acedShowDrawingStatusBars@@YAHH@Z", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
         public static extern bool ShowDrawingStatusBars(bool show);


Thank you, but what about AutoCAD 2009?

[kaefer]

Thank you, but what about AutoCAD 2009?

This is a pane in the back... There's no ?acedShowDrawingStatusBars@@YAHH@Z in 2009's acad.exe?

[Kerry]

Thank you, but what about AutoCAD 2009?

This is a pane in the back... There's no ?acedShowDrawingStatusBars@@YAHH@Z in 2009's acad.exe?

There was in ACAD.exe in 2008 !

[Andrey Bushman]

You can toogle PaneStyles.PopOut to make active and create a System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenu and pass it to Pane.DisplayContextMenu()

Thank you very much!

Code - C#: [Select]

1. using System;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using System.Linq;
4. using System.Text;
5. using WinForms = System.Windows.Forms;
6. //Autodesk namespaces ***************
7. using acad = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application;
8. using AcApp = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices;
9. using AcDb = Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices;
10. using AcEd = Autodesk.AutoCAD.EditorInput;
11. using AcRtm = Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime;
12. using AcPub = Autodesk.AutoCAD.Publishing;
13. using AcPlt = Autodesk.AutoCAD.PlottingServices;
14. using AcGem = Autodesk.AutoCAD.Geometry;
15. using AcCol = Autodesk.AutoCAD.Colors;
16. using AcCMod = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ComponentModel;
17. using AcGInt = Autodesk.AutoCAD.GraphicsInterface;
18. using AcGSys = Autodesk.AutoCAD.GraphicsSystem;
19. using AcLayMng = Autodesk.AutoCAD.LayerManager;
20. using AcWin = Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows;
21. using AcICen = Autodesk.AutoCAD.AcInfoCenterConn;
22. //************************************
23. ...
24. /// <summary>
25. /// Create new Pane instance into AutoCAD statusbar.
26. /// </summary>
27. [AcRtm.CommandMethod("sbTest")]
28. public void StatusBar() {
29.         AcApp.Document doc = acad.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument;
30.  
31.         AcWin.TrayItem ti = new AcWin.TrayItem();
32.         ti.ToolTipText = "My tray item tooltip";
33.         ti.Icon = msnIcon;
34.         acad.StatusBar.TrayItems.Add(ti);                      
35.  
36.         AcWin.Pane pane = new AcWin.Pane();
37.         pane.Icon = iconIco;
38.         pane.ToolTipText = "My Pane tooltip";
39.         pane.Style = AcWin.PaneStyles.Normal;
40.         pane.MouseDown += new AcWin.StatusBarMouseDownEventHandler(pane_MouseDown);
41.         acad.StatusBar.Panes.Add(pane);
42.        
43.         AcWin.TrayItem ti2 = new AcWin.TrayItem();
44.         ti2.ToolTipText = "My tray item tooltip";
45.         ti2.Icon = setupIcon;
46.         doc.StatusBar.TrayItems.Add(ti2);
47. }
48.  
49. void pane_MouseDown(object sender, AcWin.StatusBarMouseDownEventArgs e) {
50.         WinForms.ContextMenu contextMenu = new WinForms.ContextMenu();
51.         contextMenu.Name = "my menu";
52.         contextMenu.MenuItems.Add(new WinForms.MenuItem("item"));
53.         contextMenu.MenuItems.Add(new WinForms.MenuItem("item2"));
54.         WinForms.MenuItem item = new WinForms.MenuItem("item3");
55.         WinForms.MenuItem subitem = new WinForms.MenuItem("subItem");
56.         item.MenuItems.Add(subitem);
57.         contextMenu.MenuItems.Add(item);
58.         AcWin.Pane pane = (AcWin.Pane)sender;
59.         pane.DisplayContextMenu(contextMenu, new System.Drawing.Point(e.X, e.Y));
60. }
61. ...
62.