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lcanter
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Posted: Fri Aug 15th, 2008 12:38 am |
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Is it possible to add some custom buttons to the toolbar - by that, I mean one that I could program the action for (such as executing an external script).
Thanks.
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Keith
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Posted: Fri Aug 15th, 2008 05:51 pm |
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Well.... yeah, it is possible. But like they say, you wouldn't eat sausage if you saw how it's made :-)
There are two way to do this - the easy way and the sausage way. So, let's see if the easy way will work for you. The easy way assumes a few things 1) that you want the button to be available for all users 2) that the button can go into the end of the top line of buttons or at the front or end of the bottom row of buttons.
Open /library/htm/toolbar.txt
Down at line 482 or 485 find the variables $BUTTONS_TOP and $BUTTONS_BOTTOM. Add the image tag either afer the $BUTTONS_TOP or before or after the $BUTTONS_BOTTOM.
The image tag of course is unique. Let's pretend the button calls a function doAthingy()
<img id=doAthingy_ onmouseover=up(this.id) onmouseup=out(this.id) onmouseout=out(this.id) class="button" onclick=doAthingy()src="$url_to_ikons/saveas.gif" width="16" height="16" border="0" align=absmiddle alt="Da A Thingy">
Notice that the id must be unique on the toolbar so I named it the same as the function and added a _ to the name.
You then add your custom function into the script area in that file.
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lcanter
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Posted: Fri Aug 15th, 2008 05:59 pm |
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Thanks so much - the "easy way" limitations are fine. Basically I want to access a mysql database, in case one was wondering why.
As for the 'sausage way' , after reading the Jungle back in my early school days, I passed on all unidentified processed meats for a number of years. I still am hesitant unless I know what body parts are in it!!!
Regards,
Larry
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lcanter
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Posted: Sat Aug 16th, 2008 01:13 am |
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Keith, I think it's almost there - but I can't get the icon to display - just a place holder. The alt text displays, and clicking on it executes the script. I've placed the new gif files in the Ikons folder. Does it go elsewhere, or is there another file that needs to know about it's existence?
for the src I currently have src="$url_to_ikons/name_of_file.gif"
Thanks.
Larry
Last edited on Sat Aug 16th, 2008 01:15 am by lcanter |
lcanter
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Posted: Sat Aug 16th, 2008 01:45 am |
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Never mind - I must have had a typo somewhere - I redid the code and now it works just fine.
Thanks.
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