Figure 23-11: The toolbar with a complete set of buttons in VS .NET

Creating QR-Code in VS .NET Figure 23-11: The toolbar with a complete set of buttons

Your browser s status bar, too, can include images that help develop a special theme The theme may be just a matter of complementary colors or full-fledged, photographic images The choice is yours In this section, you design the garden-themed browser s status bar:

1 In the drop-down list below the toolbox, select the Status Bar command set The Status Bar commands appear in the toolbox, as shown in Figure 23-12 2 Click the Status Bar button The Status Bar dialog box appears 3 Select the Status Bar s location and then click the Browse button The Load Status Bar Image dialog box appears 4 Double-click the Gardening_Status_Barjpg image filename on this book s CD-ROM The selected filename appears in the Status Bar dialog box s Status Bar Image text box 5 Click the Status Bar dialog box s OK button The status bar appears in the custom browser window (see Figure 23-13)

6 Click the Icon button The Load Status Bar Icon dialog box appears 7 Double-click the Gardenico image filename on this book s CD-ROM Your icon appears in the status bar 8 Click the Clock command in the toolbox The clock panel appears in your status bar 9 Click the Timer command in the toolbox The Timer Type dialog box appears 10 Leave the timer type set to Session Timer and click OK The Timer panel appears in the status bar 11 Click the Date command in the toolbox The date panel appears in your status bar 12 Click the Current URL command in the toolbox The current URL panel appears in your status bar Figure 23-14 shows the completed status bar 13 Choose File Save The Browser Construction Kit saves your browser s data

Your browser s address bar is exactly the same size as the status bar, which means that you can use the same image for both, or you can design different images Often, for the sake of the design, it s good to use the same image in both bars, and so keep the theme from becoming too cluttered That s what you do when you add an address bar in this section Even though the image you use is named Gardening_Address_Bar, it s exactly the same as the status bar Perform the following steps to add the address bar to your browser: 1 In the drop-down list below the toolbox, select the Address Bar command set The Address Bar commands appear in the toolbox (see Figure 23-15) 2 Click the Address Bar button The Address Bar dialog box appears 3 Select the Address Bar s top location and then click the Browse button The Load Address Bar Image dialog box appears 4 Double-click the Gardening_Address_Barjpg image from this book s CD-ROM The selected filename appears in the Address Bar dialog box s Address Bar Image text box 5 Click the Address Bar dialog box s OK button The new address bar appears in the window (see Figure 23-16)

6 Click the Go Button command The Go button appears in your address bar 7 Choose File Save The Browser Construction Kit saves your browser s data

Because the browser pane must display the current Web page, you can t do much to match it to your theme You can, however, add one of a few different predefined borders, as well as position the browser pane such that different parts of the window s borders and background show However you choose to add your browser pane, here s the basic procedure: 1 In the drop-down list below the toolbox, select the Browser command set The Browser commands appear in the toolbox 2 Click the Browser button The browser pane appears in your browser s window 3 Click the Top command in the toolbox The Browser Top dialog box appears 4 Type 160 into the value text box and click OK The browser pane repositions itself 5 Click the Left command in the toolbox The Browser Left dialog box appears 6 Type 10 into the value text box and click OK The browser pane repositions itself to the left 7 Click the Width command in the toolbox The Browser Width dialog box appears 8 Type 776 into the value text box and click OK The browser pane widens 9 Click the Height command in the toolbox The Browser Height dialog box appears 10 Type 390 into the value text box and click OK The browser pane fills the window, as shown in Figure 23-17 11 Click the Start Site command The Start Site dialog box appears 12 Type the URL for the Web site that you want as this browser s home page and click OK The browser pane sets its home page 13 Choose File Save The Browser Construction Kit saves your browser s data