Trying to create my own Toolbar inside Mainframe class VS 6.0

I am having issues with creating my own Toolbar inside the Mainframe. I have bitmaps of buttons which I want to use for my own Toolbar but the problem is that the Toolbar displays inside the View of my SDI application. Here is a pic of the incorrectly displayed Toolbar.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14402427@N02/3409050475/

Here is the code inside the OnCreate function of the Mainframe class : I also have a

// CToolBarCtrl m_wndToolBar; declared inside the MainFrame.h class.


      if(m_wndToolBar.Create(WS_CHILD |  TBSTYLE_FLAT | WS_VISIBLE | CBRS_TOP
     | CBRS_GRIPPER | CBRS_TOOLTIPS | CBRS_FLYBY | CBRS_SIZE_DYNAMIC
            ,CRect(0,0,250,50),this,0))
    {
     TRACE0("Failed to create toolbar\n");
     return -1;      // fail to create
    }

       TBBUTTON       tbbutton[3] = {0};
      CSize        button_size(90,90);      
      CSize        bitmap_size(80,80);     

      //m_wndToolBar.AddStrings("String 1\0String 2\0String 3\0");

      tbbutton[0].iBitmap                  = 0;      
      tbbutton[0].idCommand            = ID_CONNECT;
    tbbutton[0].fsState                  = TBSTATE_ENABLED;      
      tbbutton[0].fsStyle                  = TBSTYLE_BUTTON;
      tbbutton[0].dwData                  = 0;     
      tbbutton[0].iString                  = 0;

      tbbutton[1].iBitmap                  = 1;      
      tbbutton[1].idCommand            = ID_DISCONNECT;
    tbbutton[1].fsState                  = TBSTATE_ENABLED;       
      tbbutton[1].fsStyle                  = TBSTYLE_BUTTON;
    tbbutton[1].dwData                  = 0;     
      tbbutton[1].iString                  = 1;

      tbbutton[2].iBitmap                  = 2;      
      tbbutton[2].idCommand              = ID_STOP;
    tbbutton[2].fsState                  = TBSTATE_ENABLED;      
      tbbutton[2].fsStyle                  = TBSTYLE_BUTTON   ;
    tbbutton[2].dwData                  = 0;     
      tbbutton[2].iString                  = 2;

m_wndToolBar.SetButtonSize(button_size);
m_wndToolBar.SetBitmapSize( bitmap_size);

m_wndToolBar.AddButtons(3,tbbutton);
m_wndToolBar.AddBitmap(1,IDB_BITMAP1);
m_wndToolBar.AddBitmap(1,IDB_BITMAP2);
m_wndToolBar.AddBitmap(1,IDB_BITMAP3);

return TRUE;

From stackoverflow

• From your image it seems that it is not painted or not painted correctly, did you try adding bitmaps first and then adding buttons? or can you call AutoSize on the m_wndToolbarBar.?

  Ismael : Sorry I don't have VC 6 at hand. What I'd do is to create a new MFC SDI project with a toolbar and then copying the flags and the initialization code used by the MFC Wizard.

• Thanks for the reply and help. Unfortunately I tried your suggestions and could not get a Toolbar to properly display inside the Mainframe pane. Appreciate the help

• Add a call to DockControlBar(&m_wndToolBar) just before the return.