Merge buttonbar files

[DarkRuleR]

Hi,

I have a buttonbar file (custom.bar) with custom made buttons and want to include the buttons into the default.bar.

Of course I can edit the default.bar file manually and copy/paste the content from my custom.bar file.

But I was wandering if there is a way to include one .bar file into another?

Thanx!!!

DR...

Ps. I know you can add a subbar as a button but I want my buttons in the default buttonbar.

[Stance]

Hi DarkRuleR,

just open two instances of Total Commander:
First with your custom.bar, the second with the default.bar.
Use the "contextmenu: Copy" for every single button (from custom.bar)
and "paste" every single button into your default.bar.

[Vochomurka]

http://ppro.totalcmd.net/Scripts/MergeBars.htm

[DarkRuleR]

Thanx for the tips dudes!!!

But it would be great if there is a option in the .bar file with for example:

IncludeBar=<path><bar file name>

DR...

[Stance]

DarkRuleR
This feature would be useless for me.
I like to switch from one buttonbar to another.

By the way: The "default.bar" will be overwritten at the next update, when you not set the attribute "write protected"! Better to use a different name for a customised bar.

But I can suggest one action for your request:
Whenever a BAR-File is dragged into the buttonbar, a contextmenu could be shown, asking to: "append".

I would like to see "Dropdownmenu" for BAR-Files in there too !

Kind regards
Stance

[DarkRuleR]

But I can suggest one action for your request:
Whenever a BAR-File is dragged into the buttonbar, a contextmenu could be shown, asking to: "append".

This would work great for me!

I install every update fresh with a new default.bar and then add my buttons.
This way I have my buttons added very quick!

DR...

[karlchen]

By the way: The "default.bar" will be overwritten at the next update, when you not set the attribute "write protected"! Better to use a different name for a customised bar.

Hi, Stance,

using a different buttonbar than default is on the safe side, I admit. But if you were right about T.C. updates overwriting the default.bar, how comes mine does not get overwritten?

The default main menu gets overwritten by each update, but the button bar is kept, even if it is named default.bar and even if is not write-protected.

Karl

[petermad]

If you look inside any TC distribution file, you will see that 3 files (currently) has the timestamp of 00:00 - these are the files (default.bar, no.bar and wcmzip32.dll) that wil not overwrite any existing files during installation.

[Stance]

But if you were right about T.C. updates overwriting the default.bar, how comes mine does not get overwritten? :?l

That's a bug . It must be overwritten like each of my customized MNU-files.
Seriously, I don't know + dont wan't to find out. I leave the "default.bar" alone and use my _renamed_ bars.

The TCWiki Backup page isn't so clear about the facts which petermad have had reported to us. Especially about a modified wcmzip32.dll !

TC7 will come with a better and more complete buttonbar (...default.br2). How will the TC7-Setup handle this?
I guess that a dialog appears, whether the (customised) default.bar should be kept or overwritten?

@Topic
DarkRuleRs idea to merge the old and the new "default.bar" together could be an option in the setup for users with a single standard buttonbar.
Any thoughts on that? New command? New actions for contextmenu?

Stance

[Vincent_iks]

I would like to see "Dropdownmenu" for BAR-Files in there too !

That you can get by the plugin TCmenu.