Toolbars provide quick access to commonly used commands in the programming environment. By default, the Standard toolbar is displayed when you start the toolkit. Additional toolbars for editing and form design can be toggled on or off from the Toolbars command on the View menu.
When you start a Windows CE project, the toolkit hides all toolbars specific to Visual Basic as well as any custom toolbars you may have created. The following screen shots show the three toolbars available in the toolkit.
Edit Toolbar
Form Editor Toolbar
Standard Toolbar
You can use the Edit toolbar to enter code and set bookmarks. The Edit toolbar provides access to many of the same commands found under the Edit menu. The Form Editor toolbar enables you to change the location and appearance of controls on a form. The Form Editor toolbar provides access to many of the same commands found under the Format menu. The Standard toolbar enables you to open and save projects and to run and compile applications.
Unlike the Edit and Form Editor toolbars, which are similar to the corresponding toolbars in Visual Basic 6.0, the Standard toolbar for the toolkit differs significantly. One difference you will find in the Standard toolbar is the absence of project and module selectors. Because the toolkit does not support project groups or most project and file types associated with Visual Basic 6.0, project and module selectors are unnecessary. Instead, you can use the Project menu to add forms and modules to a project.
Another difference you will notice on the Standard toolbar is the Make button, which replaces the Pause and Stop buttons on the toolbar for Visual Basic 6.0. Use the Make button to compile your application to a .vb file and save it to disk. Use the Run button to run your application on a device.