Creating a toolbar that shows different graphics tools

In this recipe, we will learn to create a toolbar that shows three toolbar buttons. These three toolbar buttons show the icons for the line, circle, and rectangle. When the user clicks the line toolbar button from the toolbar, he/she can click and drag the mouse on the form to draw a line between the two mouse locations. Similarly, by clicking on the circle toolbar button, the user can draw a circle on the form by clicking and dragging the mouse.

How to do it…

The focus of this recipe is to help you understand how frequently used commands in an application can be provided to the user via a toolbar, making them easy to access and use. You will learn to create toolbar buttons, define their shortcuts, and their icons too. To define the icons for the toolbar buttons, you will learn to create and use the resource file. The creation and execution of each toolbar button is explained very clearly step by step: 

1. Let’s create a new application to...