Ulrich,

there´s a much better way to proceed :

* Drop a TActionList component on your form
* double click on it and then click on "new standard action"
* chose all TIB_XX actions you need for your own "update bar"-controls
* set the propertys for the actions (Caption,Glyph,DataSource,FocusControl, etc.)
* assign the Actions within your TBitBtn components

That´s it - full functionally like TIB_UpdateBar

Harald