Obtaining MS Ribbon UI - Office UI Licensing Site - Page Cannot Be Found?

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Obtaining MS Ribbon UI - Office UI Licensing Site - Page Cannot Be Found?

Can anyone actually download the RibbonControlsLibrary from the MS Office UI Fluent Site? (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa973809.aspx)

I fill in the form, sign it, enter a name of my application (test) and it then redirects to a page saying "Page Cannot Be Found" from the following URL http://microsoftio.partnersalesresources.com/officeUI/license/ .

I can't seem to get the Ribbon UI from MS!

Anyone know what might be going on here?

Thanks

+1 A:

Here's a download link I found, check it out:

http://daisy-trac.cvsdude.com/tobi/export/129/trunk/tobiapp/ExternalLibs/RibbonControlsLibrary.dll

Download at your own risk

[Update]

According to Tometzky who checked the Digital Signature, the file is safe to download and use.

Andreas Grech 2009-07-16 14:31:49

I'd not recommend downloading anything executable from a random link.

Tometzky 2009-07-16 14:36:44

It's not an executable...it's a dll; just add reference to it and see if it works; what more can I say; the guy needed a link and I found him one

Andreas Grech 2009-07-16 14:38:08

I checked it out with Reflector, its Kosha. Thanks Dreas!

JamesM 2009-07-16 14:40:04

...it's what? what's a kosha?

Andreas Grech 2009-07-16 14:41:31

Any dll is executable, when used in a program. You can not know what any exported function does. It can be named "init_library" and do something nasty, like install spyware or a rootkit on your computer. This is the Internet - trust no one.

Tometzky 2009-07-16 14:42:27

Hmm I guess you're right about that Tometzky. I'll add a warning to the post.

Andreas Grech 2009-07-16 14:44:58

I think he meant "Kosher," as in, "it's okay."

mskfisher 2009-07-16 14:45:37

Dreas - I meant Kosher - http://www.answers.com/topic/kosher

JamesM 2009-07-16 14:45:53

oh, well it must mean that it's alright. I checked it now with Reflector, and it seems quite ok, but as Tometzky said, I guess you can never be too careful

Andreas Grech 2009-07-16 14:46:55

OK. The DLL is signed by Microsoft, so it should be safe. But check this signature before use - right-click on a file to get Properties, tab Signatures then Details. If it says it is OK, then it is.

Tometzky 2009-07-16 14:56:41

There is a "site feedback" link in Office UI Licensing page. I'd recommend using it.

Tometzky 2009-07-16 14:38:54

Done That! - Had no response so far

JamesM 2009-07-16 14:41:25

Looks like they are aware and working on it.

Quoted from http://wpf.codeplex.com/wiki/comments/view?title=Home

I spoke to the Office Licensing team about this and this is what they had to say: "Yes, unfortunately our web site hosting group has reorganized some of the sites and pages on the backend and unfortunately our ribbon UI licensing pages got disconnected. They are working to remedy the situation and we hope to have the pages back up very soon." I will post back here as soon as I hear that the page is back up. I apologize for the delay.

yesterday by SamanthaMSFT

M-Peror 2009-07-22 08:49:55

I've got it from http://docs.fairwaydev.com/misc/wpftoolkit/ . It appears to be the official one as well, since the site is down.

Dr1Ku 2009-07-24 08:16:56

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