Sharepoint 2010 - Custom Ribbon

Question

Hello i'm developing a sharepoint project and central admin pages (located in _layouts), and i want to use Ribbon bar. i have found this sample but i hope so, it is wrong..

http://sharepointsolutions.com/sharepoint-help/blog/index.php/2009/10/creating-a-custom-ribbon-tab-in-sharepoint-2010/

page throw this error: Ribbon node must have a subnode.

Element.xml have a and subnode, i don't found any error this file..

How can i add Ribbon to the custom page? Do you have a suggestion?

Thanks,

Answer 1

Hello Mehmet,

please check out the

http://www.projectserver2010blog.com/2010/01/sharepoint-2010-ribbon-customization.html and relative blog posts. There is a solution you are looking for.

Answer 2

=( this way not working..

Exception: System.ArgumentException: Ribbon Tab node must have a Scaling subnode. at Microsoft.Web.CommandUI.Ribbon.CreateRenderContext(CUIDataSource uiproc) at Microsoft.Web.CommandUI.Ribbon.Render(HtmlTextWriter writer)...

My Element XML

    <CommandUIDefinition Location="Ribbon.Tabs._children">
      <Tab
        Description="Custom Tab"
        Id="ParameterManagerRibbon.CustomTab"
        Sequence="1"
        Title="Custom Tab">
        <Scaling Id="ParameterManagerRibbon.CustomTab.Scaling">
            <MaxSize
            Id="ParameterManagerRibbon.CustomTab.CustomGroup.MaxSize"
            GroupId="ParameterManagerRibbon.CustomTab.CustomGroup"
            Size="LargeLarge"
            Sequence="10" />
          <Scale GroupId="ParameterManagerRibbon.CustomTab.CustomGroup" Size="Large" Id="ParameterManagerRibbon.CustomTab.CustomGroup.Scale"/>
        </Scaling>
        <Groups Id="ParameterManagerRibbon.CustomTab.Groups">



          <Group
            Id="ParameterManagerRibbon.CustomTab.CustomGroup"
            Sequence="1"
            Title="Custom Group"
            Template="Ribbon.Templates.Flexible2"
            Image32by32Popup="/_layouts/images/RibbonCustomization/images32x32.png"
            Image32by32PopupTop="-128"
            Image32by32PopupLeft="-192">
            <Controls Id="ParameterManagerRibbon.CustomTab.CustomGroup.Controls">


              <Button
                Id="ParameterManagerRibbon.CustomButton"
                Sequence="20"
                Command="ParameterManagerRibbon_CustomButton"
                LabelText="Custom Button Label"
                Alt="Custom Button alt text"
                Image16by16="/_layouts/images/RibbonCustomization/images16x16.png"
                Image16by16Top="-16"
                Image16by16Left="-32"
                Image32by32="/_layouts/images/RibbonCustomization/images32x32.png"
                Image32by32Top="0"
                Image32by32Left="-64"
                TemplateAlias="o1"
                ToolTipTitle="Custom Button"
                ToolTipDescription="Executes custom action" />

            </Controls>
          </Group>




        </Groups>
      </Tab>
    </CommandUIDefinition>



  </CommandUIDefinitions>
  <CommandUIHandlers>
      <CommandUIHandler
        Command="ParameterManagerRibbon_CustomButton"
        CommandAction="javascript:alert('Button clicked.');"
        EnabledScript="true" />
  </CommandUIHandlers>
</CommandUIExtension>