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Add custom group to Home tab in Outlook 2010 using VBA

Hi, Can't seem to find any simple VBA tutorials for adding a custom group to the Home tab in the Outlook 2010 ribbon. Shouldn't it be a couple of simple steps involving something like traversing objects in the Home tab and programmatically add the group with controls etc, or redefine the XML that describes the Home tab. Is there any s...

Why does the Delphi 2010 TRibbon control "flicker" on Windows XP, but not Vista/7?

I've noticed that when I use TRibbon control that comes with Delphi 2010, it works flawlessly on my Windows 7 system. However, the application has some weird painting issues on a Windows XP system with the "classic theme" (I haven't tried the playschool theme). I know there are other Ribbon components available from DevExpress and TMS...

Problem with custom action in ribbon and no toolbar type

Hi everybody, I have added a custom action to the ribbon on my SPF server. Location : Ribbon.ListItem.Action.Controls._children Everything work fine until i decide to setup an xlstviewwebpart in my home page and change the toolbar type of the current view to no toolbar. At this time the custom action disapear, if i modify the toolbar t...

How to change the prefix background of the RibbonMenuButton items?

I write a sample ribbon here and tried to changed the background of the item as indicated by the #2 arrow in this picture: I tried to use all the properties related to the background but none can do that. Please help! [Edit] Here are some links I found that would be helpful to get started: Control Styles and Templates (look under ...

Change MS Office Button Icon

Has anyone found a way to change the icon displayed in the Office Button in A2007? Having converted an MS Access 2003 app to 2007, it's very annoying that my app is now displayed as an MS Office app instead! ...

MS Access 2007 Load Image to Ribbon

I'm trying to get to grips with customising a Ribbon Bar for a converted A2003 app. I'm trying to work out how to use my own custom images on button controls in the ribbon. Can anyone point me to an example for Access 2007 that can do this pls? ...

Is there a library or reference around showing how to build a Ribbon menu using PyGTK?

Hey there, everyone. A really random question, but I'm looking to get into some GUI programming with Python, specifically with the PyGTK library. I've only ever done GUI programming with Java/Swing, and I'd like to do some independent, personal projects in Python as a way of learning my way around the language, since it's been something ...

how to use ribbon category to switch view?

Hi ! I want to use two ribbon category buttons to switch between two different views, but I found it can't add event handler to the button. Is there any hint to solve this problem? Better if there is some sample, actually I'm new to MFC. ...

How to use the Context Category control ?

Just like the title , I don't know how to use the ribbon's ContextCategory control. And I hope anyone can told me how to use it,or give me some examples.Thank a lot!!! ...

Why doesn't MS apply the ribbon UI to Visual Studio?

We have seen that office has the ribbon UI since 2007. Now is 2010 and we all feel the great productivity the ribbon has brought to us. My question is why Visual Studio, now 2010, still not use the ribbon? What do you think? Please share. ...

How to get rid of the untouchable yellow border of the ribbon menu-button?

I'm new to WPF control template and need your help on this. I got a sample Microsoft Ribbon project here. I tried to change the color of the ribbon menu button but I can not make the yellow border goes off. Please see screenshot below. If you have a work-around, please help! You can get MS Ribbon from: http://www.microsoft.com/dow...

Will the ribbon work in Mac without menu bar?

I'm developing a java application and I'm using ribbons instead of Menu bar, but as Mac depend completely on menu bar, should I modify my application to have a menu bar or this is not required? Thanks ...

RibbonComboBox Text Not Retaining Edits

I have the following xaml in my ui: <ribbon:RibbonGallery SelectedValue="{Binding Text}" SelectedValuePath="Content" SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedRemark, Mode=TwoWay}" MaxColumnCount="1"> <ribbon:RibbonGalleryCategory ItemsSource="{Binding Remarks}" DisplayMemberPat...

WPF Ribbon's application menu alignment: bug or programmer error?

I'm using WPF 4's (in .NET 4) ribbon control, version 3.5.40729.1, in my application. (Edit: I also tested the newly released version 4.0.0.11019 to no avail.) The application menu and all sub-menu popups align as far left as possible, usually far outside the ribbon window. The expected location is that the application menu's left edge a...

Adding JMenuBar to Flamingo JRibbonFrame?

I'm trying to port my app to Mac OS but as my program is based on Flamingo library it doesn't have any menu bar. As you may know Mac OS menu bar is fundamental part for any software, So Is there a way to add a menu bar to Mac OS and still using Flamingo? Thanks ...

How to force a RibbonButton to be alway enabled ?

I have a Microsoft Ribbonbar inside a Window, and every RibbonButton is associated to a specific command like this: <ribbon:Ribbon x:Key="MyToolbar" Name="MyToolbar" > <ribbon:RibbonTab Header="File" > <ribbon:RibbonGroup Header="File" > <ribbon:RibbonButton Command="{x:Static ApplicationCommands.New}" LargeImageSource="Ima...

RibbonComboBox selected gallery item reverts to old value on mouse leave

Hello, i have replaced WPF ribbons to the newest library, the combobox selection changed triggers reload of datagrid. I have problem with the RibbonComboBox. If i leave with mousecursor out of the selected item, the selected item is reverted to the old item. if i keep cursor on the selected item until the datagrid reload is finished, ...

How do I change the size of a group in the Ribbon Designer?

I'm designing a ribbon in Visual Studio 2010 and I have reached a problem, that I really don't get. As the title says, how do I change the size of a group? There are no visual way to change the default size and it seems to auto-size when being used instead. My main problem is that I want to position the button labeled "test" to the rig...

Ribbon button disabled after programmatically adding to SharePoint 2010 Ribbon

I followed this link to create custom ribbon tab/group/controls in a custom web part. The custom ribbon tab/group/control renders when web part is displayed on the page, however, all the buttons are disabled. What I did: During OnLoad event, initialized List of IRibbonCommand with all my button command id; initialized page component ...

Updating RibbonMenu

I'm trying to find a way to update a RibbonMenu's items (like a few RibbonButtons) when the RibbonMenu is clicked (i.e. something like a BeforeDropDown). I know I can update it with the event of another control, but how do it update it when it is clicked? This http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.office.tools.ribbon.ribbonm...