(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:44 pm
Post subject: Custom Ribbon Galleries Archived from groups: microsoft>public>word>customization>menustoolbars (more info?)
Posting here for lack of a better place. I wonder if this group will one
day be changed to menustoolbarsandribbon ?
I began experimenting with the Ribbon gallery control yesterday. Initial
objective was to create a custom tab/group that contains galleries of
categorized buildingblocks. The user clicks the category, chooses a
buiidling block in the gallery and the buidling block is inserted at the IP.
I have achieved success with a single gallery and feel I am ready to move on
adding more galleries.
You can see resulting ribbon, the XML and VBA used to create it at:
I thought it would be nice if the BBs in the gallery showed as a preview
(similiar to the built-in galleries) vice just an icon image and label. I
have been searching for the past few hours through the customUI schema and
in VBA to find some sort of attribute or method that would specify and
display a preview in my galleries and I have come up empty.
I don't mind continuing my search if necessary, but it would be nice to no
if the needle is really in the haystack
Does anyone know if you can somehow put the previews of building blocks into
custom galleries? I know that they exist, because after creating a building
block I can see its preview in the Building Block organizer.
(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:33 pm
Post subject: Re: Custom Ribbon Galleries [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Hi Greg,
I'm not sure if you can get a preview if you create your own custom building block gallery. The previews do exist for 'Custom
Gallery 1' through 'Custom Gallery 5'. To add an entry to those galleries use the 'add selection' choice from one of the regular
galleries, such as Quick Parts but change the entry to put it in a new category in 'Custom 4'
The previews in the organizer (built on the 'Style examples' gallery from the prior version of Office) may be creating the organizer
'samples' on the fly from the block.
===========
<<"Greg Maxey" <gmaxey RemoveThis @mIKEvICTORpAPAsIERRA.oSCARrOMEOgOLF> wrote in message news:%23%23M9ZBiCJHA.5196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
Posting here for lack of a better place. I wonder if this group will one
day be changed to menustoolbarsandribbon ?
I began experimenting with the Ribbon gallery control yesterday. Initial
objective was to create a custom tab/group that contains galleries of
categorized buildingblocks. The user clicks the category, chooses a
buiidling block in the gallery and the buidling block is inserted at the IP.
I have achieved success with a single gallery and feel I am ready to move on
adding more galleries.
You can see resulting ribbon, the XML and VBA used to create it at:
I thought it would be nice if the BBs in the gallery showed as a preview
(similiar to the built-in galleries) vice just an icon image and label. I
have been searching for the past few hours through the customUI schema and
in VBA to find some sort of attribute or method that would specify and
display a preview in my galleries and I have come up empty.
I don't mind continuing my search if necessary, but it would be nice to no
if the needle is really in the haystack
Does anyone know if you can somehow put the previews of building blocks into
custom galleries? I know that they exist, because after creating a building
block I can see its preview in the Building Block organizer.
Thanks
Greg Maxey - Word MVP>>
--
Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP
*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:22 am
Post subject: Re: Custom Ribbon Galleries [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Bob,
> I'm not sure if you can get a preview if you create your own custom
> building block gallery.
Yes I am not sure either and beginning to think not. I have searched the
Custum UI schema for some attribute of the gallery that would specify a
"preview" to show, but come up empty. All there is is "image" or
"getImage."
I need to use getImage since I am defining the control at runtime but if
getImage is anything but a buiilt-in office icon image the code throws an
error "Custom image" is not a valid office control Id.
I have ordered a copy of RibbonX by Ken Puls as I was looking at the index
and saw and entry create custom images on the fly.
From what I have been able to deduce, I believe that custom images must
first be converted to a specific type before they can be returned with
getImage.
It that is so, maybe I can use Snagit to grab and image of my custom
entries, then use getImage to put that image in the gallery as a preview.
Thanks.
Bob Buckland ? wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> I'm not sure if you can get a preview if you create your own custom
> building block gallery. The previews do exist for 'Custom Gallery 1'
> through 'Custom Gallery 5'. To add an entry to those galleries use
> the 'add selection' choice from one of the regular galleries, such as
> Quick Parts but change the entry to put it in a new category in
> 'Custom 4'
>
> The previews in the organizer (built on the 'Style examples' gallery
> from the prior version of Office) may be creating the organizer
> 'samples' on the fly from the block.
>
> ===========
> <<"Greg Maxey" <gmaxey.DeleteThis@mIKEvICTORpAPAsIERRA.oSCARrOMEOgOLF> wrote in
> message news:%23%23M9ZBiCJHA.5196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... Posting
> here for lack of a better place. I wonder if this group will one
> day be changed to menustoolbarsandribbon ?
>
> I began experimenting with the Ribbon gallery control yesterday.
> Initial
> objective was to create a custom tab/group that contains galleries of
> categorized buildingblocks. The user clicks the category, chooses a
> buiidling block in the gallery and the buidling block is inserted at
> the IP.
>
> I have achieved success with a single gallery and feel I am ready to
> move on
> adding more galleries.
>
> You can see resulting ribbon, the XML and VBA used to create it at:
>
> http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/scratch_pad.htm >
> I thought it would be nice if the BBs in the gallery showed as a
> preview (similiar to the built-in galleries) vice just an icon image
> and label. I
> have been searching for the past few hours through the customUI
> schema and
> in VBA to find some sort of attribute or method that would specify and
> display a preview in my galleries and I have come up empty.
>
> I don't mind continuing my search if necessary, but it would be nice
> to no
> if the needle is really in the haystack >
> Does anyone know if you can somehow put the previews of building
> blocks into
> custom galleries? I know that they exist, because after creating a
> building
> block I can see its preview in the Building Block organizer.
>
> Thanks
>
> Greg Maxey - Word MVP>>
(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 11:08 am
Post subject: Re: Custom Ribbon Galleries [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Hi Greg,
Is there a reason you don't want to simply add a built-in custom gallery
instead? For example you can add the CustomGallery1 by using the following:
By using the built-in control not only do you get the previews but the
previews will also update if you change the theme, provided of course that
your building blocks are theme-enabled. The one drawback I've found, though,
is some properties, such as ScreenTips, can't be modified for the built-in
controls. But even with this drawback I'm all for not reinventing the wheel.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs
"Greg Maxey" <gmaxey RemoveThis @mIKEvICTORpAPAsIERRA.oSCARrOMEOgOLF> wrote in message
news:##M9ZBiCJHA.5196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Posting here for lack of a better place. I wonder if this group will one
> day be changed to menustoolbarsandribbon ?
>
> I began experimenting with the Ribbon gallery control yesterday. Initial
> objective was to create a custom tab/group that contains galleries of
> categorized buildingblocks. The user clicks the category, chooses a
> buiidling block in the gallery and the buidling block is inserted at the
> IP.
>
> I have achieved success with a single gallery and feel I am ready to move
> on adding more galleries.
>
> You can see resulting ribbon, the XML and VBA used to create it at:
>
> http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/scratch_pad.htm >
> I thought it would be nice if the BBs in the gallery showed as a preview
> (similiar to the built-in galleries) vice just an icon image and label. I
> have been searching for the past few hours through the customUI schema and
> in VBA to find some sort of attribute or method that would specify and
> display a preview in my galleries and I have come up empty.
>
> I don't mind continuing my search if necessary, but it would be nice to no
> if the needle is really in the haystack >
> Does anyone know if you can somehow put the previews of building blocks
> into custom galleries? I know that they exist, because after creating a
> building block I can see its preview in the Building Block organizer.
(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:30 am
Post subject: Re: Custom Ribbon Galleries [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Beth,
No. No reason other than I was simply trying to see if there was a way to
create the previews in a custom vice built-in control for the purpose of
having complete control of the control.
Thanks.
Beth Melton wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> Is there a reason you don't want to simply add a built-in custom
> gallery instead? For example you can add the CustomGallery1 by using
> the following:
> <gallery idMso="CustomGallery1" visible="true" size="large"
> label="Custom BB Gallery" imageMso="ControlLogo"/>
>
> By using the built-in control not only do you get the previews but the
> previews will also update if you change the theme, provided of course
> that your building blocks are theme-enabled. The one drawback I've
> found, though, is some properties, such as ScreenTips, can't be
> modified for the built-in controls. But even with this drawback I'm
> all for not reinventing the wheel. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Beth Melton
> Microsoft Office MVP
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton > What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs >
> Guides for the Office 2007 Interface:
> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx >
> "Greg Maxey" <gmaxey.DeleteThis@mIKEvICTORpAPAsIERRA.oSCARrOMEOgOLF> wrote in
> message news:##M9ZBiCJHA.5196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Posting here for lack of a better place. I wonder if this group
>> will one day be changed to menustoolbarsandribbon ?
>>
>> I began experimenting with the Ribbon gallery control yesterday. Initial
>> objective was to create a custom tab/group that contains
>> galleries of categorized buildingblocks. The user clicks the
>> category, chooses a buiidling block in the gallery and the buidling
>> block is inserted at the IP.
>>
>> I have achieved success with a single gallery and feel I am ready to
>> move on adding more galleries.
>>
>> You can see resulting ribbon, the XML and VBA used to create it at:
>>
>> http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/scratch_pad.htm >>
>> I thought it would be nice if the BBs in the gallery showed as a
>> preview (similiar to the built-in galleries) vice just an icon image
>> and label. I have been searching for the past few hours through the
>> customUI schema and in VBA to find some sort of attribute or method
>> that would specify and display a preview in my galleries and I have
>> come up empty. I don't mind continuing my search if necessary, but it
>> would be nice
>> to no if the needle is really in the haystack >>
>> Does anyone know if you can somehow put the previews of building
>> blocks into custom galleries? I know that they exist, because after
>> creating a building block I can see its preview in the Building
>> Block organizer.
(Msg. 6) Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 3:21 pm
Post subject: Re: Custom Ribbon Galleries [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
I've found this type of thing to be a bit lacking when it comes to trying to
recreate what Microsoft created, such as in-Ribbon galleries, adding your
own previews to a gallery, and as previously noted, the ability to modify
all properties of a built-in control. I'm hoping the next version provides
more flexibility.
"Greg Maxey" <gmaxey DeleteThis @mIKEvICTORpAPAsIERRA.oSCARrOMEOgOLF> wrote in message
news:Ob5Ur3OEJHA.3476@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Beth,
>
> No. No reason other than I was simply trying to see if there was a way to
> create the previews in a custom vice built-in control for the purpose of
> having complete control of the control.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> Beth Melton wrote:
>> Hi Greg,
>>
>> Is there a reason you don't want to simply add a built-in custom
>> gallery instead? For example you can add the CustomGallery1 by using
>> the following:
>> <gallery idMso="CustomGallery1" visible="true" size="large"
>> label="Custom BB Gallery" imageMso="ControlLogo"/>
>>
>> By using the built-in control not only do you get the previews but the
>> previews will also update if you change the theme, provided of course
>> that your building blocks are theme-enabled. The one drawback I've
>> found, though, is some properties, such as ScreenTips, can't be
>> modified for the built-in controls. But even with this drawback I'm
>> all for not reinventing the wheel.
>> "Greg Maxey" <gmaxey DeleteThis @mIKEvICTORpAPAsIERRA.oSCARrOMEOgOLF> wrote in
>> message news:##M9ZBiCJHA.5196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Posting here for lack of a better place. I wonder if this group
>>> will one day be changed to menustoolbarsandribbon ?
>>>
>>> I began experimenting with the Ribbon gallery control yesterday. Initial
>>> objective was to create a custom tab/group that contains
>>> galleries of categorized buildingblocks. The user clicks the
>>> category, chooses a buiidling block in the gallery and the buidling
>>> block is inserted at the IP.
>>>
>>> I have achieved success with a single gallery and feel I am ready to
>>> move on adding more galleries.
>>>
>>> You can see resulting ribbon, the XML and VBA used to create it at:
>>>
>>> http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/scratch_pad.htm >>>
>>> I thought it would be nice if the BBs in the gallery showed as a
>>> preview (similiar to the built-in galleries) vice just an icon image
>>> and label. I have been searching for the past few hours through the
>>> customUI schema and in VBA to find some sort of attribute or method
>>> that would specify and display a preview in my galleries and I have
>>> come up empty. I don't mind continuing my search if necessary, but it
>>> would be nice
>>> to no if the needle is really in the haystack >>>
>>> Does anyone know if you can somehow put the previews of building
>>> blocks into custom galleries? I know that they exist, because after
>>> creating a building block I can see its preview in the Building
>>> Block organizer.
>
(Msg. 7) Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 5:09 pm
Post subject: Re: Custom Ribbon Galleries [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Yes. I also find it lacking that you can't duplicate functionally and
visually a built-in group. Width of comboboxes particularily
--
Greg Maxey - Word MVP
My web site http://gregmaxey.mvps.org
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
"Beth Melton" <bmelton.RemoveThis@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:ORHARmSEJHA.612@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> I've found this type of thing to be a bit lacking when it comes to trying
> to recreate what Microsoft created, such as in-Ribbon galleries, adding
> your own previews to a gallery, and as previously noted, the ability to
> modify all properties of a built-in control. I'm hoping the next version
> provides more flexibility.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Beth Melton
> Microsoft Office MVP
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton > What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs >
> Guides for the Office 2007 Interface:
> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx >
>
> "Greg Maxey" <gmaxey.RemoveThis@mIKEvICTORpAPAsIERRA.oSCARrOMEOgOLF> wrote in message
> news:Ob5Ur3OEJHA.3476@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Beth,
>>
>> No. No reason other than I was simply trying to see if there was a way
>> to create the previews in a custom vice built-in control for the purpose
>> of having complete control of the control.
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Beth Melton wrote:
>>> Hi Greg,
>>>
>>> Is there a reason you don't want to simply add a built-in custom
>>> gallery instead? For example you can add the CustomGallery1 by using
>>> the following:
>>> <gallery idMso="CustomGallery1" visible="true" size="large"
>>> label="Custom BB Gallery" imageMso="ControlLogo"/>
>>>
>>> By using the built-in control not only do you get the previews but the
>>> previews will also update if you change the theme, provided of course
>>> that your building blocks are theme-enabled. The one drawback I've
>>> found, though, is some properties, such as ScreenTips, can't be
>>> modified for the built-in controls. But even with this drawback I'm
>>> all for not reinventing the wheel. >
>>> "Greg Maxey" <gmaxey.RemoveThis@mIKEvICTORpAPAsIERRA.oSCARrOMEOgOLF> wrote in
>>> message news:##M9ZBiCJHA.5196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> Posting here for lack of a better place. I wonder if this group
>>>> will one day be changed to menustoolbarsandribbon ?
>>>>
>>>> I began experimenting with the Ribbon gallery control yesterday.
>>>> Initial objective was to create a custom tab/group that contains
>>>> galleries of categorized buildingblocks. The user clicks the
>>>> category, chooses a buiidling block in the gallery and the buidling
>>>> block is inserted at the IP.
>>>>
>>>> I have achieved success with a single gallery and feel I am ready to
>>>> move on adding more galleries.
>>>>
>>>> You can see resulting ribbon, the XML and VBA used to create it at:
>>>>
>>>> http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/scratch_pad.htm >>>>
>>>> I thought it would be nice if the BBs in the gallery showed as a
>>>> preview (similiar to the built-in galleries) vice just an icon image
>>>> and label. I have been searching for the past few hours through the
>>>> customUI schema and in VBA to find some sort of attribute or method
>>>> that would specify and display a preview in my galleries and I have
>>>> come up empty. I don't mind continuing my search if necessary, but it
>>>> would be nice
>>>> to no if the needle is really in the haystack >>>>
>>>> Does anyone know if you can somehow put the previews of building
>>>> blocks into custom galleries? I know that they exist, because after
>>>> creating a building block I can see its preview in the Building
>>>> Block organizer.
>>
>
>
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