Add RibbonGroup to the Tab of another plugin

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Add RibbonGroup to the Tab of another plugin
 
Jeroen Koolen




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Hello,

I would like to add a RibbonGroup to the Tab of another PlugIn.
I know the namespace of the other addin and the idQ of the tab.

<customUI xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2009/07/customui"
xmlns:QDS="dStyle.Word">
<tab idQ="QDS:DOCT" >

I tried using the same name space for my add-in express project but where can i specify the idQ within my project?

I looked at https://www.add-in-express.com/docs/net-ribbon-components.php#sharing-ribbon-controls but can't get it to work.

Regards,

Jeroen Koolen
Posted 18 Feb, 2016 06:08:57 Top
Andrei Smolin


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Hello Jeroen,

See https://www.add-in-express.com/docs/net-ribbon-components.php#sharing-ribbon-controls.


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Posted 18 Feb, 2016 06:25:20 Top
Jeroen Koolen




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Hello Andrei,

Thats the same article as I metioned in my post :-)
I understand the principle of it, but where can I add the iDQ.
Can I edit the XML files directly? I am using VB.net

Gr. Jeroen
Posted 18 Feb, 2016 06:32:59 Top
Andrei Smolin


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That article provides a link for an example. You get the XML in the OnRibbonBeforeLoad event of the add-in module; see e.Xml.


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Posted 18 Feb, 2016 06:44:40 Top
Jeroen Koolen




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Hello Andrei,

My apologies for the late response. I was away for a couple of days.

The "e.XML" suggestion wasn't totally clear to me, but with tis keyword I found this Thread: https://www.add-in-express.com/forum/read.php?FID=5&TID=11331
I rewrote the code for VB.Net and got it working!

It looks like I can't combine the "OnRibbonBeforeLoad" with the Ribbons I created using the graphical designer.
I only get the Ribbon I hard coded in XML and not all the other ones. Is there a way to combine them? Or is it possible to get the XML-output of the graphical designer so I can include in in the "e.XML"?

Regards,

Jeroen Koolen
Posted 23 Feb, 2016 00:55:13 Top
Andrei Smolin


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Hello Jeroen,

The OnRibbonBeforeLoad event after Add-in Express generates the Ribbon XML using the settings of the Ribbon controls from the add-in module; the event occurs before that Ribbon XML is supplied to Office.

You can parse the XML generated and modify it as required. Merging XMLs is not supported.


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Posted 23 Feb, 2016 03:34:53 Top
Jeroen Koolen




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Hello Andrei,

So I have to add the full XML to the "e.XML" variable.
How can I parse the XML generated by the graphical designer?
When I search my VB.Net project folder I can't find any XML files.

Regards,

Jeroen Koolen
Posted 23 Feb, 2016 03:48:46 Top
Andrei Smolin


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When the event occurs, e.Xml contains the Ribbon XML generated by Add-in Express.


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Posted 23 Feb, 2016 03:55:06 Top
Jeroen Koolen




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Hello Andrei,

That's Why I couldn't find it :-)
I put a break-point in the code of the OnRibbonBeforeLoad and added a watch to e.XML
The XML value is visible now.

I tried changing the idQ value using e.XML = Replace(e.XML, "idMso=""TabHome""", "idQ=""QDS:DOCT""")
The text string is replaced correctly, but after the modification the buttons aren't displayed anymore.

I entered the entire string in e.XML via a string an discovered that the following code causes the problem: onload=""ribbonLoaded_Callback""

When I also remove this code it work fine.

Thanks for all the help.

Regards,

Jeroen Koolen
Posted 23 Feb, 2016 16:27:00 Top
Andrei Smolin


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You are welcome!


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Posted 24 Feb, 2016 03:51:51 Top