Method to refresh/update Word toolbar state

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Method to refresh/update Word toolbar state
 
Guillaume Aimetti




Posts: 2
 Joined: 2007-04-18
Hey,



I am writing a COM add-in for Word which implements my own toolbars. On my (developer) PC the toolbar button states update automatically after exiting the method.



However, on the testing machine the state of the button changes but visually it does not. i.e. a method causes the toolbar to become disabled but the buttons appear, visually, to be enabled but its actual state is disabled. The buttons will refresh/update themselves after I do something with Word e.g. minimize and then maximize!!!



I have tried a ScreenRefresh method of the application object. Is there any other way of forcing an update on Word?



Cheers



Guy
Posted 18 Apr, 2007 04:26:29 Top
Sergey Grischenko


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Posts: 7233
 Joined: 2004-07-05
Hi Guillaume.

Please try the following workaround to refresh the state of Office controls:

.....
button.Width++; button.Width--;
.....

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Posted 18 Apr, 2007 10:44:33 Top
Guillaume Aimetti




Posts: 2
 Joined: 2007-04-18
Hi Sergey,

I tried your workaround but it did not work. I did find a solution though:

if(commandBar.Visible == true)
{
commandBar.Visible = false;
commandBar.Visible = true;
}

Thanks for your help,

Guillaume
Posted 19 Apr, 2007 06:44:02 Top