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I’m currently using your trial version of the Ribbon Control and got an error while showing a dialog and right clicking on the form with the ribbon control.  

The Source:

"Elegant.Ui.Ribbon"

The Message:

"Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

Here is the stack trace:  

   at Elegant.Ui.Ribbon.OnInputSpyMouseUp(InputSpyMouseEventArgs e)

   at Elegant.Ui.Ribbon.RibbonInputSpyListener.Elegant.Ui.IInputSpyMouseListener.OnInputSpyMouseUp(InputSpyMouseEventArgs e)

   at Elegant.Ui.InputSpy.NotifyAboutMouseUpEvent(IInputSpyMouseListener[] listeners, MouseButtons buttons, Int32 x, Int32 y, IntPtr hwnd)

   at Elegant.Ui.InputSpy.MouseHookProc(Int32 nCode, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam)

   at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.PeekMessage(MSG& msg, HandleRef hwnd, Int32 msgMin, Int32 msgMax, Int32 remove)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ComponentManager.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IMsoComponentManager.FPushMessageLoop(Int32 dwComponentID, Int32 reason, Int32 pvLoopData)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.ShowDialog(IWin32Window owner)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.ShowDialog()

   at ProjectMage.ProjectMageForm.ProjectMageForm_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:\[project path]\ProjectMage.cs:line 41

   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl()

   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()

   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)

   at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)

   at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)

   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

 

Target Site:

{Boolean OnInputSpyMouseUp(Elegant.Ui.InputSpyMouseEventArgs)}

 

I can keep recreating the error if need be.

My comany recently bought the ribbon. I have the same problem. Do you guys fix the problem yet?

If not, do you know any ways to fix the problem without waiting for the new release?

 

We have fixed this bug in the version 3.1. It’s available for download on our website.

Sure.

By the way, this error seems to also appear randomly at startup as well, same type of error, with same information, different trace. Note that, in the test project, only your ribbon is used.

Here is the test project.

Once you are in debug mode, a dialog will automatically show, wait a bit and just right click on the main form. I’ve tested it 4 times and recieved the error each test.

Note that I use Windows XP SP2 with .Net 3.5 and Visual Studio Express 2008.

This is the second trace i got:

   at Elegant.Ui.Ribbon.OnInputSpyMouseUp(InputSpyMouseEventArgs e)

   at Elegant.Ui.Ribbon.RibbonInputSpyListener.Elegant.Ui.IInputSpyMouseListener.OnInputSpyMouseUp(InputSpyMouseEventArgs e)

   at Elegant.Ui.InputSpy.NotifyAboutMouseUpEvent(IInputSpyMouseListener[] listeners, MouseButtons buttons, Int32 x, Int32 y, IntPtr hwnd)

   at Elegant.Ui.InputSpy.MouseHookProc(Int32 nCode, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam)

   at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.PeekMessage(MSG& msg, HandleRef hwnd, Int32 msgMin, Int32 msgMax, Int32 remove)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ComponentManager.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IMsoComponentManager.FPushMessageLoop(Int32 dwComponentID, Int32 reason, Int32 pvLoopData)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form mainForm)

   at RibbonErrorTest.Program.Main() in C:\[projectpath]\RibbonErrorTest\Program.cs:line 18

   at System.AppDomain._nExecuteAssembly(Assembly assembly, String[] args)

   at System.AppDomain.ExecuteAssembly(String assemblyFile, Evidence assemblySecurity, String[] args)

   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.HostProc.RunUsersAssembly()

   at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)

   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)

   at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()

 

Thank you for reporting the problem. We will fix it in the next release.

Sure.

By the way, this error seems to also appear randomly at startup as well, same type of error, with same information, different trace. Note that, in the test project, only your ribbon is used.

Here is the test project.

Once you are in debug mode, a dialog will automatically show, wait a bit and just right click on the main form. I’ve tested it 4 times and recieved the error each test.

Note that I use Windows XP SP2 with .Net 3.5 and Visual Studio Express 2008.

This is the second trace i got:

   at Elegant.Ui.Ribbon.OnInputSpyMouseUp(InputSpyMouseEventArgs e)

   at Elegant.Ui.Ribbon.RibbonInputSpyListener.Elegant.Ui.IInputSpyMouseListener.OnInputSpyMouseUp(InputSpyMouseEventArgs e)

   at Elegant.Ui.InputSpy.NotifyAboutMouseUpEvent(IInputSpyMouseListener[] listeners, MouseButtons buttons, Int32 x, Int32 y, IntPtr hwnd)

   at Elegant.Ui.InputSpy.MouseHookProc(Int32 nCode, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam)

   at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.PeekMessage(MSG& msg, HandleRef hwnd, Int32 msgMin, Int32 msgMax, Int32 remove)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ComponentManager.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IMsoComponentManager.FPushMessageLoop(Int32 dwComponentID, Int32 reason, Int32 pvLoopData)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form mainForm)

   at RibbonErrorTest.Program.Main() in C:\[projectpath]\RibbonErrorTest\Program.cs:line 18

   at System.AppDomain._nExecuteAssembly(Assembly assembly, String[] args)

   at System.AppDomain.ExecuteAssembly(String assemblyFile, Evidence assemblySecurity, String[] args)

   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.HostProc.RunUsersAssembly()

   at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)

   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)

   at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()

 

Would you send us a test project that illustrates the issue?

Is Elegant Support Any button in Title Bar / Caption Bar.

If it is not there is there are idea you are doing it or not.

Hello,

(vb2005 /  Elegant Ribbon 3.0)

how can i set Elegant.Ui.ApplicationMenuSeparatorInformativeness.FixedLevel to

 "SeparatorWithText" with Code?

I use following Code but it dont works:

Dim va As Elegant.Ui.ApplicationMenuSeparatorInformativeness
va = Me.Separator3.Informativeness
Separator3.Informativeness.FixedLevel = va.MaximumLevel

Thanks



Gunter

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks!

Can I Use Elegant Ribbon Control With UserControl?

1.I Create VS2005 Project.

2.I add UserControl.

3.I put Elegant Ribbon Control(ex.Elegant.Ui.NumericUpDown) on the UserControl.

4.I build projct.

5.I register the UserControl int the ToolBox.

5.I Create WindowsApplication Project.

6.I put the two UserControls on the Form.

7.I delete the two UserControls.

8.The error was displayed , saying that "Object with the this Id has not been registered".

I’m evaluating the Ribbon product. It looks great.

However, i have right now two issues :

1) About the gallery control

I’m trying to create a dropdown gallery with a button with an image on a form (directly with the gallery control and the informativeness property), but i’m not able to put an image left align to the left on the drop down button. The image always appears on the center behind the text on the button. This behaviour is different if you have the gallery on the ribbon : here, you can align the image on the left; top...etc.

Is it a bug or a missing feature? It would be great to have a simple way to specifiy the image alignement on a dropdown gallery button.

2) About the Skin

It seems to be possible to modify skin, but the save method on SkinManager crashes and the resulting xml file is not very human-modifiable (lots of binary structure). Will you provide a simple way to edit skin? It would be nice to be able to change easely the Skin just with a single main color (as DotNetBar Ribbon control for example works).

Thanks for your support.

We have several control dialogs that are derived from CExtControlBar. The problem is that if these dialogs are floating instead of docked, they show up in the list of windows given by alt-tab in vista (or by using the "alt-tab replacement" powertoy - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx).

The usual method of solving this is to give the control bar the WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW extended style, but that doesn’t work because in CExtDockMiniFrameWnd::OnWindowPosChanging the extended styles defined by:

#define __REMOVED_STYLES_EXTENDED     (WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW|WS_EX_STATICEDGE|WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE|WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME)

are always removed from the window.

Is there a reason that WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW has to be removed, or some other way to remove a toolwindow from the alt-tab list?

I would appreciate any help you could give.

I also would like to know how to show the progress or processing of the application on the ribbonbar.

I have tried it by loading different png into the Ext filebutton but the image that gets loaded first is not changing.

Is it possible to show the progress in this way?

Hello

I have used only 2.1 until now, and that was crashing by some clients when they were using another DPI as the standard 96dpi.

Is this fixed in 3.0?

THanks

Sven

Hello,

Elegant Ribbon 3.0, vb2005

How can i add a Comobox Item with Screentip an Image with Code in vb2005.
The Images are store in a Imagelist.

I can add a Combobox Item without Image and Screentip with:

ComboBoxControl.Items.Add("MyCombobox")

Thanks
Gunter

Hello,

I found it.

Comboboxcontrol.Items.Add(New ComboboxItem("Name",Image,"Screentip"))

Thanks.
Gunter

Hello,

Please, can you give me a litte example for vb2005?

Thanks.
Gunter

If you need to modify combo box items collection dynamically, you should work with the ComboBox.Items collection directly instead of setting DataSource. In this case all you need is to add an items to this collection in a button click event handler.

Hello,

thanks.

I found the sample Code in our Samples.

Ok. This Sample adds 2 ComboboxItems and works fine.

How can i add with a Button Click another (third) Combobox Item?

Text ="Item 3"
Screentip = "My next ComboBoxitem"
Image=imgList1.Images("myImage")

Hello,

Elegant Ribbon 2.2, vb2005

i want to set up an Text /Label for a Button in a ButtonGroup (Like Office Ribbon XML)

<customUI xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/01/customui">
<ribbon startFromScratch="false">
<tabs>
<tab id="MyTab" label="My Tab">
<group id="MyGroup1" label="Sample ButtonGroups">
<button id="MyButton1" label="Button alone" imageMso="_1"
onAction="MyButton1CallbackOnAction"/>

<buttonGroup id="myButtonGroup1">
<button id="MyButton2" imageMso="_2"
label="Button 2" onAction="MyButton2CallbackOnAction"/>
<button id="MyButton3" imageMso="HappyFace" label="OK?"
onAction="MyButton3CallbackOnAction" />
</buttonGroup>
<buttonGroup id="myButtonGroup2">
<button id="MyButton4" imageMso="FormatPainter" label="Paint"
showLabel="false" onAction="paint" />
<toggleButton idMso="Bold" />
<toggleButton idMso="Underline" />
<toggleButton idMso="Italic" />
</buttonGroup>

</group>
</tab>
</tabs>
</ribbon>
</customUI>

see also: http://www.accessribbon.de/en/?Access_-_Ribbons:Ribbon_XML___Controls:ButtonGroups

How can i do this?

Best regards
Gunter Avenius

Hello,

Thats not nice :-(

Best regards
Gunter

Hello,

I love your ui controls! Nice job.

One thing, though. Can I make the combo box style a drop down list instead of a true combo? If so, how?

Thank you in advance,
Paula

Thank you for the information...if it were a snake!

Hello,

i want list all Controls on a RibbonCroup (in vb2005)

i use:

For Each Ribbonctl In RibbonGroup.Controls
Me.lstControls.Items.Add(Ribbonctl.Name)
Next Ribbonctl

this works.
But it works not when a ButtonGroup is avalible in the RibbonGroup.

How can i get a List with all Controls in a RibbonCroup (with all ButtonGroups and all Controls in the ButtonGroup)

Thanks and best regards
Gunter

Thanks!

Hello,

Can I use Gallery control without Ribbon?

Thanks,
Alex.

Thanks. I’m alreday waiting for it.

It’s rather important for us to use Gallery and Ribbon styled in the same way.

Hello

How can I download Version 2.1?

Thanks

Hello.

We are evaluating Ribbon control and trying to find the way to include Gallery component into DropDown control insetad of regular ’context menu’ popup.

The behavior we need is very similar to Gallery in ’compressed’ mode, when it hides items and shows drop down control with specified fixed icon.

Is this possible?

When you place a gallery in a ribbon, it can have one of the following informativeness levels (see figure below):

a) DropDownSmallImage
b) DropDownLargeImage
c) Expanded



You can learn how to manage control informativeness from Adjusting Adaptive Layout.

If it is not what you want to know, please let us know.

Thanks in advance. Your unswer was helpful for me!

Leonid.

Thanks for the answer. There are few examples of what i’m looking for:

http://www.mangoorange.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/putting-the-powerful-excel-to-word-step-1.png
http://blogs.tamtam.nl/Ferry/content/binary/MarginGallery-9-21-2005.png

Thanks,
Leonid.

Thank you for your interest in Elegant Ribbon. In general, it is understandable what you are looking for. But would you send us a screenshot that illustrates what you mean? You can send it to support@prof-uis.com. Thank you.

Hi, I’ve downloaded an evalution version 2.2 of Elegant Ribbon. Among others there is a control named NavigationBar.
In its description it’s written: "Represents a control that allows the user to navigate between content sections".

Is there some more detailed of this control.
What I managed to do is to add buttons and separators between them - as I understood in such way the sections are created.
Is there some more functionality in this control. I actualy need a control which will provide sliding sections with some other controls in them.

Another QAT question: When I add a checkbox control to the QAT it will call the command OK, but I want to use the state of the checkbox to set a class level variable:

myBool = CheckboxTest.Checked;

This works fine when I check/uncheck the checkbox on the form, but when I check/uncheck the QAT checkbox, we get out of sync - that is the command appears to execute before checkbox on the form changes state. Any ideas?

Thanks

We will look into the problem and let you what is wrong as soon as possible. Meanwhile you can try another approach, which we believe is more preferable when using commands. Just subscribe to the Command.DataChanged event of the command associated with CheckboxTest if you want to be informed of data changing independently of any control. You can use the command’s Data property and cast it to a CheckState enum so you can determine if the user checked or cleared the check box.

Is it possible to make controls from a form other than the one that contains the ribbon available to the quick access toolbar? For example, on your RibbonUISample, there is an options form. Can the controls on the options form be added to the quick access toolbar on the main form?

Thanks

You can do this in code by adding a reference to a control to the Ribbon.QuickAccessToolbarControls collection. But there is no support for the Add to QAT item in the context menus for these controls. The full support for adding/removing controls to/from QAT is available for in-ribbon controls only.