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Hi all,

I am currently using v3.1 of Elegant Ribbon (will upgrade soon) and I am having a problem with setting the property called CustomTitleBarEnabled to true.  It wont allow me to set it to true.  It stays at a value of False.  Any suggestions?

I’m pretty satisfied with the current v3.3 release features with a office 2010 like theme. But I’m also look forward to next release. Hopefully it will have a office 2010 like backstage view control and a floating mini toolbar will be a bonus. Are the two features included? And when will you guys release the next version? One month later? Or two. No need to be specific, but the approximate date. Please give a quick answer so I can decide whether wait for your implementation in next version or just implement by myself.

Thank you for the feature request. The next version, v.3.4, is scheduled for release later in December. Unfortunately it doesn’t contain these features. But the backstage view is scheduled for release in February 2010. We hope its beta will be released earlier. As for the floating mini toolbar, we plan to add it a bit later. We have a list of features that we plan to add including but not limited to dockable panels and tabbed MDI so it is not always obvious which feature should go first.

Thank you for your quick response. Call me crazy, but I want to know what new features you are adding or changes you’re making to the v3.4 release compare to v3.3? I’m sorry that I’m so impatient.

The features include a new Windows 7 theme for the ribbon, masked edit, better performance, configurable collapse order for ribbon groups, bug fixes and more. We plan to release it next week.

That’s good. I can’t wait to try it out. Esp the better performance. I can’t wait to try it out.

Hi all,

I have added some images to my resources area in Visual Basic 2005 Professional and I am looking to add images to the .LargeImage.Normal property via code for the Ribbon.Button in Elegant Ribbon v3.1. 

The image itself is in the My.Resources namespace.  How do I add this?  I am asked to enter in a "state as system Enum" but not sure what that means.  Thanks in advance

Hi.



I redisplay MDI Child Form,,but getting OutOfMemoryException.

The message is "Error creating window handle".



Add Form1(Rename ParentForm) and Form2(Rename ChildForm).

Add button1 and button2 on the ParentForm.



a part of source code of ParentForm



    public partial class ParentForm : Form

    {

        ChildForm childForm1 = new ChildForm();

        ChildForm childForm2 = new ChildForm();

        public ParentForm()

        {

            InitializeComponent();

            this.IsMdiContainer = true;

            childForm1.MdiParent = this;

            childForm2.MdiParent = this;

            childForm1.Show();

            childForm2.Show();

        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            childForm1.Show();

        }

        private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            childForm2.Show();

        }

    }



a part of source code of ChildForm



    public partial class ChildForm : Form

    {

        void ChildForm_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)

        {

            if (e.Cancel == false)

            {

                e.Cancel = true;

                this.Visible = false;

            }

        }

    }



Run and Close ChildForm1 and ChildForm2.

Push the button2.



Result:

Error was displayed , saying that "Error creating window handle".



Thanks.

Thank you for the bug report. We reproduced it succesfully and will include the fix in the upcoming release.

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Thank you for your report. Unfortunately we failed to reproduce what you have reported. At least we cannot reproduce the problem with Ribbon UI sample. May it be that there is some specific context that causes this behavior? Could you elaborate on this?

1. The quick access toolbar is above the ribbon...



... and I can minimize and maximize the ribbon correctly.



2. Now I put the quick access bar below the ribbon.



3. I can minimize the ribbon





but when I’m trying to maximize it again the error occurs

Thank you for the details. We would like to ask you to check if you are using the version available from our web site:

ElegantRibbonSetup-v.3.3.0.exe (32,114,515 bytes)

The thing is that, using the above version, we cannot reproduce the bug.

Thank you for your advice!

I’ve downloaded the setup you recommended and the error doesn’t occur.

Previously I was using also 3.3 version but the setup file was ElegantRibbonSetup-v.3.3.exe (32 116 716 bytes).

I have added a Tab Page in Elegant Ribbon v3.1 and then added a RibbonGroup.  Then to that RibbonGroup, I added a Button.  I went to add an image in ICO format to the button but it’s not displaying in the button.  It displays within the properties page without issue but not on the button in design time or run time.  Please advise.

Hi.

I change theme,but getting ArgumentException:

Visual Studio 2005.C#
Elegant Ribbon v3.3.0

Create VS2005 Project.
Add Form1 and Form2
Add button1 on the Form1
Add ribbon1 and comboBox1 on the Form2.

a part of source code of Form1

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Form2 form2 = new Form2();
form2.Show();
}

a part of source code of Form2

private void comboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
switch (comboBox1.SelectedIndex)
{
case 0:
SkinManager.LoadEmbeddedTheme(EmbeddedTheme.Office2007Blue, Product.Ribbon);
break;
case 1:
SkinManager.LoadEmbeddedTheme(EmbeddedTheme.Office2007Black, Product.Ribbon);
break;
case 2:
SkinManager.LoadEmbeddedTheme(EmbeddedTheme.Office2007Silver, Product.Ribbon);
break;
}
}

Run and push the button1 to show the form2.
Close the form2.
Push the button1 again and select list of comboBox1 to change theme.

Result:
Error was displayed , saying that "ArgumentException".

Can I change theme of re-display ribbon form?

Thanks.

Yes.The exception message is ’child’ is not a child control of this parent."

Thanks.

1. Elegant.Ui.DateTimePicker  - it would be good existed buttons of change of year for this control.

2. Elegant.Ui.Panel - I have MDI project and i placed panel-control in my child form. When i open my child form then the panel load in a slower  pace .I can do something in this case?

3.Elegant.Ui.ComboBox - I add some items in my control. I need when i open items list and press some symbol (a,b or something else) in my keyboard it changes selected item automatically with base of letter that I have stepped.

1. Could you clarify your question?
2. It is quite strange. Could you send us a test project that illustrates the issue.
3. Do you mean auto-selection in combo-box drop-down list? If yes, this is not currently supported.

Elegant.Ui.DateTimePicker  - if i try write 1920 in control then year change automatically 2020...what can i do?

Hello,

How can I hide a popup menu?

When a button on the popup is clicked, the code takes a moment to run. During this time, the popup is frozen and on top of all active windows.

I’m trying to find out how to force the popup to hide (and if necessary redraw the form). I’ve tried calling popup.hide, doevents, etc., but the popup remains visible.

Thanks for your help!

Its working now...thanks.

Thanks for the reply.

I tried the suggestion, but it is not working. using ’ popup.hide(false) ’ causes the popup to fade somewhat, but it is still visible.

I also tried adding this code after popup.hide:

do
application.doevents
loop until popup.visible=false

.....but the popup says it is hidden while it is still visible.

I can’t run this particular code in a background thread because it needs to be on the UI thread.

Thanks for your help!

You can obtain the Form object(the main popup window) by calling Popup.GetForm() before you hide the popup. Using its properties you can know whether the main popup window is still visible or not. Please tell us about the results.

1. In your RibbonUISample, how does this sub (Protected Overrides Sub PaintBackground) get called (ControlPanel.vb)?  I tried finding it in MainForm.vb but was unsuccessful.  2. To learn your ribbon tool, I’ve tried duplicating your code in my own sample application, which can’t seem to access this sub.  I was unable to use the "Overrides" descriptor in my app due to the error: "Cannot use overrides because sub Paintbackground does not override a sub in the base class".  These two questions are related any help would be great.  Thanks in advance.

Is it possible to place user controls on the ribbon?  I have a user control that was created from a MS textbox, but I cannot seem to put it into the ribbon.

Probably, it has nothing to do with the ribbon control. From which text box did you derive your custom control: the standard or Elegant.Ui.TextBox?

It is from the standard textbox.  If I click on the form, it is available in the toolbox.  I can drag it from there onto the ribbon and the ribbon seems to accept it, but if I click on the ribbon first, the custom component tab disappears so that it is not available.  While the first way seems to work, the event that is supposed to fire on validation does not happen when the field is exited which makes me think it isn’t working correctly even though I got it into the ribbon.

The reason for that behavior is that the ribbon itself cannot be the parent of a text box. The only container for the text box inside the ribbon is a ribbon group. You should select a ribbon group in the designer to make your text box visible in the toolbox. As for the Validating event, the ribbon control is more like a menu so the Validating event is not supported for the standard controls inside the ribbon, you can subscribe the text box LostFocus event instead.

I have a custom textbox that I created.  If I go to a standard windows form it is available as a component in the toolbox.  When I click on an area of the ribbon bar though, that component disappears so that I cannot drag it onto the ribbon.

   static void Main()

        {

            ProcessDpiAwareSettings.IsProcessDpiAware = true;

            SkinManager.DefaultTheme = EmbeddedTheme.Office2007Black;



            Application.EnableVisualStyles();

            Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);

            Application.Run(new MainForm());

        }

and after i change theme for my forms and elements like this

  SkinManager.LoadEmbeddedTheme(EmbeddedTheme.Office2007Blue, Product.Common); but the Ribbon elemnt it does not change.

only the moment where it opens the program. What can i do?

thanks...now it works...))

In the Office 2007 Word Application for example.  Under the main button (top left circular button with the "New", "Save", "Save As", buttons etc. each button under the "Save as" option has some button description text.  Is their a way to show this information using your ribbon tool?

Hello,

I’ve noticed that when placing a Panel control in a ribbon group and then dropping a TextBox control on it, the LabelText property no longer responds and the text is not visible as a result. This happens with both the original ribbon Panel as well as the transparent one. I haven’t tried setting the LabelText property programmatically, but it can’t be set with the Properties window when the control is sitting on a Panel that’s for sure. Is this by design? Thank you.

-L

I’ve added a Ribbon control to my form, and when I tried adding a control or two to the group box on the ribbon tab I found it impossible to arrange the control layout. For example, adding a Label control to the group box by dragging from the ToolBox window places the Label in the top center of the group box. It isn’t possible to drag the label to another location within the group box as I normally would using WinForms Designer within VS as every time I try to drag it to a new location (say, to the vertical center of the group box) it snaps back to its default placement. What is the concept behind the layout behavior and what is the proper way to go about arranging my controls the way I want in the ribbon group boxes? Is there a little article somewhere? Do I have alignment options? Thank you.

Otherwise, so far the Ribbon looks great! Very impressive.

-L

We will prepare a sample illustrating a custom arrangement of the controls inside the ribbon group. We will provide it in 24 hours. Stay tuned.

I’ve given up on the Panel approach and am trying to work with the Ribbon control the way it "wants" me to, but I’m still having a heck of a time. I see in your RibbonGUI demo that you have a group labeled "Font" when the "Home" tab has focus. In the Font group you have two Label controls with drop down list box controls right next to them. They appear to have their vertical centers aligned.

I’ve been trying for the last hour (!!!) to duplicate this simple arrangement and I cannot. First a drop a Label control onto the group and change its Text property to whatever. The Label is now centered in the upper portion of the group and cannot be moved or resized. I then drop a Textbox control onto the group and it appears centered directly beneath the Label control. It cannot be moved or repositioned. There is no (intuitive) way that I can see to move the Textbox such that it is to the right of the Label control.

I’m starting to think that I have some fundamental misunderstanding of how this control is meant to be used. Does this Ribbon control, in fact, allow for unique arrangements of controls on its surface? If so, how? If not, how does one know a priori what the permissible patterns are?

-L

Try the following sample

Custom panel-based container

It uses a custom container inherited from Elegant.Ui.Panel and allows you to arrange child controls arbitrary. Please let us know if id does not help.

I see now. I had actually tried to change the Back Color property of the Panel to Transparent earlier to improve appearance, but I was trying to do it through the property window and of course was unable to. I didn’t think to derive from the Panel class and SetStyle(...). This will do I believe.

Thanks for doing that!

-L

Any ribbon group is compliant with the layout presented in Microsoft Office applications. In order to manually arrange controls, just add a Panel to your ribbon group and use it as a container for your controls.

Hello all,

I’ve just downloaded an evaluation version of Elegant Ribbon. After installing it, I can see the Ribbon Controls in the Toolbox of Visual Studio Pro 2008, but I also have a copy of Visual C# Express 2008 and the Ribbon controls do not show up in the toolbox there. How do I get the tools in C# Express? Thanks in advance.

-L

Great! Thank you.

I put Elegant.Ui.ComboBox into Elegant.Ui.StatusBar, and fill ComboBox items dynamically in runtime. But ComboBox width size set automatically for first selection item. How I can set width size for ComboBox in StatusBar constantly?

Thanks.

I am using  a gallery on a usercontrol. The gallery in the ribbon looks fine but the gallery on the user control is not effected by the formframeskinner.

How can i use a formframeskinner on my user control ?

Thanks a lot,

Martin

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The gallery control has some special appearance when used inside a ribbon group. The gallery appearance inside a UserControl is different, but it still depends on the selected theme. Your screenshot shows that the gallery is ok, it is supposed to look like that and there is no way to make it look the same as in the ribbon. Anyway you can play with the visiblity of certain gallery elements. Run the ControlsSample sample(it comes with the Elegant Ui installation) and selecte the "Gallery" tab page to see the ways you can customize it.