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Hi

In the ribbon bar example when we run the application OnRibbonGalleryInitContent is called internally.

Is there any way to call the function explicitly whenever we need that.

In my application it is getting called whenever i click on the ribbon tab inside which gallery is placed

Thanks in Advance

The OnRibbonGalleryInitContent() is called when the ribbon gallery control is created. If you need to access the in-place ribbon gallery control:

UINT nRibbonGalleryButtonID = . . .
CExtRibbonBar * pRibbonBar = . . .
INT nIndex = pRibbonBar->CommandToIndex( nRibbonGalleryButtonID );
    if( nIndex < 0 )
        return . . . // gallery is not visible
CExtBarButton * pTBB = pRibbonBar->GetButton( nIndex );
    ASSERT_VALID( pTBB );
CExtRibbonGalleryWnd * pWndRibbonGallery =
        STATIC_DOWNCAST(
            CExtRibbonGalleryWnd,
            pTBB->CtrlGet()
            );
    ASSERT_VALID( pWndRibbonGallery );

Hi

Thanks a lot.

A little question about the UINT nRibbonGalleryButtonID declared above.
What should this ID be declared or is this the same ID when we create the gallery e.g
CExtRibbonNodeGallery * pNodeQuickStyles =new CExtRibbonNodeGallery(nRibbonGalleryButtonID, NULL, 0, GroupName );
because when i am taking this ID to get nIndex

INT nIndex = pRibbonBar->CommandToIndex( nRibbonGalleryButtonID ); if( nIndex < 0 ) return ;
it is returning -1.

Thanks

Yes, you should use the identifier of the ribbon gallery node.

Another thing is when i create the CExtRibbonNodeGallery using new statement like above it is not calling OnRibbonGalleryInitContent
however when i clikc on the tab which contains the gallery init function is called.

In the ribbon bar example also it is not called on tab click of ribbon bar
What could be reason

thanks

The ribbon gallery controls exist only as part of ribbon gallery buttons. The ribbon bar keeps buttons for the selected ribbon tab page only.

Hi

Another question in context of above OnRibbonGalleryInitContent is first parameter of this function is "CExtRibbonGalleryWnd & wndRG"
If i want to make use of this in some different function how i can define the same and make use of that for e.g
wndRG.ModifyToolBoxWndStyle( __TBWS_ZERO_HEIGHT_CAPTIONS );

Thanks

The answer to your previous message in this thread explains how to access the ribbon gallery control. So you can change it from everywhere and anytime.