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Dear support,

I have a RibbonBar (CExtRibbonBar), where I need to reduce the default distance that exist between a Label control and an Edit Control (... placed in one line).

I tried to follow what you suggested at:http://www.prof-uis.com/prof-uis/tech-support/general-forum/in-one-line-label-and-editbox-with-ribbon-66282.aspx#@lt;/p>

But I really not able to release it. It is not clear to me the realation that exist with the custom class derived from "CExtRibbonNodeLabel" that I have to release and the "CExtRibbonButtonGroup", which includes the method "CExtRibbonButtonGroup::OnRibbonGetOuterGroupDistance()" that should be implemented.

Could you please show me a sample code that demonstrates how I can release it?

I am really going crazy!

Thanks!

Great!  That’s exactly what I was searching for !!!!!!!!

Many thanks Art.

Regards

A simple mode to control distance between 2 ribbon buttons:

class CExtRibbonButtonToolGroupEx : public CExtRibbonButtonToolGroup
{
public:
DECLARE_DYNCREATE(CExtRibbonButtonToolGroupEx);
CExtRibbonButtonToolGroupEx(
CExtRibbonPage * pBar = NULL,
UINT nCmdID = ID_SEPARATOR,
UINT nStyle = 0
) : CExtRibbonButtonToolGroup(pBar, nCmdID, nStyle)
{

}
virtual INT OnRibbonGetOuterGroupDistance(
bool bDistanceBefore
) const
{
INT nDistance = __super::OnRibbonGetOuterGroupDistance(bDistanceBefore);
return bDistanceBefore ? nDistance : 30;

}
}; // class CExtRibbonButtonToolGroupEx

IMPLEMENT_DYNCREATE(CExtRibbonButtonToolGroupEx, CExtRibbonButtonToolGroup);

class CExtRibbonNodeToolGroupEx : public CExtRibbonNodeToolGroup
{
public:
DECLARE_SERIAL(CExtRibbonNodeToolGroupEx);
CExtRibbonNodeToolGroupEx(
UINT nCmdIdBasic = 0L,
CExtRibbonNode * pParentNode = NULL,
DWORD dwFlags = 0L,
__EXT_MFC_SAFE_LPCTSTR strTextInToolbar = NULL,
LPARAM lParam = 0L
) : CExtRibbonNodeToolGroup(nCmdIdBasic, pParentNode, dwFlags, strTextInToolbar, lParam)
{

}
virtual CRuntimeClass * _OnRibbonGetButtonRTC()
{
return (RUNTIME_CLASS(CExtRibbonButtonToolGroupEx));
}

}; // class CExtRibbonNodeToolGroupEx

IMPLEMENT_SERIAL(CExtRibbonNodeToolGroupEx, CExtRibbonNodeToolGroup, VERSIONABLE_SCHEMA | 1);


CExtRibbonNode * CMainFrame::_InitRibbonNode_Home_Clipboard()
{
……………………………………………………..

CExtRibbonNodeGroup * pRibbonNode_LabelEdit = new CExtRibbonNodeToolGroup(123);
pRibbonGroup->InsertNode(NULL, pRibbonNode_LabelEdit);
{
CExtRibbonNodeGroup * pRibbonNode_LabelEdit2 = new CExtRibbonNodeToolGroupEx(123);
pRibbonNode_LabelEdit->InsertNode(NULL, pRibbonNode_LabelEdit2);
CExtCustomizeCmdTreeNode * pNodeIndentLabel = new CExtRibbonNodeLabel(123, NULL, 0, _T("Test"));
pRibbonNode_LabelEdit2->InsertNode(NULL, pNodeIndentLabel);
}
{
CExtRibbonNodeGroup * pRibbonNode_LabelEdit2 = new CExtRibbonNodeToolGroup(123);
pRibbonNode_LabelEdit->InsertNode(NULL, pRibbonNode_LabelEdit2);
CExtCustomizeCmdTreeNode * pTestTextField = new CExtRibbonNode(123);
pTestTextField->ModifyFlags(__ECTN_TBB_TEXT_FIELD);
INT nFontNameFieldWidth = g_PaintManager.GetPM()->UiScalingDo(143, CExtPaintManager::__EUIST_X);
pTestTextField->TextFieldWidthSet(nFontNameFieldWidth);
pRibbonNode_LabelEdit2->InsertNode(NULL, pTestTextField);
}

……………………………………………………..
}

Dear Art,

I already use the same code with my ribbon controls (with the excpetion that I use a fixed value with the method TextFieldWidthSet) and anyway, the one you posted doesn’t permit to control the distance between the ribbon buttons.

What I am trying to do (without any luck), it is to use the "CExtRibbonButtonGroup::OnRibbonGetOuterGroupDistance" virtual method with my own CExtRibbonNodeButton-derived class in order to specifically control the distance value of each button.

Your forum link (http://www.prof-uis.com/prof-uis/tech-support/general-forum/in-one-line-label-and-editbox-with-ribbon-66282.aspx) reports that this is possible to implement it, but not a sample on how to release it effectively.

I tried to follow what your support team suggested with the above link, but it is not clear to me how implement the CExtRibbonButtonGroup::OnRibbonGetOuterGroupDistance() with my custom CExtRibbonNodeButton-derived class.

That’s it!

I really hope to receive a reply about this.

Regards

Try this code and let me know if it works for you solution.

CExtRibbonNodeGroup * pRibbonNode_LabelEdit = new CExtRibbonNodeToolGroup(123);
pRibbonGroup->InsertNode(NULL, pRibbonNode_LabelEdit);
CExtCustomizeCmdTreeNode * pNodeIndentLabel = new CExtRibbonNodeLabel(123, NULL, 0, _T("Test"));
pRibbonNode_LabelEdit->InsertNode(NULL, pNodeIndentLabel);
CExtCustomizeCmdTreeNode * pTestTextField = new CExtRibbonNode(123);
pTestTextField->ModifyFlags(__ECTN_TBB_TEXT_FIELD);
INT nFontNameFieldWidth = g_PaintManager.GetPM()->UiScalingDo(143, CExtPaintManager::__EUIST_X);
pTestTextField->TextFieldWidthSet(nFontNameFieldWidth);
pRibbonNode_LabelEdit->InsertNode(NULL, pTestTextField);

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