Ribbon Sample

Description »

This sample uses the Ribbon Control from José Menéndez available here. While the Ribbon Control is available in C# you can compile it easily using the VFP Developer Studio.

Here is the screenshot of the first tab of the Ribbon in a VFP Form:

And here is the second tab:

The Control model follows as :

• A ribbon is composed by several RibbonTabs. Each tab is a RibbonTab. You add a tab by using oRibbon.Tabs.add(oTab)
• A RibbonTab is integrated by several panels. Each panel is a RibbonPanel. You add a panel by using oTab.Panels.Add(oPanel)
• In each Panel you put the desired RibbonButton, RibbonTextBox.RibbonButtonList, RibbonButtonSeparator.

The first tab show a Paste a RibbonButton with some items inside it is created in the InitControl method. Below is the expanded version when clicked in the arrow:

Example »

LOCAL oTab,oButton, oItem

 

* Tab home

oTab = CLRCreateObject("System::Windows::forms::RibbonTab")

oTab.Text = "Home"

 

 

* Creating first panel

oPanel = CLRCreateObject("system::windows::forms::RibbonPanel")

oPanel.Text = "Clipboard"

oPanel.ButtonMoreEnabled = .F.

 

* Creating button paste

oButton = CLRCreateObject("system::windows::forms::RibbonButton")

oButton.Text = "Paste"

oButton.Image = THISFORM.GetImage("Paste16.gif")

oButton.Style = RibbonButtonStyle_SplitDropDown

 

* Adds button  to panel

oPanel.Items.Add(oButton)

 

* And now adds the panel to the tab

oTab.Panels.Add(oPanel)

 

******** Add the first tab *********

THIS.Tabs.Add(oTab)

 

Remarks »

The most important code is in the InitControl method of the netRibboncontrol control. See the form.

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