Hello Dave,
Yes, I agree that this demand makes sense to some points, but the scenario
here is quite complicated. I have searched on the web, and did not find any
existed tool or codes to do so. I intend to help, but whether it is
achievable really depends on which controls and which properties and events
of the controls we are using in the Office 2007 ribbon?
Before going, we have to realize that the controls on ribbon cannot be
mapped to the command bar control in a one-to-one way. For example, we
cannot find the exact corresponding control in the command bar for the
SplitButton and Gallery in the ribbon. Even, we do have combobox in both of
the ribbon and the command bar. But their properties and events may behave
differently.
Take the combobox for example,
*In the Command bar mode, we can call the CommandBarComboBox.AddItem() to
add an item directly. But in the ribbon mode, we have to implement the
getItems callback and then call ribbon.Invalidate() to add or remove an
item dynamically.
*In the Command bar mode, we can set the CommandBarComboBox.Width to modify
the length of the comboBox control. But in the ribbon mode, we have to set
its sizeString attribute to placeholder string which reflects its width.
If we use any getXXX callbacks function in the ribbon, it will be very
difficult to create a tool which can convert the ribbon xml to command bar
codes automatically. There are too many things to be considered carefully
and the converted codes may have many places to adjust according to the
real requirement. So, my opinion it is not worth of writing codes for this
objective. It is a convoluted way. What do you think about it?
Best regards,
Ji Zhou (
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