Ribbons, IDTExtensibility2, & shims

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Wei Lu [MSFT]

Hello Dave,

Since the Com Shim is published before Ribbon control, we did not provide
Ribbon support in Shim.

Currently, I did not get update from internal, I will check with them.

Sincerely,

Wei Lu
Microsoft Online Community Support

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Patrick Schmid [MVP]

That would have been me. If you are using the COM Shim Wizard from
Microsoft, then in fact there is no way to shim an add-in that uses the
Ribbon API. The problem is that your add-in needs to implement
IDTExtensibility2 and IRibbonExtensibility. Unfortunately, the COM shim
doesn't support IRibbonExtensiblity. MS is working on an updated version
of the shim wizard though.

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David Thielen

thank you both of you.

ALso, if you have any contact with the group doing the shim code - we
improved the shim code and I would be happy to give those improvements to MS
so they can have them in the new version.

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Patrick Schmid said:
That would have been me. If you are using the COM Shim Wizard from
Microsoft, then in fact there is no way to shim an add-in that uses the
Ribbon API. The problem is that your add-in needs to implement
IDTExtensibility2 and IRibbonExtensibility. Unfortunately, the COM shim
doesn't support IRibbonExtensiblity. MS is working on an updated version
of the shim wizard though.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

Someone here (I don't remember who) said that there was no way to get to the
Ribbon API for an IDTExtensibility2 AddIn that uses a shim. Is that false?
Can I just call the API from within my AddIn?

Also, if so, and samples out there anywhere?

--
thanks - dave
david_at_windward_dot_net
http://www.windwardreports.com

Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm
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Patrick Schmid [MVP]

If you can send it to me via email, I'll be sure to pass it on. You can
get my email address from my website.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

thank you both of you.

ALso, if you have any contact with the group doing the shim code - we
improved the shim code and I would be happy to give those improvements to MS
so they can have them in the new version.

--
thanks - dave
david_at_windward_dot_net
http://www.windwardreports.com

Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm




Patrick Schmid said:
That would have been me. If you are using the COM Shim Wizard from
Microsoft, then in fact there is no way to shim an add-in that uses the
Ribbon API. The problem is that your add-in needs to implement
IDTExtensibility2 and IRibbonExtensibility. Unfortunately, the COM shim
doesn't support IRibbonExtensiblity. MS is working on an updated version
of the shim wizard though.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

Someone here (I don't remember who) said that there was no way to get to the
Ribbon API for an IDTExtensibility2 AddIn that uses a shim. Is that false?
Can I just call the API from within my AddIn?

Also, if so, and samples out there anywhere?

--
thanks - dave
david_at_windward_dot_net
http://www.windwardreports.com

Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm




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Hi David,

What kind of instructions do You have in mind? Customize Ribbon should
usually be done in the startup process.

MSFT has published an UI Style Guide for Solutions and Add Ins:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...38-434b-4ddd-9592-3749f6647105&displaylang=en

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