Word AddIn Menu for beginner??

[oxmax]

Hi everybody,

i'm trying to add a new Menu with about 5 items in it, which start
new document from a predesigned template.

I can use VST 2003 with .net 1.1 and no .Net support from Office (PIA)
I am familiar with VB.Net technologies, but not with C++ or C#. Th
result need to be only a .dll which can be registered via network logo
script and no setup procedure. I searched the web and found an exampl
from MS http://support.microsoft.com/kb/230689/en-us which works wit
the given OS restrictions. (Here is the direct link for the sourc
code
http://download.microsoft.com/download/office2000dev/update/1/win98/en-us/comaddin.exe)
But i don't know how to add a menu instead of a commandbar and add item
to this menu, which start a new document from special templates.

So if anyone have an idea to modify the example above or if i shoul
use any other technique, would be very very thankful.

cu
oxma

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi Oxmax,

i'm trying to add a new Menu with about 5 items in it, which start a
new document from a predesigned template.

A "dropdown Menu" is a CommandBar control of type msoControlButtonPopup. Such a control
has a CommandBar property that returns an object of that type. You can use this CommandBar
object, in turn, to create CommandBarButton controls (just like for a "toolbar", except
with a different setting for the Style property) or further popup buttons (sub-menus).

I can use VST 2003 with .net 1.1 and no .Net support from Office (PIA).
I am familiar with VB.Net technologies, but not with C++ or C#. The
result need to be only a .dll which can be registered via network logon
script and no setup procedure. I searched the web and found an example
from MS http://support.microsoft.com/kb/230689/en-us which works with
the given OS restrictions. (Here is the direct link for the source
code:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/office2000dev/update/1/win98/en-us/comaddin.exe).
But i don't know how to add a menu instead of a commandbar and add items
to this menu, which start a new document from special templates.

So if anyone have an idea to modify the example above or if i should
use any other technique, would be very very thankful.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Andrei Smolin]

Oxmax,

See a free Built-in Controls Scanner at the Add-in Express Web-site,
the home for COM add-in development tools
(http://www.add-in-express.com/downloads/controls-scanner.php).

Andrei Smolin
Add-in Express Team Leader