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Upgrading your Add-Ins to Support the Ribbon User Interface

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Adam Nagy
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I thought I should share some more of the work that was done for the last Autodesk University.  This class covered how to upgrade your add-in to use the ribbon user interface.  It was one of the new virtual classes and the video is available.  However, the paper contains all of the information in the video plus some additional material that I didn’t have time for in the video.

The paper answers the following questions:

  1. From a user’s perspective, what is the ribbon user interface?
  2. Can my VBA macros work with the ribbon?
  3. Will my existing add-ins work with the ribbon?
  4. How does the API support the ribbon?
  5. What do I need to consider when adding my buttons to the ribbon?
  6. What do I do about the classic interface?

Below are links to the paper and some sample programs.

Paper
Sample Programs

Comments

3 responses to “Upgrading your Add-Ins to Support the Ribbon User Interface”

  1. Bobby Salazar Avatar
    Bobby Salazar

    Just a inquiry, we have this file extensions (.nwf & .nwc) can we open it in Inventor Programs or do we need to install another sofware to view or edit the said file. or can we do Inventor 3d modeling base on this file extensions. / or can we open and save the file to a different file extensions? Preferablt in invertor Programs.
    Please advice.
    Thanks,
    Bobby Salazar

    Reply
  2. Tomas Nissila Avatar
    Tomas Nissila

    Hello!
    There was a good information to make one button to the fileBrowser.
    Is it possible to programm header and many buttons on it to the fileBrowser? I mean just like:
    Manage: Projects, Migrate, … (many buttons).

    I tried to do it on some ways. One is below:

    Dim fileControl As CommandControl = UIManager.FileBrowserControl
    Dim ManagCombo As CommandControl = _
    fileControl.AddPopup(m_Manag, m_Projec, , , “AppiPropertiesWrapperCmd”)

    ManagCombo.AddButton(m_Projec)

    Thank you for your any help,
    -Tomas N

    Reply
  3. Mike V Avatar
    Mike V

    Have things changed much for 2011? If so, could you update the sample files?
    Very helpful information!
    Thanks,
    Mike V.

    Reply

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