I can use custum ui editor for Excel and Word VBA projects to add custom buttons on the ribbon with XML.
I have an Outlook-project (VBAProject.otm) and would like to do the same thing, to add buttons to the ribbon so when I'm deploying the custom buttons move with it.
I don't wont to use VSTO, only VBA.
Any suggestions?
Unlike other Office applications, in Outlook VBA macros can't be used for customizing the ribbon UI. You need to develop a COM add-in (for example, a VSTO based one). Take a look at the following articles:
Walkthrough: Creating a Custom Tab by Using the Ribbon Designer
Walkthrough: Creating a Custom Tab by Using Ribbon XML
The Fluent UI (aka Ribbon UI) is described in depth in the following series of articles:
Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 1 of 3)
Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 2 of 3)
Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 3 of 3)
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I have created a dropdown menu with a ComboBox and a small macro.
This dropdown menu only works when I switch to presentation mode.
However, I want to use the dropdown in the edit mode, as a template. Is there a simple way to do this.
I have already found some posts about this topic, but no real solution yet.
You can customize the ribbon UI instead. In that case your custom UI will be available in the edit mode. See Customize the Office Fluent ribbon by using an Open XML formats file for more information.
The Fluent UI (aka Ribbon UI) is described in depth in the following series of articles:
Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 1 of 3)
Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 2 of 3)
Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 3 of 3)
You may also find the Custom UI Editor helpful.
Is it possible to take a pre-existing button from the ribbon, Shape Fill from the Shape Styles category for example, and display it in a VBA userform?
My add-in manages a large number of shapes, and I would like to allow the user to style those shapes based on the category that they are in in the add-in.
I have read that a color dialog does not exist for us to use in VBA, so I'm trying to think of a way to work around that. Recreating all of the fill, outline, and effects menus seems like too much, there has to be a better way.
No, built-in ribbon controls can be used on the ribbon only. As a workaround you may consider using any ActiveX custom controls on your form.
Also you may consider creating a custom UI on the ribbon. In that case you will be able to add built-in ribbon controls to your own tab by specifying its idMso value. The full list of control IDs can be found in the following documents:
Office 2010 Help Files: Office Fluent User Interface Control Identifiers
Office 2013 Help Files: Office Fluent User Interface Control Identifiers
Office 2016 Help Files: Office Fluent User Interface Control Identifiers
Read more about the Fluent UI (aka Ribbon UI) in the following series of articles:
Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 1 of 3)
Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 2 of 3)
Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 3 of 3)
I'm using Visual Studio 2008. It is possible to add a Webbrowser item to a Form item, but is it possible to add a Webbrowser item to a Ribbon item ?
Or is there another way of showing a Web Page on the Ribbon ?
There is something called Ribbon-XML, may that do the job ?
Or is it possible to bind a Form (inheriting a Webbrowser) to the Ribbon ?
No, there is no way to place any third party controls on the ribbon except the ones defined by the Ribbon scheme.
Instead, you may consider placing a web browser control on a custom task pane. See Custom Task Panes for more information in MSDN.
Read more about the Fluent UI (aka Ribbon UI) in the following series of articles in MSND:
Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 1 of 3)
Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 2 of 3)
Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 3 of 3)
When I move mouse over a Ribbon item in my custom Outlook Addin, there is a tooltip which mentions the name of the Addin and a link "Tell me more". Upon pressing this, it directs me to MS Lynk web page. How can I customize this in order to be directed to an alternative link.
The Fluent UI doesn't provide anything for that. You can read more about the Fluent UI (aka Ribbon UI) in the following series of articles in MSDN:
Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 1 of 3)
Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 2 of 3)
Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 3 of 3)
I want to create a button like the 'Private' button when creating a new appointment/meeting. So that the button freeze in the mouse hover style when it gets clicked.
I create the button in the VBA project like this:
Set objCBC = objCB.Controls.Add(Type:= --WHICHTYPE--, _
Temporary:=True)
So does anybody know which type of button should be applied here??
Command bars were deprecated. You need to use the Fluent UI (aka Ribbon UI) instead. Unfortunately Outlook doesn't allows to customize the Fluent UI with VBA, you need to develop an add-in instead. You can read more about the new UI in the following series of articles in MSDN:
Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 1 of 3)
Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 2 of 3)
Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 3 of 3)
See the toggleButton control in the list of available controls.