Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Windows Ribbon for WinForms v2.1 – Now with Visual Basic samples and number of new series entries too

Arik Poznanski's Blog - Windows Ribbon Framework - Visual Basic .NET Samples

“Since so many people asked, I’ve created a Visual Basic .NET version of the Windows Ribbon for WinForms samples using Instant VB by Tangible Software Solutions.

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Windows Ribbon for WinForms - RibbonLib (v2.1)

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RibbonLib_v2.1.zip
source code, 1105K, uploaded Today -

RibbonLib, version 2.1
A .NET library for using Windows Ribbon in WinForms applications

Note: you must have the Windows 7 SDK installed in order to compile the project.

C# and Vb.NET Sample applications included:

  • 01 - AddingRibbonSupport - Empty WinForms application with basic Ribbon support.
  • 02 - ApplicationMenuButton - WinForms application with Ribbon that contains an application menu with some buttons.
  • 03 - MenuDropDown - WinForms application with DropDownButton and SplitButton inside an application menu.
  • 04 - TabGroupHelp - WinForms application that uses Tabs, Groups and HelpButton.
  • 05 - Spinner - WinForms application that demonstrates the use of a Spinner control in the ribbon.
  • 06 - ComboBox - WinForms application that demonstrates the use of a CombBox control in the ribbon.
  • 07 - RibbonColor - WinForms application that shows how to change the ribbon global colors.
  • 08 - Images - WinForms application that shows how to work set images dynamically in the ribbon.
  • 09 - Galleries - WinForms application thats uses DropDownGallery, SplitButtonGallery and InRibbonGallery.
  • 10 - CheckBox - WinForms application that uses CheckBox and ToggleButton control in the ribbon.
  • 11 - DropDownColorPicker - WinForms application that demonstrates the use of a DropDownColorPicker control in the ribbon.
  • 12 - FontControl - WinForms application that demonstrates the use of a FontControl control in the ribbon.
  • 13 - ApplicationModes - WinForms application that demonstrates the use of ApplicationModes.
  • 14 - ContextualTabs - WinForms application that demonstrates the use of ContextualTabs.
  • 15 - ContextPopup - WinForms application that demonstrates the use of ribbon context popups.
  • 16 - RecentItems - WinForms application that demonstrates the use of ribbon recent items.
  • 17 - QuickAccessToolbar WinForms application that demonstrates the use of quick access toolbar.
  • 18 - SizeDefinition WinForms application that demonstrates the use of custom layout templates.

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Since I first blogged about this very cool series, Windows 7 Ribbon for WinForms – Yes you can…), not only have there been a number of new entries added (see below) but the latest drop now VB samples too!  :)

Arik Poznanski's Blog - Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 0 – Table of Contents

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 16 – ApplicationModes: How to work with ribbon application modes.
Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 17 – ContextualTabs: How to work with ribbon contextual tabs.
Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 18 – ContextPopup: How to work with ribbon context popup.
Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 19 – RecentItems: How to work with ribbon recent items control.
Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 20 – QuickAccessToolbar: How to work with the ribbon quick access toolbar.
Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 21 – SizeDefinition: How to define custom size definitions for ribbon group elements.

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