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Hugo Faisca
Hugo Faisca

Reputation: 9

Adding a Ribbon Checkbox that is checked by default? (Pwp add in - C# and Xml)

XML code:

<checkBox 
           id="Fill"
           label="F"
           getPressed="CheckedByDefault"
/>

C# code:

public void CheckedByDefault(Office.IRibbonControl control)
        {
            RibbonCheckBox ch =  control;
            ch.Checked = true;
         }

I am not able to declare the RibbonCheckbox in this way and, therefore, not able to access and modify its "Checked" property.

Any ideas??

Upvotes: 0

Views: 922

Answers (3)

Guillaume
Guillaume

Reputation: 1

a bit late, but here is the answer :

Ribbon xml:

<checkBox 
       id="Fill"
       label="F"
       getPressed="CheckedByDefault"
/>

C#:

public bool CheckedByDefault(Office.IRibbonControl control)
{
     return true;
}

It will check by default the checkbox.

Also, you can't do this:

RibbonCheckBox ch =  control;

Because what you get with the method is a control. To get a "RibbonCheckBox", you need to create it with the factory. Read this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.office.tools.ribbon.ribbonfactory?view=vsto-2022

I hope it will help you :)

Upvotes: 0

K_M
K_M

Reputation: 386

I know this is an old post but I was looking for a good example of how to do this and was unable to find a good example. I finally figured it out and thought I'd post to help someone else in the future.

You could set the value in the XML for the checkbox control as follows-

enabled="true"

Another option is to set the checkbox dynamically by setting a property to true or false to toggle it on or off as follows-

public static string YourPropertyValue
    {
        get;
        set;
    }

 public bool CheckedByDefault(IRibbonControl ribbon)
    {
        //Check Checkbox
        if (YourPropertyValue == true)
        {
            return true;
        }

        //Uncheck Checkbox
        else
        {
            return false;
        }
    }

Upvotes: 0

Hugo Faisca
Hugo Faisca

Reputation: 9

Solved:

C# code:

public void CheckedByDefault(Office.IRibbonControl control)
    {
        return true;
    }

Upvotes: 0

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