Ribbonbar not dislplaying

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   I have code to create a ribbon bar on a MDI parent form, I used the same code in 2 different projects and am getting different results. In one when the width of the form is too small for all the buttons to fit the entire group dissapears, on the other the group turns into a dropdown that can be clicked on to display the buttons. I can't figure out why the difference. 

What am I missing? What could change this behavior? I am attaching a image so you can see what I mean, the image is the one where the group becomes a dropdown, I want this same behavior on both projects.

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wakerunner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 29 September 2007 Status: Offline Points: 85	Post Options Post Reply Quote wakerunner Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Ribbonbar not dislplaying Posted: 22 December 2007 at 2:45am
	I have code to create a ribbon bar on a MDI parent form, I used the same code in 2 different projects and am getting different results. In one when the width of the form is too small for all the buttons to fit the entire group dissapears, on the other the group turns into a dropdown that can be clicked on to display the buttons. I can't figure out why the difference. What am I missing? What could change this behavior? I am attaching a image so you can see what I mean, the image is the one where the group becomes a dropdown, I want this same behavior on both projects.

Bernie Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 05 July 2007 Location: Taiwan Status: Offline Points: 109	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bernie Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 December 2007 at 3:13am
	in the options set WrapLargePopups >< possibly
	Bernie Ho, Planning Manager + IELTS specialist + part-time programmer Taiwan, R.O.C

wakerunner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 29 September 2007 Status: Offline Points: 85	Post Options Post Reply Quote wakerunner Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 December 2007 at 11:23am
	Thanks for the reply, but that does not change the behaviour. I found out the difference in my code, why it behaves one way in one project and not the other. In the project where the groups dissapear instead of turning into a dropdown I have code in the form resize event of the MDI child that sets some of the buttons on the ribbon to visible=false, if I skip this code it behaves the way I want. Only problem is I have to be able to set some of the buttons to be not visible as I load or unload different forms. Does anybody know how to implement this? I tried the all of the below with no luck. ribbonbar.RecalcLayout ribbonbar.RedrawBar CommandBars.Options.WrapLargePopups = True

wakerunner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 29 September 2007 Status: Offline Points: 85	Post Options Post Reply Quote wakerunner Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 December 2007 at 11:40pm
	Found the fix, don't know why this fixes the problem but it does. I'll post it here in case it can help somebody else with the same problem. Below is the code I was using to loop through the buttons and make the desired buttons visible and others not visible. For a% = 1 To main1.CommandBars.ActiveMenuBar.Controls.Count Select Case main1.CommandBars.ActiveMenuBar.Controls(a%).id Case 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 17, 21 main1.CommandBars.ActiveMenuBar.Controls(a%).visible=true'* Case Else main1.CommandBars.ActiveMenuBar.Controls(a%).visible=false'* End Select Next a% I replaced the lines above with *** with the line below and it fixed the problem. main1.CommandBars.FindControl(,main1.CommandBars.ActiveMenuBar.Controls(a%).id).Visible = True or main1.CommandBars.FindControl(,main1.CommandBars.ActiveMenuBar.Controls(a%).id).Visible = False

gaudetm Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 September 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 134	Post Options Post Reply Quote gaudetm Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 December 2007 at 5:56pm
	what about using the commandbars_update event?

wakerunner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 29 September 2007 Status: Offline Points: 85	Post Options Post Reply Quote wakerunner Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 December 2007 at 6:02pm
	I ffixed the problem by replacing the code below: CommandBars.ActiveMenuBar.Controls(a%).visible=true With the line below CommandBars.FindControl(,CommandBars.ActiveMenuBar.Controls(a%).id).Visible = True Don't know why it makes a difference, but it works.