http://forum.codejock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:30:39 +0000 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:08:25 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 forum.codejock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=10453 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_images/codejock-logo.gif http://forum.codejock.com/ http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10453&PID=36586&title=ribbonbar-system-menu#36586 Author: chrisABC
Subject: 10453
Posted: 11 June 2008 at 4:08pm

Very useful posting -- thank you very much.


]]> Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:08:25 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10453&PID=36586&title=ribbonbar-system-menu#36586 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10453&PID=36581&title=ribbonbar-system-menu#36581 Author: SuperMario
Subject: 10453
Posted: 11 June 2008 at 1:47pm

It is magic

Actually that text is the default text in the standard MFC Resources.  Which is why you can't find it.  It is controlled by the ID given to the control.  In this case, 57606 or 0xE106.  If you want to use your own text then you can just use a different ID or manually set the Description text.  If no Description text is found it will use the default MFC string when using this ID.

These "special" default MFC resource ID can be found in AFXRES.h, which is a standard MFC file, not a Codejock file.

Just some commands from the file (not the ID is in Hexadecimal):

// File commands
#define ID_FILE_NEW                     0xE100
#define ID_FILE_OPEN                    0xE101
#define ID_FILE_CLOSE                   0xE102
#define ID_FILE_SAVE                    0xE103
#define ID_FILE_SAVE_AS                 0xE104
#define ID_FILE_PAGE_SETUP              0xE105
#define ID_FILE_PRINT_SETUP             0xE106
#define ID_FILE_PRINT                   0xE107
#define ID_FILE_PRINT_DIRECT            0xE108
#define ID_FILE_PRINT_PREVIEW           0xE109
#define ID_FILE_UPDATE                  0xE10A
#define ID_FILE_SAVE_COPY_AS            0xE10B
#define ID_FILE_SEND_MAIL               0xE10C

// Edit commands
#define ID_EDIT_CLEAR                   0xE120
#define ID_EDIT_CLEAR_ALL               0xE121
#define ID_EDIT_COPY                    0xE122
#define ID_EDIT_CUT                     0xE123
#define ID_EDIT_FIND                    0xE124
#define ID_EDIT_PASTE                   0xE125
#define ID_EDIT_PASTE_LINK              0xE126
#define ID_EDIT_PASTE_SPECIAL           0xE127
#define ID_EDIT_REPEAT                  0xE128
#define ID_EDIT_REPLACE                 0xE129
#define ID_EDIT_SELECT_ALL              0xE12A
#define ID_EDIT_UNDO                    0xE12B
#define ID_EDIT_REDO                    0xE12C

// Window commands
#define ID_WINDOW_NEW                   0xE130
#define ID_WINDOW_ARRANGE               0xE131
#define ID_WINDOW_CASCADE               0xE132
#define ID_WINDOW_TILE_HORZ             0xE133
#define ID_WINDOW_TILE_VERT             0xE134
#define ID_WINDOW_SPLIT                 0xE135

The text for these IDs can be found in MFC42.DLL

In short, if you don't like the text or need something different use a different ID from the list above or be sure to set the Description Text.

We recommend you use IDs from 100 to 9000 to avoid conflicts like this.  These IDs are not reserved in MFC or Codejock sources.  But as you can see, they can be useful, so they are an undocumented feature

Hope this clears things up.
]]> Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:47:34 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10453&PID=36581&title=ribbonbar-system-menu#36581 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10453&PID=36542&title=ribbonbar-system-menu#36542 Author: chrisABC
Subject: 10453
Posted: 11 June 2008 at 4:44am

Thanks. I see how to set my own Description Text for an item I create in code.

But I still cannot see where the Description Text in the Ribbon Sample comes from -- ie. I can see where the control is created in code, but there is no Description Text in any of the code I can see.  This remains a mystery, but it is not important.

A related question.   My Description Text appears nicely in the Popup Menu, and if I pause the mouse over it, that text then also appears in the StatusBar (ID=0).  This is sort of nice, but pointless.   Is it possible to turn Off the Description Text.visible  in the Menu, so you got useful extra text when you pause mouse on Menu, or to have some other property text automatically appear in the StatusBar, eg Tag or ToolTip?    Or am I missing the point somehow?
]]> Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:44:35 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10453&PID=36542&title=ribbonbar-system-menu#36542 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10453&PID=36500&title=ribbonbar-system-menu#36500 Author: SuperMario
Subject: 10453
Posted: 10 June 2008 at 10:57am

CommandBarControl->DescriptionText]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:57:03 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10453&PID=36500&title=ribbonbar-system-menu#36500 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10453&PID=36487&title=ribbonbar-system-menu#36487 Author: chrisABC
Subject: 10453
Posted: 10 June 2008 at 7:37am

Nobody knows the answer ??]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:37:09 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10453&PID=36487&title=ribbonbar-system-menu#36487 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10453&PID=36343&title=ribbonbar-system-menu#36343 Author: chrisABC
Subject: 10453
Posted: 06 June 2008 at 2:26am

I need to ask the same question.

Looking at the RibbonSample, when I run it the Print Setup menu has description text underneath of: "Change the printer and printing options".

Where is that description text stored????  I can't find it in any of the code.

I found the CommandBars Designer (right Click on CommandBars control and select Edit) and under Actions I found a Print Setup item with description as above -- however, when I try changing it and SAVE, it reverts back to its original text.

So maybe this is a built-in default item that can't be altered??
]]> Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:26:45 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10453&PID=36343&title=ribbonbar-system-menu#36343 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10453&PID=34578&title=ribbonbar-system-menu#34578 Author: markp.uk
Subject: 10453
Posted: 02 May 2008 at 2:51pm

Cheers, I found it about 10 minutes after i posted the question. 

Thanks for the assistance all the same.
]]> Fri, 02 May 2008 14:51:48 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10453&PID=34578&title=ribbonbar-system-menu#34578 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10453&PID=34571&title=ribbonbar-system-menu#34571 Author: joeliner
Subject: 10453
Posted: 02 May 2008 at 12:49pm

Hi,

its the description property. in your code put something like:
    AddButton PopupBar.Controls, xtpControlButton, ID_FILE_QUICKPRINT, "&Quick Print", False _
    , "Send the document directly to the default printer without making changes"

then have the addbutton function:
Private Function AddButton(Controls As CommandBarControls, ControlType As XTPControlType, Id As Long, _
Optional MCaption As String, Optional BeginGroup As Boolean = False, Optional description As String, _
Optional ButtonStyle As XTPButtonStyle = xtpButtonAutomatic) As CommandBarControl
   
    Dim Control As CommandBarControl
    Set Control = Controls.Add(ControlType, Id, MCaption)
    Control.BeginGroup = BeginGroup
    Control.DescriptionText = description
    Control.Style = ButtonStyle
    Set AddButton = Control
   
End Function

hope this will help :)
]]> Fri, 02 May 2008 12:49:08 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10453&PID=34571&title=ribbonbar-system-menu#34571 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10453&PID=34562&title=ribbonbar-system-menu#34562 Author: markp.uk
Subject: 10453
Posted: 02 May 2008 at 9:00am

In the ribbon bar sample you have a system menu with 3 print options in the popup bar, i may be missing something, but how do you set the descriptive text underneath the caption, as show highlighted below.


I have searched the code and image resources and cannot find any mention of this descriptive text.
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