CXTPControl* GetControlPath(int nID, CXTPControls* pControls, CPtrArray& arr)
{
 int nCount = pControls->GetCount();

 for (int i = 0; i < nCount; ++i)
 {
  CXTPControl* pControl = pControls->GetAt(i);

  if(nID == pControl->GetID())
  {
   return pControl;
  }

  if (pControl->GetCommandBar() != NULL)
  {
   CXTPControl* p = GetControlPath(nID, pControl->GetCommandBar()->GetControls(), arr);
   if (p)
   {
    arr.InsertAt(0, pControl);
    return p;
   }
  }  
 }
 return NULL;
}

CXTPControl* GetControlPath(CXTPCommandBars* pCommandBars, int nID, CPtrArray& arr)
{
 int nCount = pCommandBars->GetCount();
 for (int i = 0; i < nCount; ++i)
 {
  CXTPToolBar* pBar = pCommandBars->GetAt(i);
  
  CXTPControl* pControl = GetControlPath(nID, pBar->GetControls(), arr);
  if (pControl)
   return pControl;
 }

 return NULL;
}

void CMainFrame::OnViewShowHide(UINT nID)
{
 int CmdID = ID_EDIT_PASTE_SPECIAL;

 CPtrArray arrPath;
 CXTPControl* pControl = GetControlPath(GetCommandBars(), CmdID, arrPath);
 if(!pControl)
  return;

 for (int i = 0; i < arrPath.GetSize(); i++)
 {
  CXTPControl* pControl = (CXTPControl*)arrPath.GetAt(i);

  pControl->GetParent()->SetTrackingMode(TRUE, FALSE, TRUE);
  pControl->GetParent()->SetSelected(pControl->GetIndex(), TRUE);
  pControl->GetParent()->SetPopuped(pControl->GetIndex());
 }

 pControl->GetParent()->SetTrackingMode(TRUE, FALSE, TRUE);
 pControl->GetParent()->SetSelected(-1);

 DWORD dwSleep = 100;
 int nCnt = 4;

 pControl->GetParent()->UpdateWindow();
 AfxGetApp()->PumpMessage();
 
 for (int ii = 0; ii < nCnt; ii++)
 {
  {
   CClientDC dc(pControl->GetParent());
   dc.Draw3dRect(pControl->GetRect(), 0xFF, 0xFF);
  }
  Sleep(dwSleep);
  
  pControl->RedrawParent(0);
  pControl->GetParent()->UpdateWindow();
  Sleep(dwSleep);
 }
}

 

This works fine until I come to items on a popup menu.  In that case, the call only highlights the icon portion of the menu, as shown on the left.  I would like to highlight the entire menu entry, as shown on the right.

 

 

 

I get the desired "look" when the user mouses over the menu, but I can't figure out how to get there programmatically. 

 

Additionally, I would like to do this with commands that are currently inactive (disabled).  I've tried enabling the command temporarily, but the command-active code kicks in and re-disables the command before the display happens.  I'd rather not involve the command-active code with this (rather peripheral) functionality, but can't figure out a way to get around that.

 

I've attached modifications to the ribbon sample to show how I got this far (uploads/20080124_121530_ribbonsamplecod.zip).  I'd appreciate any suggestions on how to complete this task.

 

Thanks!

 

--Mike