RibbonBar - problem to find parent control

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   I'm using in a Ribbonbar SplitPopupControls. At the runtime controls are enabled and disabled in dependency of the state of the program. So it could be situation that all child controls of a SplitPopupControl are disabled. In this case I want to disable also the SplitPopupControl itself and vize versa. 
Please see the following function for enabling or disabling a CommandBarControl. 

The Enabled state of the control is changed and also it's checked if the control is placed in a SplitPopupControl. If yes, then all child controls of the SplitPopupControl are checked for their enabled-property. This is working, my problem is to set the Enabled property of the SplitPopupControl.

Please help me.

        private void EnableCommandControl(int commandid, bool enablecommand)
        {
            // Find control
            XtremeCommandBars.CommandBarControl ctrl = RibbonBar().FindControl(null, commandid, null, true);
            if (ctrl != null)
            {
                // Enable/disable control
                ctrl.Enabled = enablecommand;

                if (ctrl.Parent.Type.ToString() == "xtpBarTypePopup")
                {
                    // ctrl is child of a popup
                    XtremeCommandBars.CommandBar parentctrl = (XtremeCommandBars.CommandBar)ctrl.Parent; // <--- works, but I'm thinking this isn't the correct approach
                    //XtremeCommandBars.CommandBarControl parentctrl = (XtremeCommandBars.CommandBarControl)ctrl.Parent; // <--- fails, but this would be better because CommandBarControl has an Enabled property.

                    if (parentctrl != null)
                    {
                        bool isenabled = false;
                        foreach (XtremeCommandBars.CommandBarControl childctrl in parentctrl.Controls)
                        {
                            // search through all controls of the parentcontrol
                            if (childctrl.Type.ToString() == "xtpControlButton")
                            {
                                if (childctrl.Enabled)
                                {
                                    isenabled = true;
                                    break;
                                }
                            }
                        }
                        // here I want to change the Enabled property of SplitPopupControl, but it fails.
                        parentctrl.Enabled = isenabled; // <---- doesn't work, because the CommandBar hasn't the property "Enabled"
                    }
                }
            }
        }

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iamgtd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 February 2009 Status: Offline Points: 131	Post Options Post Reply Quote iamgtd Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: RibbonBar - problem to find parent control Posted: 05 November 2009 at 9:44am
	I'm using in a Ribbonbar SplitPopupControls. At the runtime controls are enabled and disabled in dependency of the state of the program. So it could be situation that all child controls of a SplitPopupControl are disabled. In this case I want to disable also the SplitPopupControl itself and vize versa. Please see the following function for enabling or disabling a CommandBarControl. The Enabled state of the control is changed and also it's checked if the control is placed in a SplitPopupControl. If yes, then all child controls of the SplitPopupControl are checked for their enabled-property. This is working, my problem is to set the Enabled property of the SplitPopupControl. Please help me. private void EnableCommandControl(int commandid, bool enablecommand) { // Find control XtremeCommandBars.CommandBarControl ctrl = RibbonBar().FindControl(null, commandid, null, true); if (ctrl != null) { // Enable/disable control ctrl.Enabled = enablecommand; if (ctrl.Parent.Type.ToString() == "xtpBarTypePopup") { // ctrl is child of a popup XtremeCommandBars.CommandBar parentctrl = (XtremeCommandBars.CommandBar)ctrl.Parent; // <--- works, but I'm thinking this isn't the correct approach //XtremeCommandBars.CommandBarControl parentctrl = (XtremeCommandBars.CommandBarControl)ctrl.Parent; // <--- fails, but this would be better because CommandBarControl has an Enabled property. if (parentctrl != null) { bool isenabled = false; foreach (XtremeCommandBars.CommandBarControl childctrl in parentctrl.Controls) { // search through all controls of the parentcontrol if (childctrl.Type.ToString() == "xtpControlButton") { if (childctrl.Enabled) { isenabled = true; break; } } } // here I want to change the Enabled property of SplitPopupControl, but it fails. parentctrl.Enabled = isenabled; // <---- doesn't work, because the CommandBar hasn't the property "Enabled" } } } }
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chrisABC Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 05 June 2008 Status: Offline Points: 258	Post Options Post Reply Quote chrisABC Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 November 2009 at 11:38am
	This section of the Forum is for ActiveX components. You should get better answers if you post the question in the Section for C# code.
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iamgtd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 February 2009 Status: Offline Points: 131	Post Options Post Reply Quote iamgtd Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 November 2009 at 11:43am
	I'm using the ActiveX version...
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chrisABC Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 05 June 2008 Status: Offline Points: 258	Post Options Post Reply Quote chrisABC Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 November 2009 at 11:54am
	Sorry, I was confused by your C sample code. I only speak Visual Basic :-) There is a Section of the Forum for C++, with a sub Forum Command Bars. Maybe you would get better answer in there.
	Chris (Manchester, UK) -- www.abc6.co.uk ---- Using CodeJock ActiveX Suite 13.1.0 with Windows8, VB6 SP6

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 November 2009 at 12:38pm
	Hi, You need "ctrl.CommandBar " instead of ctrl.Parent. but I ерштл better to change code for Update architecture like our samples do - user can copy this control to Quick access and you will have 2 instances for same Id.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS