Ribbon. Dynamic content for xtpControlButtonPopup

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   Hi all,

In my application (3D scene editor) i would like to populate the content of xtpControlButtonPopup dynamically  with the available cameras. (the amount of cameras can be determined by the user).

In Mainframe I currently create a ribbon group and hardcode the xtpControlButtonPopup:

CXTPRibbonGroup* pSceneCameras = pTabPageScene->AddGroup(ID_SCENE_CAMERAS);

CXTPControl* pCameraPopup = pSceneCameras->Add(xtpControlButtonPopup, ID_CAMERAS_LIST);

pCameraPopup->SetCaption(TEXT("<name_ of active camera>")); // TODO: do this somewhere at runtime 

pCameraPopup->GetCommandBar()->GetControls()->Add(new CXTPControlLabel(), ID_CAMERA_ACTIVE);

CXTPControl* pCameraItem1 = pCameraPopup->GetCommandBar()->GetControls()->Add(xtpControlButton, ID_CAMERA);

pCameraPopup->GetCommandBar()->GetControls()->Add(new CXTPControlLabel(), ID_CAMERA_AVAILABLE);

CXTPControl* pCameraItem2 = pCameraPopup->GetCommandBar()->GetControls()->Add(xtpControlButton, ID_CAMERA);

CXTPControl* pCameraItem3 = pCameraPopup->GetCommandBar()->GetControls()->Add(xtpControlButton, ID_CAMERA);

// separator

CXTPControl* pCameraItem4 = pCameraPopup->GetCommandBar()->GetControls()->Add(xtpControlButton, ID_CAMERA_NEW);

Q: is there an example i can look at that populates the xtpControlButtonPopup at runtime - or if it doesn't, what is the best way to do it.

Thanks

Bart

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Bart6 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 22 March 2009 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 20	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bart6 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Ribbon. Dynamic content for xtpControlButtonPopup Posted: 19 April 2009 at 11:39am
	Hi all, In my application (3D scene editor) i would like to populate the content of xtpControlButtonPopup dynamically with the available cameras. (the amount of cameras can be determined by the user). In Mainframe I currently create a ribbon group and hardcode the xtpControlButtonPopup: CXTPRibbonGroup* pSceneCameras = pTabPageScene->AddGroup(ID_SCENE_CAMERAS); CXTPControl* pCameraPopup = pSceneCameras->Add(xtpControlButtonPopup, ID_CAMERAS_LIST); pCameraPopup->SetCaption(TEXT("<name_ of active camera>")); // TODO: do this somewhere at runtime pCameraPopup->GetCommandBar()->GetControls()->Add(new CXTPControlLabel(), ID_CAMERA_ACTIVE); CXTPControl* pCameraItem1 = pCameraPopup->GetCommandBar()->GetControls()->Add(xtpControlButton, ID_CAMERA); pCameraPopup->GetCommandBar()->GetControls()->Add(new CXTPControlLabel(), ID_CAMERA_AVAILABLE); CXTPControl* pCameraItem2 = pCameraPopup->GetCommandBar()->GetControls()->Add(xtpControlButton, ID_CAMERA); CXTPControl* pCameraItem3 = pCameraPopup->GetCommandBar()->GetControls()->Add(xtpControlButton, ID_CAMERA); // separator CXTPControl* pCameraItem4 = pCameraPopup->GetCommandBar()->GetControls()->Add(xtpControlButton, ID_CAMERA_NEW); Q: is there an example i can look at that populates the xtpControlButtonPopup at runtime - or if it doesn't, what is the best way to do it. Thanks Bart

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: 20 April 2009 at 2:20am
	Hi, Check DynamicPopups sample.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Bart6 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 22 March 2009 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 20	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bart6 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 April 2009 at 4:40am
	Thanks Oleg, The dynamic Popup sample creates the content once, in the OnCreateControl member of CMainFrame. From then on, it doesn't change anymore (as far as i can see) What i'm looking for is that i set the content each time the user clicks on the control (so i can set the control content, based on an internal collection - that changes from time to time during the coarse of time) Bart

rdhd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 13 August 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 931	Post Options Post Reply Quote rdhd Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 April 2009 at 3:46pm
	You can obtain the popup at any time. You probably want to do that whenever your internal collection changes. Otherwise you will have to try and intercept the user's click (possibly by subclassing the popup control). Use the CXTPCommandBars::FindControl member to find your popup. A popup has its own command bar. So once you have the CXTPControlPopup returned from the first call, call the GetCommandBar member of the popup object and then the GetControls method of the command bar. Then it's probably easiest to simply call RemoveAll on the controls object and then repopulate the controls. No pun intended. if (CXTPCommandBars* pCommandBars = pMainFrame->GetCommandBars()) { if (CXTPControl* pControl = pCommandBars->FindControl(xtpControlError, nApplicationDefinedControlId, FALSE, TRUE)) { XTPControlType Type = pControl->GetType(); if( xtpControlPopup == Type ) { CXTPControlPopup* pPopupControl = (CXTPControlPopup)pControl; if( pPopupControl ) { CXTPCommandBar pCommandBar = pControl->GetCommandBar(); if( pCommandBar ) { CXTPControls popupControls = pCommandBar->GetControls(); if( popupControls ) { popupControls->RemoveAll(); for( int Index = 0; Index < nNumberOfNewControls; Index++ ) { popupControls->Add( ... ); } } } } } } } Above code not guranteed to compile. I copied some from an app and then modified in this reply ...

Bart6 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 22 March 2009 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 20	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bart6 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 April 2009 at 9:59am
	Thanks rdhd, good suggestion. I have the incoming events that camera's are added or removed - so i can handle the control there as you suggest. Cheers Bart