Custom control on ribbon

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   Hi,

I have a ribbon bar in VB6 - Active-x and I would like to add a large label and a shape to it. I've been reading the posts and have seen it suggested that I have to put them in a picturebox and then add the picturebox to the ribbon.

So I put the label and shape into a picturebox in design mode then I declared the control:

Dim ControlClock As XtremeCommandBars.CommandBarControlCustom

then I add the control to the group:

Set ControlClock = GroupDocumentViews.Add(XtremeCommandBars.XTPControlType.xtpControlCustom, ID_CLOCK, "", False, False)

and change the control handle to equal the picturebox handle:

ControlClock.Handle = picClock.hDC

but nothing gets added to the ribbon. I can not find an example of how to do this - just a general description of what to do.

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cdman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 15 April 2008 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote cdman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Custom control on ribbon Posted: 15 April 2008 at 2:45am
	Hi, I have a ribbon bar in VB6 - Active-x and I would like to add a large label and a shape to it. I've been reading the posts and have seen it suggested that I have to put them in a picturebox and then add the picturebox to the ribbon. So I put the label and shape into a picturebox in design mode then I declared the control: Dim ControlClock As XtremeCommandBars.CommandBarControlCustom then I add the control to the group: Set ControlClock = GroupDocumentViews.Add(XtremeCommandBars.XTPControlType.xtpControlCustom, ID_CLOCK, "", False, False) and change the control handle to equal the picturebox handle: ControlClock.Handle = picClock.hDC but nothing gets added to the ribbon. I can not find an example of how to do this - just a general description of what to do.

younicke Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 11 March 2005 Status: Offline Points: 107	Post Options Post Reply Quote younicke Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 April 2008 at 2:59am
	ControlClock.Handle = picClock.hDC this should be ControlClock.Handle = picClock.hWnd