Hello,



I have a problem that I can't solve for a long time now ;-(

When I open 2 documents created with the same .dotm template, both documents share the same instance of the custom ribbon.

For example: if I click on a toggleButton in one of the 2 opened documents, the TB in the other document goes to the same state.

Could someone give me some hints or help me to solve this very difficult problem and/or has someone already done this experience?

Thanks in advance!
David

PS: just for information, when you open 2 documents based on the same template, the loading of the custom ribbon is done only once, i.e. Sub MyRibbon_OnLoad(ribbon As IRibbonUI) is executed only once, when loading the first document

Can you show us an example template that we can do testing on - it is kind of arduous to create one before we can start testing ideas on a solution

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Andrew Lockton
Chrysalis Design, Melbourne Australia

The ribbon is an application object, not a document object.

Your code needs to handle the DocumentChange event so that you can refresh the ribbon when the active document changes.

Your toggle buttons also need to have GetPressed callbacks so that the button reflects the current state of the property that is being toggled.

Thanks a lot Guessed and Italophile!

I will do some more testing and keep you posted!

- Italophile, yes the ribbon should be an application object and that's why I was surprised by the behavior I encountered. I'll move some lines of code to my App_DocumentChange event. As for the getPressed and getEnabled callbacks, after trying the same code in each, I have no change.

- Guessed, yes we will do that if I can't optimize my current code.

The solution in the meantime that I have, is the following: for each opened document I have a unique temporary variable, in which is indicated the TB activated for this document. If I change the document on the screen, I take the value of the temporary variable of the document and I activate its TB... with that I don't have any problem but it's true it's a DIY.

Have a nice day,
David

You should get yourself a copy of RibbonX: Customizing the Office 2007 Ribbon.

getPressed and getEnabled do very different things so the code should definitely not be the same.

Here is an example of how getPressed is used.

Your DocumentChange event should check whether the active document is based on your template and, if so, refresh the ribbon.

Thanks for your feedback, Italophile !

yes getEnabled and getPressed are of course different, it's just that in another post you talked about GetEnabled or GetVisible callbacks. So I had tried 2-3 things to see if it could change something to the problem.

Here is what I understand: getEnabled for the enabled attribute of the element (if the element is grayed or not), getPressed to know the state of the element (if it is pressed/selected or not), and onAction for the action to be taken.

I hope to have some time today to do some testing.

Have a nice day,
David

I had my objRibbon's statement in Public, maybe that didn't help. I put it in Private.

Hi Italophile and Guessed!

After recoding my button group (only one selected TB at a time), plus adding a variable and managing it to indicate the selected TB of the current document (ActiveDocument.Variables.Add Name:="TBx" & ActiveDocument.Name, Value:="BT1 or....") and activeDocument.Variables("TBx" & ActiveDocument.Name).Value = "BT1 or...", everything seems to be working fine for the open documents.

While waiting to optimize better the code, I use this solution.

Good luck to you and thanks again for your help!
David