Using a 3rd party control

[Richard Kelly]

I came across an open source ribbon control at:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/toolbars/WinFormsRibbon.aspx

Is there a way I can bring that into a FF project?

[Paul Squires]

I doubt it. Seems to be a .NET based control??? Is there an ActiveX/COM version?

[Richard Kelly]

I only know I've read in the accompanying article. I've never written a control before and I wonder about porting to a PB version since the source code is available. That would be a big stretch for me and likely fun...

Rick

[Rolf Brandt]

I checked the Control and it's source code. It is written in C# and is pure Net (.-(

[Michael Stefanik]

There already is a COM interface that's available in the UIRibbon.dll component. The documentation for it is on Microsoft's site at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd371191.aspx

The downside is that it's only available on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista and the examples are all for C/C++ programmers. There are some relatively inexpensive ActiveX controls ones that do work with XP as well, but I'm not aware of any decent freeware controls. If you don't mind spending money, I'd check out the CodeJock CommandBars control at http://www.codejock.com/products/commandbars/ if you're looking for ways to add some eyecandy to your application.