RibbonFactory.CreateRibbonMenu Method

Creates a RibbonMenu that represents a menu on a Ribbon tab or on the Microsoft Office Menu.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Ribbon
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Common (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Common.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function CreateRibbonMenu As RibbonMenu

RibbonMenu CreateRibbonMenu()

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Ribbon.RibbonMenu
A Ribbon menu.

Examples

The following example creates a new menu by using the CreateRibbonMenu method.

Private Sub PopulateCustomerMenu()
    ' Add two sub-menus to EmployeeMenu and populate each sub-menu 
    ' First sub-menu 
    Dim subMenu1 As RibbonMenu = Me.Factory.CreateRibbonMenu()
    subMenu1.Dynamic = True
    subMenu1.Label = "A - M"
    subMenu1.Items.Add(Me.Factory.CreateRibbonToggleButton())
    CType(subMenu1.Items.Last(), RibbonToggleButton).Label = "Hall, Don"
    subMenu1.Items.Add(Me.Factory.CreateRibbonToggleButton())
    CType(subMenu1.Items.Last(), RibbonToggleButton).Label = "Valdez, Rachel"
    CustomerMenu.Items.Add(subMenu1)

    ' Second sub-menu 
    Dim subMenu2 As RibbonMenu = Me.Factory.CreateRibbonMenu()
    subMenu2.Dynamic = True
    subMenu2.Label = "N - Z"
    subMenu2.Items.Add(Me.Factory.CreateRibbonToggleButton())
    CType(subMenu2.Items.Last(), RibbonToggleButton).Label = "Robinson, Alex"
    CustomerMenu.Items.Add(subMenu2)

End Sub

private void PopulateCustomerMenu()
{
    // Add two sub-menus to EmployeeMenu and populate each sub-menu 
    // First sub-menu
    RibbonMenu subMenu1 = this.Factory.CreateRibbonMenu();
    subMenu1.Dynamic = true;
    subMenu1.Label = "A - M";
    subMenu1.Items.Add(this.Factory.CreateRibbonToggleButton());
    ((RibbonToggleButton)subMenu1.Items.Last()).Label = "Hall, Don";
    subMenu1.Items.Add(this.Factory.CreateRibbonToggleButton());
    ((RibbonToggleButton)subMenu1.Items.Last()).Label = "Valdez, Rachel";
    CustomerMenu.Items.Add(subMenu1);

    // Second sub-menu
    RibbonMenu subMenu2 = this.Factory.CreateRibbonMenu();
    subMenu2.Dynamic = true;
    subMenu2.Label = "N - Z";
    subMenu2.Items.Add(this.Factory.CreateRibbonToggleButton());
    ((RibbonToggleButton)subMenu2.Items.Last()).Label = "Robinson, Alex";
    CustomerMenu.Items.Add(subMenu2);
}

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

RibbonFactory Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Ribbon Namespace