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Office 2007 Ribbon
Office Button
Quick Access Toolbar
Tab Contextual Tab SetContextual Tab
Help
Group (aka “Chunk”) Dialog Box Launcher
Windows Scenic Ribbon
Application Menu
Quick Access Toolbar
Tab Contextual Tab SetContextual Tab
Help
Group (aka “Chunk”) Dialog Launcher
In-box with Windows 7, redistribution available to Vista Win32 API, COM-based (targets native developers first) Feature parity (or close) with Microsoft Office 2007 Ribbon
Important: What type of application am I? Some great advantages
Rich ways to present your features Enhances command discoverability Excellent user reviews/intuitive
and easy to learn Looks slick—a chance to
revitalize your application! Excellent Resource: Ribbon Guidelines
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc872782.aspx
Should I Use A Ribbon?
The Ribbon LandscapeSoftware vendors have diverse needs
1 Office 2007 style available now, Windows style available 2009
Microsoft’s Ribbon Strategy
MFC ScenicWPF
Target:Managed
Target:MFC native
Target:Native
needs .NET 3.5 Win2K or newer Vista or newer
Office 2007 & Windows styles
Office 2007 & Windows styles1
Windows visual style
Coming soon…Official release in 2009
Available now in Visual Studio 2008 SP1
Coming soon…Ships with Windows 7
Challenging to author Windows UI in Win32 Following guidelines takes effort
Windows Scenic RibbonKey platform goals
Goal 1 Provide a great authoring story
Goal 2 Drive toward a consistent user experience
Strong Model View Controller separation Code and markup decoupling Small C++ API surface
Architecture
MarkupOrganization of
controls
<Ribbon> <Tab> <Button … /> </Tab></Ribbon>
COM APIInitialization andEvents handling
MyHandler::Execute(…){ DoStuff();}
Windows Scenic Ribbon Application-specific Business
Logic
void DoStuff() { … … }
InitializationIntegrate into your application
ApplicationRibbon Platform
IUIApplicationIUIFramework
CoCreateInstance
Initialize (HWND, IUIApplication*)
LoadUI( resourceName )
OnCreateCommand
Events Handling
IUICommandHandler interface
Execute(UINT32 commandId, UI_COMMAND_EXECUTIONVERB verb, const PROPERTYKEY* key, const PROPVARIANT* currentValue, IUISimplePropertySet* commandExecutionProperties)
UpdateProperty(UINT32 commandId, REFPROPERTYKEY key, const PROPVARIANT* currentValue, PROPVARIANT* newValue)
Categorized Menus
Tabs & Groups
Scenic Ribbon Controls
Color Pickers
Mini Toolbar &Contextual Menu
Dropdown GalleriesTooltips
Check Boxes
Spinners
Help Button
Font Control
Group Dialog Launchers
“In-Ribbon” Galleries
Combo Boxes
Buttons & Split Buttons
Behaviors are abstracted from specific controls Visual style automatically chosen
based on location Consistency and “basics” handled by platform Pay for play
Programming Model
Programming model Consistency Authoring path
Ribbon also available with MFC and WPF Is the Ribbon for you? Hands-on Lab at PDC
Last WordsWindows Scenic Ribbon
Evals & Recordings
Please fill
out your
evaluation for
this session at:
This session will be available as a recording at:
www.microsoftpdc.com
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