Outlook 2007 Ribbon access from ActiveX control [WiredBox.Net

> Hi All,
>
> I have an ActiveX Control (.ocx) written in VB6 that I put on the
> second page tab in an Outlook Appointment custom form. This works fine
> for Outlook 2000-2003. I am now trying to port this into a separate
> project to work with Outlook 2007.
>
> So far, everything seems to come up and display fine. Now what I am
> trying to do is to capture the buttons (Send, Send Update, etc...)
> from the Ribbon like I do for the CommandBars in the previous Outlook
> versions.
>
> I have added the "Implements Office.IRibbonExtensibility" line into
> the project and it automatically created the
> "IRibbonExtensibility_GetCustomUI( )" function in the project for me.
> In this function is where I added the XML code to register an onAction
> callback for some of the buttons (I have used this exact same xml code
> in another .dll and it worked fine).
>
> The problem is that the "IRibbonExtensibility_GetCustomUI" function
> does not seem to be getting called at all when the control is
> activated. I put a messagebox at the top of that function and it never
> gets to it, thereby never getting the XML code for the button
> callback. What I don't understand is who calls that function
> specifically. In the "UserControl_Show( )" sub is where I used to set
> the Commandbars codes for the buttons I wanted to intercept. However,
> I don't think I can just call the "IRibbonExtensibility_GetCustomUI"
> function myself, right? It needs the RibbonID passed into it and I'm
> assuming tied back to the Ribbon somehow.
>
> I'm missing how the Ribbon gets set to the procedures in the ActiveX
> control. In my DLL project, the "IRibbonExtensibility_GetCustomUI"
> function gets called automatically when the DLL is loaded.
>
> Any help? Thanks!

> You can't do this. RibbonX can only be supplied via Outlook COM Add-ins.
> ActiveX controls cannot supply RibbonX.
>
> Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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> RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://ribboncustomizer.com
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> To add to what Patrick said, the code that Implements the ribbon must also
> be the code that Implements IDTExtensibility2.
>
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> Ken Slovak
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> "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" <pdsch...[ at ]nospam.mvps.org> wrote in messagenews:%23uJPHulnHHA.4624[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
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> > You can't do this. RibbonX can only be supplied via Outlook COM Add-ins.
> >ActiveXcontrols cannot supply RibbonX.
>
> > Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
> > --------------
> >http://pschmid.net
> > ***
> > Outlook 2007 Performance Update:http://pschmid.net/blog/2007/04/13/105
> > Office 2007 RTM Issues:http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
> > ***
> > Customize Office 2007:http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
> > RibbonCustomizer Add-In:http://ribboncustomizer.com
> > OneNote 2007:http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
> > ***
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