Difference between revisions of "A 'hello world' VB.NET program"
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* Run the add-in. If everything went according to plan a new tab labeled 'My VB Tab' will appear when the application starts | * Run the add-in. If everything went according to plan a new tab labeled 'My VB Tab' will appear when the application starts | ||
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Revision as of 18:01, 15 March 2013
Creating a tab
- Add a new class to your project and name it MyCustomUI.
- Add the following code to your class
Imports LogismiX.Interop.DynamicRibbonX
Imports LogismiX.DynamicRibbonX.Core
Public Class MyCustomUI
Dim _customUI As rxCustomUI
Public Sub New()
' Instantiate a new rxCustomUI in context 'my_vb_context'
_customUI = rxCustomUI.create("my_vb_context", "My VB.NET context!")
' Cache a reference to the customUI's ribbon
Dim myRibbon As rxRibbon = _customUI.ribbon
' Create a new tab and label it 'My VB Tab'
Dim myTab As rxTab = New rxTab()
myTab.label = "My VB Tab"
' Add the tab to myRibbon's tabs
myRibbon.tabs.add(myTab)
' Render the UI
_customUI.refresh()
End Sub
End Class
- Modify class ThisAddin in ThisAddin.vb as follows
Public Class ThisAddIn
Private _myCustomUI As MyCustomUI
Private Sub ThisAddIn_Startup() Handles Me.Startup
_myCustomUI = New MyCustomUI()
End Sub
Private Sub ThisAddIn_Shutdown() Handles Me.Shutdown
End Sub
End Class
- Run the add-in. If everything went according to plan a new tab labeled 'My VB Tab' will appear when the application starts