> I'm gonna start with Ron de Bruin's site when I get enough courage.
It's actually easier than using VBA to build menus and toolbars, but it's
separate from VBA and difficult to adjust on the fly.
Ron's site is a good starting place, and so is the book you cite.
- Jon
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"Dave Peterson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Your toolbars are still created--but they only show up in the Addins tab.
>
> I'm gonna start with Ron de Bruin's site when I get enough courage.
>
> If you want to learn about modifying the ribbon, you can start at Ron de
> Bruin's
> site:
> http://www.rondebruin.nl/ribbon.htm
> http://www.rondebruin.nl/qat.htm -- For macros for all workbooks (saved
> as an
> addin)
> or
> http://www.rondebruin.nl/2007addin.htm
>
> And maybe read this:
> http://www.amazon.com/RibbonX-Custom...9157953&sr=8-1
>
> or
> http://snipurl.com/25ty2 [www_amazon_com]
>
> By Robert Martin, Ken Puls, and Teresa Henniq.
>
>
>
> XP wrote:
>>
>> In Office 2003, I typically created self-installing toolbars in hidden
>> workbooks which I then emailed to users. When users opened the program
>> file,
>> the toolbar would be built, but the file would run hidden. At any future
>> time
>> that the user needed those programs, they would just click any of the
>> toolbar
>> buttons and the file would open quietly, run hidden, and the programs
>> were
>> immediately available. It all worked very nicely and they didn't need to
>> go
>> searching for programs. They could also turn the toolbars on/off if
>> desired
>> without de-installing.
>>
>> I'm still learning about the ribbon and I've done some customizations of
>> it.
>> But, I'm still trying to figure out how I can duplicate this same sort of
>> deployment in 2007 (or improved deployment). I guess I could still hide
>> the
>> file containing the custom ribbon and the users would just have to find
>> and
>> open the program file to get to the custom tools?
>>
>> Can someone please give me some ideas on how to approach this? I do not
>> have
>> VSTO or any other development tools. I only have Windows XP, Office 2007
>> and
>> the apps that come with it. Ideas? Where should I start looking?
>>
>> Thanks much in advance for your assistance.
>
> --
>
> Dave Peterson
