CODE to CONTROL the SHOW OR HIDE TABS (RIBBONS) . . .

mbatchelor

2023-05-08-145915

All --

I have a customer that would like to SIMPLIFY the IMAGE-PRO INTERFACE as much as possible.

If the SHOW OR HIDE TABS FEATURE of IMAGE-PRO is accessed with a RIGHT CLICK on a TAB as shown here

then if all of the TABS except for APPS are DESELECTED then IMAGE-PRO appears as shown here.

Is there a way to SELECT (SHOW) and DESELECT (HIDE) the TABS in IMAGE-PRO using CODE?

I turned on the RECORD MACRO and worked with the SHOW OR HIDE TABS and nothing appeared in the RECORDED MACRO.

It looks like it can be done with a LAYOUT FILE as shown below.

    Public Function NewMacro3() As SimpleScript
        NewMacro3 = New SimpleScript

        With Application.RibbonCommands.SelectRibbonTab(NewMacro3)
            .TabName = "View"
            .Run()
        End With

        With New LoadToolsLayout(NewMacro3)
            .FileName = "C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\111.Layout"
            .Run()
        End With

    End Function

Is there CODE that will SHOW or HIDE each TAB (RIBBON) individually?

Thanks.

-- Matt

NikitaRG

Hi Matt,

Show/hide tabs or groups are not recordable. I'll file a feature request to create commands.

The information about hidden commands is stored in .Layout file. You can package predefined .Layout file with .ipx file a load it then IP or app stars.

Thanks,
Nikita.

NikitaRG

Matt,

Another solution is to hide all tabs in the options:


Thanks,
Nikita.

mbatchelor

2023-05-08-155857

Nikita --

Thank you for your response.

I will use the

        With New LoadToolsLayout(NewMacro3)
            .FileName = "C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\111.Layout"
            .Run()
        End With

with appropriately created LAYOUT FILES for the ADMINISTRATOR and OPERATOR in this version of the APP.

Thanks again.

-- Matt

mbatchelor

2023-05-08-165825

Nikita --

I tried using CODE similar to

        With New LoadToolsLayout(NewMacro3)
            .FileName = "C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\111.Layout"
            .Run()
        End With

And there was a BIG issue regarding whether the APP was showing when the LAYOUT FILE was created.

I came back into the FORUM to report my findings and saw your suggestion about the

• FILE
• OPTIONS
• DISPLAY
• RIBBON TABS
• HIDE TABS

I recorded using the HIDE TABS option generating CODE similar to

                With Application.ApplicationCommands.SetOption(Nothing)
                    .Section = "Customization"
                    .Key = "HideTabs"
                    .Value = False
                    .Run()
                End With

I have two versions of this CODE.  One with

                    .Value = False

for the OPERATOR MODE that needs LIMITED RIBBONS and one with

                    .Value = True

for the ADMINISTRATOR MODE that needs ALL RIBBONS.

Thank you for both responses.

I know more about the LAYOUT FILES and the HIDE TABS now.

-- Matt