Adding ribbon controls seems strightforward enough, but how do I make it so that the extra tab I have only apears when I open a specific workbook.
I want it so that who ever opens the workbook will get the tabs, these tabs and buttons fire of the macros with in this one work book.
do you have to code this dynamicaly or is it possible to tie ribbon customiations to workbooks?
I addition to the link tim provided (which explains in pretty good detail).
If you are more interested in getting somthing simple working, this handy tool will help build custom menus.
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Problem:
I would like to be able to edit the ribbon on a single workbook and place my own tabs and macros within the custom ribbon. Obviously I don't these tabs to show on other workbooks etc (there are few rules, see below section)...
Rules
Ideally I want to be able to do it without downloading anything. My work place is crazy strict with downloading from the outside world. (but I might be able to do it fromm home if its the best way).
I need to be able to do it on an existing workbook, there are just to many graphs/formatting/data/macros within the workbook to move everything over to a new workbook.
Ideally it needs to be a very repeatable/Safe/Reliable method, this workbook is a massive work in progress so I will probably be coming back to it and adding more tabs/macros as the months go by.
Previous attempts
I have tried working with the custom UI briefly in the past. People suggested things like downloading the custom UI editor? I think that I managed to sort of start editing an existing sheet that had the custom UI within it already. But I could not figure out how to increment this into an existing workbook very easily.
FYI I am very familiar with VBA but not HTML...
Can anyone give me a few quick steps that I need to do or is there some documentation out there? I did try looking but couldn't find anything....
Cheers
This maybe a simple/ridiculous question, but I am trying to make changes to the ribbon in excel (removing all other tabs and just having my own with macros etc).
This is to be used as a basic data entry workbook for other users...
My only issue is that when the changes are made it applies it to every other workbook that I open in excel, I was thinking that there should just a setting that you could change to apply the changes. But looking online I am thinking that I need some VBA, that changes the ribbon on opening and closing of the spreadsheet?
Can anyone confirm/deny this? point me in the right direction?
You can embed your ribbon customizations along with VBA macros into a macro-enabled workbook, so your customizations will be available only to the particular file. The samples that shows how to hide or display ribbon tab/group with getVisible callbacks are available for download.
Thanks for all the replies but it seems as though the only way to do what I wanted to download an UI editor...
Unfortunately, I am limited to what I can download on a work PC/also I just presumed that with a bit of quick VBA magic I would be able to achive what I wanted. But it seems as though that VBA can't edit the ribbon without help from the UI editor.
I think I will just leave the ribbon alone for now!
Take a look at this:
https://github.com/fernandreu/office-ribbonx-editor
This project contains a great guide that you need to read in order to address your question. I will not go over specifics, as you asked to be pointed into the right direction.
The README file specifies how you can add a custom tab/buttons etc. to a particular excel file. This tab will not show up in any other workbook, as it will be encoded directly in the workbook.
So to shortly answer your question - yes, it is possible. Please see the attached documentation, as I cannot guess what you intend to do, as you did not describe what specific effect you wish to achieve.
I have developed a VBA userform interface that allows the user to input values, have it calculate results, and then print them out into the worksheet. I am wondering if there is any possible way that I can have a button on the excel ribbon, say under the "Data" tab for instance, that would elicit the userform interface to open.
Currently the only way I can use the interface is by Developer>>Visual Basic>>Clicking on Userform>>F5. This also limits the userform in that it can only be used in one particular workbook as opposed to many. Or if it was somehow possible, to make it an add-in instead.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
The easiest way to add custom tab and/or button to Ribbon is to use Custom UI Editor Tool for MS Office Ribbon. Follow the links provided in comments to your question too. There you'll find many useful information.
I really need help, sorry if this question has been already asked.
I have a addin installed on my computer for Excel, which creates a new Ribbon Tab, named "Forecast". This tab is useful only for a specific file, and for the other Excels I want it to be hidden.
I've been thinking on this a lot, and I came to the conclusion that the tab has to be hidden by default and shown by VBA code on opening of the file and hidden on beforeClose event, but I don't really know how to do this.
If anyone else has a better idea and would like to help me, I am very thankful.
Thank you
There is no properties which available via the object model. The Ribbon UI is a static thing, to get any dynamism you need to use callbacks defined in the XML markup.
To get the job done you need to use the getVisible attribute for the tab control. When a document is opened/closed you can check out whether the tab should be displayed or not. If required, you can call the Invalidate or InvalidateControl methods of the IRibbonUI interface to force the application to call your callbacks anew. Thus, you can show or hide a tab dynamically.
Read more about the Fluent UI (aka Ribbon UI) in the following series of articles in MSDN:
Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 1 of 3)
Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 2 of 3)
Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 3 of 3)
I am in the process of creating a VBA add-in for Excel 2010, and I used the "Custom UI Editor for Microsoft Office" tool to create my own ribbon.
However, I would like to give the user the option to load my add-in without displaying the ribbon, or with different parts of the ribbon visible.
With menus, I know you can completely control them programmatically, but ribbons seem to work differently.
Is there a way in VBA to not load my customUI.xml ribbon tabs on startup?
Is there a way to remove items from (or add items to) these tabs at runtime?
here is a whole slew of help on this subject Awesome Ribbon Help. I think points 2 and 3 are of particular interest to you.