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SOLIDWORKS Electrical API 2024.0.0
Electrical API
IEwRibbonGroupX Interface Reference

Use this interface to manage the Ribbon group. More...

Inheritance diagram for IEwRibbonGroupX:
Inheritance graph

Public Member Functions

BSTR getCaption (EwErrorCode *errorCode)
 Return the caption of this ribbon group. More...
 
EwErrorCode setCaption (BSTR strCaption)
 Set a new caption for this ribbon group. More...
 
IEwRibbonControlX addControl (EwRibbonControlType eRibbonControlType, BSTR strCommand, EwErrorCode *errorCode)
 Add a new control at the end of the ribbon group. More...
 
IEwRibbonControlX getControlAt (int iIndex, EwErrorCode *errorCode)
 Return the specified control of the current group. More...
 
int getControlCount (EwErrorCode *errorCode)
 Return the number of control in the current group. More...
 
EwErrorCode removeControl (int iIndex)
 Remove a control specified by the index. More...
 
EwErrorCode removeAll ()
 Remove all controls. More...
 
long getID (EwErrorCode *errorCode)
 Get the Id's of group. More...
 
IEwRibbonControlX insertControl (int nPosition, EwRibbonControlType eRibbonControlType, BSTR strCommand, EwErrorCode *errorCode)
 Insert a new control to a pop-up button in a ribbon. More...
 
IEwRibbonComboBoxControlX insertComboBoxControl (int nPosition, EwErrorCode *errorCode)
 Insert the ComboBox Control in the Ribbon Group. More...
 
IEwRibbonComboBoxControlX addComboBoxControl (EwErrorCode *errorCode)
 Add the ComboBox Control in the Ribbon Group. More...
 
int getIndex (EwErrorCode *errorCode)
 Return the index of the group. More...
 
VARIANT_BOOL getControlsGrouping (EwErrorCode *errorCode)
 Determines if control grouping is used. More...
 
EwErrorCode setControlsGrouping (VARIANT_BOOL bControlsGrouping)
 Group buttons in the group, false by default. More...
 
VARIANT_BOOL getControlsCentering (EwErrorCode *errorCode)
 Determine if controls are automatically center in group. More...
 
EwErrorCode setControlsCentering (VARIANT_BOOL bControlsCentering)
 Automatically center controls in group, false by default. More...
 
EwErrorCode setAllowReduce (EwRibbonGroupReductionLevels eRibbonGroupReductionLevels)
 Set this method to prevent group to be reduced. More...
 
EwRibbonGroupReductionLevels getAllowReduce (EwErrorCode *errorCode)
 Get the current reduce level for the ribbon group. More...
 

Detailed Description

Use this interface to manage the Ribbon group.

Since
2019

Member Function Documentation

◆ addComboBoxControl()

IEwRibbonComboBoxControlX IEwRibbonGroupX::addComboBoxControl ( EwErrorCode errorCode)

Add the ComboBox Control in the Ribbon Group.

Since
2022 SP0.
Parameters
[out]errorCodeEwErrorCode enum type, can be:
  • EW_NO_ERROR if no error detected
  • EW_INVALID_OBJECT if object is not initialized
  • EW_BAD_INPUT if wrong input is provided
  • EW_UNDEFINED_ERROR if another error occurred
Returns
an IEwRibbonComboBoxControlX object.

◆ addControl()

IEwRibbonControlX IEwRibbonGroupX::addControl ( EwRibbonControlType  eRibbonControlType,
BSTR  strCommand,
EwErrorCode errorCode 
)

Add a new control at the end of the ribbon group.

Note
To add ComboBox Control use addComboBoxControl.
Parameters
[in]eRibbonControlTypetype of control
[in]strCommandthe name of a command to launch. Can be blanck.
[out]errorCodeEwErrorCode enum type, can be:
  • EW_NO_ERROR if no error detected
  • EW_INVALID_OBJECT if object is not initialized or EwRibbonControlType is invalid
  • EW_UNDEFINED_ERROR if another error occurred
Returns
an IEwRibbonControlX added to the Ribbon Tab.

◆ getAllowReduce()

EwRibbonGroupReductionLevels IEwRibbonGroupX::getAllowReduce ( EwErrorCode errorCode)

Get the current reduce level for the ribbon group.

Since
2023 SP0
Parameters
[out]errorCodeEwErrorCode enum type, can be:
  • EW_UNDEFINED_ERROR if another error occurred
  • EW_INVALID_OBJECT if object is not initialized
  • EW_NO_ERROR if no error detected
Returns
EwRibbonGroupReductionLevels enum type, can be:
  • kEwRibbonGroupReductionDisabled do not reduce
  • kEwRibbonGroupFullCaptionDontHided don't hide captions and don't hiding all when reduced
  • kEwRibbonGroupReduceCaptionDontHide hide captions but don't allow hiding all when reduced
  • kEwRibbonGroupFullReduction hide captions and allow hiding all when reduced

◆ getCaption()

BSTR IEwRibbonGroupX::getCaption ( EwErrorCode errorCode)

Return the caption of this ribbon group.

Parameters
[out]errorCodeEwErrorCode enum type, can be:
  • EW_NO_ERROR if no error detected
  • EW_INVALID_OBJECT if object is not initialized
  • EW_UNDEFINED_ERROR if another error occurred
Returns
the caption of this ribbon group.

◆ getControlAt()

IEwRibbonControlX IEwRibbonGroupX::getControlAt ( int  iIndex,
EwErrorCode errorCode 
)

Return the specified control of the current group.

Parameters
[in]iIndexPosition of the control.
[out]errorCodeEwErrorCode enum type, can be:
  • EW_NO_ERROR if no error detected
  • EW_INVALID_OBJECT if object is not initialized
  • EW_BAD_INPUTS if the index is negative or greater than the number of tabs
  • EW_UNDEFINED_ERROR if another error occurred
Returns
An IEwRibbonControlX specified.

◆ getControlCount()

int IEwRibbonGroupX::getControlCount ( EwErrorCode errorCode)

Return the number of control in the current group.

Parameters
[out]errorCodeEwErrorCode enum type, can be:
  • EW_NO_ERROR if no error detected
  • EW_INVALID_OBJECT if object is not initialized
  • EW_UNDEFINED_ERROR if another error occurred
Returns
the number of control in the current group.

◆ getControlsCentering()

VARIANT_BOOL IEwRibbonGroupX::getControlsCentering ( EwErrorCode errorCode)

Determine if controls are automatically center in group.

Since
2022 SP1
Parameters
[out]errorCodeEwErrorCode enum type, can be:
  • EW_NO_ERROR if no error detected
  • EW_INVALID_OBJECT if object is not initialized
  • EW_UNDEFINED_ERROR if another error occurred
Returns
true if controls are centered in group, false otherwise.

◆ getControlsGrouping()

VARIANT_BOOL IEwRibbonGroupX::getControlsGrouping ( EwErrorCode errorCode)

Determines if control grouping is used.

ControlsGrouping is for controls grouping within a ribbon group. When you set begin group to true it starts a new group of controls. SetControlsGrouping will group controls like in MS Word within the ribbon group. If you pass false it groups them like in a regular toolbar (divider line).

Since
2022 SP1
Parameters
[out]errorCodeEwErrorCode enum type, can be:
  • EW_NO_ERROR if no error detected
  • EW_INVALID_OBJECT if object is not initialized
  • EW_UNDEFINED_ERROR if another error occurred
Returns
true if controls grouping is used, false otherwise.

◆ getID()

long IEwRibbonGroupX::getID ( EwErrorCode errorCode)

Get the Id's of group.

Parameters
[out]errorCodeEwErrorCode enum type, can be:
  • EW_NO_ERROR if no error detected
  • EW_INVALID_OBJECT if object is not initialized
  • EW_UNDEFINED_ERROR if another error occurred
Returns
the id of the group.

◆ getIndex()

int IEwRibbonGroupX::getIndex ( EwErrorCode errorCode)

Return the index of the group.

Since
2022 SP0.
Parameters
[out]errorCodeEwErrorCode enum type, can be:
  • EW_NO_ERROR if no error detected
  • EW_INVALID_OBJECT if object is not initialized
  • EW_UNDEFINED_ERROR if another error occurred
Returns
an integer that is the index of the current group.

◆ insertComboBoxControl()

IEwRibbonComboBoxControlX IEwRibbonGroupX::insertComboBoxControl ( int  nPosition,
EwErrorCode errorCode 
)

Insert the ComboBox Control in the Ribbon Group.

Since
2022 SP0.
Parameters
[in]nPositionposition where button must be inserted in ribbon group
[out]errorCodeEwErrorCode enum type, can be:
  • EW_NO_ERROR if no error detected
  • EW_INVALID_OBJECT if object is not initialized
  • EW_BAD_INPUT if wrong input is provided
  • EW_UNDEFINED_ERROR if another error occurred
Returns
an IEwRibbonComboBoxControlX.

◆ insertControl()

IEwRibbonControlX IEwRibbonGroupX::insertControl ( int  nPosition,
EwRibbonControlType  eRibbonControlType,
BSTR  strCommand,
EwErrorCode errorCode 
)

Insert a new control to a pop-up button in a ribbon.

Since
2022 SP0.
Note
To insert ComboBox Control use insertComboBoxControl.
Parameters
[in]nPositionposition where button must be inserted in ribbon group , if position is negative or higher than the number of control in group, then the control will be added to the queue of the group
[in]eRibbonControlTypetype of ribbon control
[in]strCommandthe name of a command to launch. Can be blank.
[out]errorCodeEwErrorCode enum type, can be:
  • EW_NO_ERROR if no error detected
  • EW_INVALID_OBJECT if object is not initialized or EwRibbonControlType is invalid
  • EW_BAD_INPUT if eType is not a good type or if the current button is not a pop-up button.
  • EW_UNDEFINED_ERROR if another error occurred
Returns
an IEwRibbonControlX added to the control.

◆ removeAll()

EwErrorCode IEwRibbonGroupX::removeAll ( )

Remove all controls.

Returns
EwErrorCode enum type, can be:
  • EW_NO_ERROR if no error detected
  • EW_INVALID_OBJECT if object is not initialized
  • EW_UNDEFINED_ERROR if another error occurred

◆ removeControl()

EwErrorCode IEwRibbonGroupX::removeControl ( int  iIndex)

Remove a control specified by the index.

Parameters
[in]iIndexthe index of the control to remove.
Returns
EwErrorCode enum type, can be:
  • EW_NO_ERROR if no error detected
  • EW_INVALID_OBJECT if object is not initialized
  • EW_BAD_INPUTS if the index is greater than the number of control or negative.
  • EW_UNDEFINED_ERROR if another error occurred

◆ setAllowReduce()

EwErrorCode IEwRibbonGroupX::setAllowReduce ( EwRibbonGroupReductionLevels  eRibbonGroupReductionLevels)

Set this method to prevent group to be reduced.

Since
2023 SP0
Parameters
[in]eRibbonGroupReductionLevelsEwRibbonGroupReductionLevels enum type, can be:
  • kEwRibbonGroupReductionDisabled do not reduce
  • kEwRibbonGroupFullCaptionDontHided don't hide captions and don't hiding all when reduced
  • kEwRibbonGroupReduceCaptionDontHide hide captions but don't allow hiding all when reduced
  • kEwRibbonGroupFullReduction hide captions and allow hiding all when reduced
Returns
EwErrorCode enum type, can be:
  • EW_UNDEFINED_ERROR if another error occurred
  • EW_INVALID_OBJECT if object is not initialized
  • EW_NO_ERROR if no error detected

◆ setCaption()

EwErrorCode IEwRibbonGroupX::setCaption ( BSTR  strCaption)

Set a new caption for this ribbon group.

Parameters
[out]strCaptionthe new caption to display.
Returns
EwErrorCode enum type, can be:
  • EW_NO_ERROR if no error detected
  • EW_INVALID_OBJECT if object is not initialized
  • EW_UNDEFINED_ERROR if another error occurred

◆ setControlsCentering()

EwErrorCode IEwRibbonGroupX::setControlsCentering ( VARIANT_BOOL  bControlsCentering)

Automatically center controls in group, false by default.

Since
2022 SP1
Parameters
[in]bControlsCenteringTRUE to center controls in group.
Returns
EwErrorCode enum type, can be:
  • EW_NO_ERROR if no error detected
  • EW_INVALID_OBJECT if object is not initialized
  • EW_UNDEFINED_ERROR if another error occurred

◆ setControlsGrouping()

EwErrorCode IEwRibbonGroupX::setControlsGrouping ( VARIANT_BOOL  bControlsGrouping)

Group buttons in the group, false by default.

This is for controls grouping within a ribbon group. When you set begin group to true it starts a new group of controls. SetControlsGrouping will group controls like in MS Word within the ribbon group. If you pass false it groups them like in a regular toolbar (divider line).

Since
2022 SP1
Parameters
[in]bControlsGroupingTRUE to use grouping for buttons.
Returns
EwErrorCode enum type, can be:
  • EW_NO_ERROR if no error detected
  • EW_INVALID_OBJECT if object is not initialized
  • EW_UNDEFINED_ERROR if another error occurred


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