topic Re: Monitoring If the Text Edit Ribbon Tab Is Open in .NET Forum

Monitoring If the Text Edit Ribbon Tab Is Open

IvanShchitov — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 01:28:43 GMT

Greetings,

How can I make a module that detects wether the text editing tab is open or not?

Best regards,

Ivan

Re: Monitoring If the Text Edit Ribbon Tab Is Open

augusto.goncalves — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 13:35:12 GMT

You can track whenever the Tab is activated

For instance, from inside Initialize event

void IExtensionApplication.Initialize()
{ 
    Autodesk.Windows.RibbonControl ribCtrl = Autodesk.AutoCAD.Ribbon.RibbonServices.RibbonPaletteSet.RibbonControl;
    foreach(Autodesk.Windows.RibbonTab tab in ribCtrl.Tabs )
    {
        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(tab.Id) && tab.Id.Contains("ID_MText_Tab"))
        {
            tab.Activated += tab_Activated;
        }
    }
 
}
 
void tab_Activated(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    // do something here...
}

Re: Monitoring If the Text Edit Ribbon Tab Is Open

IvanShchitov — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 08:40:55 GMT

Thank you very much, Augusto!

Re: Monitoring If the Text Edit Ribbon Tab Is Open

IvanShchitov — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 09:39:16 GMT

This code is for C++, isn't it? How to do the same in Visual Basic 2010?

Re: Monitoring If the Text Edit Ribbon Tab Is Open

augusto.goncalves — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 12:23:58 GMT

Actually is a C# code, and you can convert to VB.NET at http://www.developerfusion.com/tools/convert/csharp-to-vb/

Re: Monitoring If the Text Edit Ribbon Tab Is Open

IvanShchitov — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 21:41:05 GMT

Thank you, Augusto!

Re: Monitoring If the Text Edit Ribbon Tab Is Open

IvanShchitov — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 00:17:40 GMT

Greetings, Augusto!

I've inserted your code in Microsoft Visual C# 2010 Express and it showed me three errors, particularly:

01. 'CSharp_Plugin.DetectingTab.IExtensionApplication.Initialize()': containing type does not implement interface 'Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime.IExtensionApplication'

02. The type or namespace name 'Windows' does not exist in the namespace 'Autodesk' (are you missing an assembly reference?)

03. The type or namespace name 'Ribbon' does not exist in the namespace 'Autodesk.AutoCAD' (are you missing an assembly reference?)

How can I fix these errors?

Best regards,

Ivan

using System;
using Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime;
using Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices;
using Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices;
using Autodesk.AutoCAD.Geometry;
using Autodesk.AutoCAD.EditorInput;

namespace CSharp_Plugin
{
    public class DetectingTab
    {
        void IExtensionApplication.Initialize()
        {
            Autodesk.Windows.RibbonControl ribCtrl = Autodesk.AutoCAD.Ribbon.RibbonServices.RibbonPaletteSet.RibbonControl;
            foreach (Autodesk.Windows.RibbonTab tab in ribCtrl.Tabs)
            {
                if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(tab.Id) && tab.Id.Contains("ID_MText_Tab"))
                {
                    tab.Activated += tab_Activated;
                }
            }

        }

        void tab_Activated(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // do something here...
        }
    }
}