Add RibbonPanel

[Anonymous]

I think I need to update some legacy code in one of my add-ins. This used to create a ribbon panel and/or add it to the drawing toolbar if was already created. When I unload the add-in the panel is removed but a releoad does not work and the panel is never shown. Any ideas as to what the new code should look like? I don't think the Try's are necessary anymore either.

Try

oPanel = oUIManager.Ribbons("Drawing").RibbonTabs("id_TabTools").RibbonPanels("id_Cadtoolboxtab")

Catch ex As Exception
oPanel = oUIManager.Ribbons("Drawing").RibbonTabs("id_TabTools").RibbonPanels.Add _
("CAD Toolbox", "id_Cadtoolboxtab", "{1e7ab662-0fa3-4f9b-9dd4-89c12ef9aa06}")
End Try

[Owner2229]

HI, you can try this:

Dim m_ButtonDefinition As ButtonDefinition
m_ButtonDefinition = InventorApplication.CommandManager.ControlDefinitions.AddButtonDefinition( _
    "Display Name", _
    "Internal Name", _
    CommandTypesEnum.kNonShapeEditCmdType, _
    "{1e7ab662-0fa3-4f9b-9dd4-89c12ef9aa06}", _
    "Description", _
    "Tool Tip", _
    "PictureSmallIcon.bmp", _
    "PictureLargeIcon.bmp", _
    ButtonDisplayEnum.kDisplayTextInLearningMode)

Dim UIManager As Inventor.UserInterfaceManager
UIManager = InventorApplication.UserInterfaceManager

Dim oTab As Inventor.RibbonTab
oTab = UIManager.Ribbons.Item("Drawing").RibbonTabs.Item("id_TabTools")

Dim panel As Inventor.RibbonPanel
Try
    panel = oTab.RibbonPanels.Add("CAD Toolbox", _
    "id_Cadtoolboxtab", "{1e7ab662-0fa3-4f9b-9dd4-89c12ef9aa06}")
Catch
    panel = oTab.RibbonPanels.Item("id_Cadtoolboxtab")
End Try

panel.CommandControls.AddButton(m_ButtonDefinition, True) 'True for big button

[Anonymous]

It still doesn't reappear when I reload it from the add-ins menu. It only reloads at restart of Inventor.

[Anonymous]

This line always pops an error if the add-in is reloaded manually:

panel.CommandControls.AddButton(m_ButtonDefinition​, True)

[adam.nagy]

Hi Thomas,

Are you removing the controls when your add-in is unloading?

http://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2015/12/cannot-load-or-reload-add-in.html

Cheers