Submenu in linear marking menu

[jan.pomplun]

Hi,

I want to extend the linear context menu by a sub menu as shown here ("Messen"):

I know how to add usual buttons via:

public void UserInputEvents_OnLinearMarkingMenu_Handler(ObjectsEnumerator selectedEntities, SelectionDeviceEnum selectionDevice, CommandControls linearMenu, NameValueMap additionalInfo)

{

    linearMenu.AddButton(...);

}

but can not find any example/documentation, how to add a sub menu.

Thanks,

Jan

[bradeneuropeArthur]

CommandControls.AddSplitButton..........

For Example:

Sub AddPanelToToolsTab()
    ' Get the ribbon associated with the part document
    Dim oPartRibbon As Ribbon
    Set oPartRibbon = ThisApplication.UserInterfaceManager.Ribbons.Item("Part")

    ' Get the "Tools" tab
    Dim oTab As RibbonTab
    Set oTab = oPartRibbon.RibbonTabs.Item("id_TabTools")

    ' Create a panel named "Update", positioned after the "Measure" panel in the Tools tab.
    Dim oPanel As RibbonPanel
    Set oPanel = oTab.RibbonPanels.Add("Update", "ToolsTabUpdatePanel", "SampleClientId", "id_PanelP_ToolsMeasure")

    ' Get the update commands
    Dim oDef1 As ButtonDefinition
    Set oDef1 = ThisApplication.CommandManager.ControlDefinitions.Item("AppLocalUpdateCmd")

    Dim oDef2 As ButtonDefinition
    Set oDef2 = ThisApplication.CommandManager.ControlDefinitions.Item("AppUpdateMassPropertiesCmd")

    Dim oDefs As ObjectCollection
    Set oDefs = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateObjectCollection

    oDefs.Add oDef1
    oDefs.Add oDef2

    ' Create a split button control
    Call oPanel.CommandControls.AddSplitButton(oDef1, oDefs, True)

    ' Get the rebuild command
    Dim oDef3 As ButtonDefinition
    Set oDef3 = ThisApplication.CommandManager.ControlDefinitions.Item("AppRebuildAllWrapperCmd")

    ' Create a button control
    Call oPanel.CommandControls.AddButton(oDef3, True)
End Sub

[jan.pomplun]

I am having issues with the examples I find.

Adding the Split Button to ribbons control works:

                    ButtonDefinition button = (ButtonDefinition)InventorUtil.InventorApplication.CommandManager.ControlDefinitions["AppLocalUpdateCmd"];
                    ObjectCollection subDefTest = InventorUtil.InventorApplication.TransientObjects.CreateObjectCollection();
                    subDefTest.Add(button);
                    blockManagementRibbonPanelCtrls.AddSplitButton(button, subDefTest);

the same code however fails on the linear menu:

        public void UserInputEvents_OnLinearMarkingMenu_Handler(ObjectsEnumerator selectedEntities, SelectionDeviceEnum selectionDevice, CommandControls linearMenu, NameValueMap additionalInfo)
        {
                            ButtonDefinition button =(ButtonDefinition) InventorUtil.InventorApplication.CommandManager.ControlDefinitions["AppLocalUpdateCmd"];
                            ObjectCollection subDefTest = InventorUtil.InventorApplication.TransientObjects.CreateObjectCollection();
                            subDefTest.Add(button);

                            linearMenu.AddSplitButton(button, subDefTest);
}

an exception is thrown:

System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: "Unbekannter Fehler (Ausnahme von HRESULT: 0x80004005 (E_FAIL))"

Do split buttons work in the context menu?

Thanks and best,

Jan

[dgreatice]

hi,

try find some information from:

http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2018/ENU/?guid=GUID-20E1627B-F1B6-45A4-A1EB-A28750F761FB

I think marking menu not use ButtonDefinition, but use ControlDefinitions

[dgreatice]

for Commandcontrols.AddSplitButton or AddSplitButtonMRU object must be ControlDefinition, not Buttondefinition.

[bradeneuropeArthur]

 Private Sub oUserInputEvents_OnContextMenu(SelectionDevice As Inventor.SelectionDeviceEnum, AdditionalInfo As Inventor.NameValueMap, CommandBar As Inventor.CommandBar) Handles oUserInputEvents.OnContextMenu

For Each control As CommandBarControl In CommandBar.Controls

 Try
            ' Check if the context menu has the 'Home View' (formerly 'Isometric View') command
            Dim oCmdBarControl As CommandBarControl
            oCmdBarControl = CommandBar.Controls.Item("AppIsometricViewCmd")

            Dim ControlsCounter As Integer
            ControlsCounter = CommandBar.Controls.Count

            If Not oCmdBarControl Is Nothing Then

                ' add the buttonCommand to the end
                Call oCommandBar.Controls.AddsplitButton(!!!!!!!!!)

            End If
        Catch ex As Exception

        End Try

next

end sub

[jan.pomplun]

the link points to

RadialMarkingMenu Objects

help. This is not what I am trying to do.

The split button is intended to be added to the linear menu not the radial

mEventsObj.OnLinearMarkingMenu += UserInputEvents_OnLinearMarkingMenu_Handler;

[jan.pomplun]

After some research it seems to be an old problem:

Buttons (other than ordinary) can not be added to the context menu:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/how-to-add-a-amp-quot-popupbutton-amp-quot-in/...

as so often the problem has been reported ages ago, and is still not fixed 😞

Does autodesk have the intention to fix it?

[bradeneuropeArthur]

of course it is possible:

[jan.pomplun]

Hi,

the picture is cropped, I can not see where this is a SUB menu.

Can you post the code?

I know that inventor has submenus, as the picture of my original post shows, but I get an exception thrown when I add the split button to the context menu.

The same code works adding the split button to the ribbon, so I do not see what I am doing wrong.

Thakns and best,

Jan

[bradeneuropeArthur]

ok.
i will try..........

the buttons are added to the RMB menu Context menu.

I will try to add a submenu.

Will come back to it ASAP....

[c_hoppen]

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@bradeneuropeArthur  schrieb:

Will come back to it ASAP....

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He never came back 😉

Is there a solution for this in the meantime?