CMFCRibbonBar Bitmap Question

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Objective: Add a bitmap to a button already in a Panel within a Catagory contained in a MFCRibbonBar.

I am doing the following:

1. Open the ribbon bar editor from the Resource View.
2. Right click the button and then select "Properties".
3. On the "Properties" drop-down, click the ellipsis button on the "Image Index" line (shows -1)
4. This then opens the "Image Collection" dialog box.

Questions:
a. Am I correct in assuming that the box with the red diagonal line in it and -1 under it is meant to indicate no images in the collection?
b. I have the images (bitmaps) drawn. How do I get them into the "Image Collection" dialog box so that I can select them?

Is there a toolbar button or menu item for doing this?

Thanks,

Barry

Posted 20-Jan-12 5:29am

BarryPearlman

Updated 20-Jan-12 5:31am

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ErnestoNet · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-20T05:41:00

Solution 1

In the ribbon editor, click on a category tab. In its properties there are two values:

Large Images (32*32)
Small Images (16*16).

The one that usually counts is large images.
You must have a resource with a bitmap of height = 32 and width = 32 * numimages where the images are stored secuentially.

VERY IMPORTANT: That bitmap must be a 32bit bitmap.

Posted 20-Jan-12 5:41am

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BarryPearlman 21-Jan-12 15:05pm

Thanks, that got me started and I now hae a button with a bitmap struck on it. I have two more questions.

1. The button ascts as if it is DISABLED. Do I have to tell it that it IS ACTIVE? If so, somewhere in the Ribbon Bar editor, or by code?

2. The button that the bitmap is attached to does not seem to recognize a mask. Background is RGB(0, 0, 0). What did I miss>

Thanks again,

Barry

ErnestoNet 21-Jan-12 16:27pm

OK.
1. To enable the button you must add code in the CMainFrame. In the message map add: ON_COMMAND(ID_BUTTON, &CMainFrame::ProcButton). And add ProcButton procedure as well.

ErnestoNet 21-Jan-12 16:28pm

Mask is enabled adding code in CMainFrm. Something like:

m_wndRibbonBar.GetCategory(0)->GetLargeImages().SetTransparentColor(RGB(0,0,0));

BarryPearlman 22-Jan-12 12:17pm

Ernesto -

First of all, you are the first person I have ever communicated with from your part of the world. Thanks for all of the help so far.

I have found the problem - as stated earlier in this thread, the bitmap must be 32 bit. I confirmed this by changing my ImageList back to IDB_FILELARGE and things work as they should, however not the right images.

Question now is, what editor do I use to create 32 bit bitmaps? The one that is internal to Visual Studio 10 will not let me save it any larger than 24 bit. If I try to modify IDB_FILELARGE, the tools are greyed out.

I can draw an image list in the "external editor" (MS Paint); it does not have the option of saving it as 32 bit. Do I have to modify or renamr IDB_FILELARGE in Paint, then create the images I want?

Thanks,

Barry

ErnestoNet 22-Jan-12 15:06pm

The utility I use is PixelFormat:
http://www.qualibyte.com/pixelformer/

I have an article, here on CodeProject, that uses the ribbon and has some images.
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/278316/BasicAdmin2-Personal-finance-software

About images, I usually use:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Clear

Member 9141172 8-Sep-16 14:32pm

Hi Ernesto. I had an issue which was not related to any of the above issues discussed. I was not finding any solution for that, not even from microsoft. Finally I got the solution in your sample BasicAdmin2-Personal-finance-software. Thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks a lot. Do you have any blog owned by you which I can follow? I am your fan.

BarryPearlman 23-Jan-12 16:46pm

Again, thanks Ernesto. It took a few hours to get familiar with the editor, but things are now working. Also, thanks for the sample application; personally, I do better at things if I have an example in front of me.

It amazes me (but surprises me very little) that Microsoft put out a product requiring 32 bit bitmata and two editors, neither one of which are of any use. You would think that they have enough cash in the bank that they could hire a few technical writers and make things easier on the rest of us.

Mucho gracis y via con Dios. (That is unfortuneatly all of the spanish I remember from high school :-))

ErnestoNet 23-Jan-12 18:53pm

You´re welcome.

It took me a long time to figure out that the images needed were 32 bits.
You can edit images in other editors and, when done, copy and paste in PixelFormer.

If OK, mark the solution as accepted.