asked on 10/5/2011

Trying to make a ribbon tab active in AutoCAD 2012 using VB.NET

I am trying to write a simple program for AutoCAD 2012 using VB.NET to make a specific tab in the ribbon active but since I am very new to vb.net am having trouble with it, below is the main part of the program. Visual Studio is giving me an error for "Home" stating:

Value of type 'String' cannot be converted to 'Autodesk.Windows.RibbonTab'

"Home" is the name of the ribbon tab which I would like to make active.

Private Sub SetRibbonTab()
   Dim ribcontrol As RibbonControl = ComponentManager.Ribbon
   ribcontrol.ActiveTab = "Home"
End Sub

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Visual Basic.NET CAD/Architecture Software

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GreyHippo

10/6/2011

silverkorn

10/5/2011

see the discussion here:
http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/NET/How-to-Load-CUI-File-Ribbon-Tabs-And-Make-Visible-via-NET/m-p/3049040

a user had uploaded a sample code file that shows the switching of ribbon tabs

GreyHippo

10/5/2011

ASKER

That's what I started with but I can't figure out how to add the name of the tab to make active.

silverkorn

10/5/2011

as per: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/NET/Options-Dialog-Tab-Pre-Selection/m-p/2400125/highlight/true#M12755

it appears that the ActiveTab is looking for an integer value, so try the value of 1

another example could be found here:
http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/NET/Total-n00b-trying-to-use-net-to-create-ribbon-bar-addins/m-p/2880120/highlight/true#M22189

in which they use the following code to create a new tab and set it active:

Private Sub CreateRibbon()
        'declare a ribboncontrol object
        Dim ribCntrl As RibbonControl = ComponentManager.Ribbon
        'create a ribbontab
        Dim ribTab As New RibbonTab()
        'set a few properties
        ribTab.Title = "AU2009"
        ribTab.Id = "AU2009"
        'add the tab to the ribbon
        ribCntrl.Tabs.Add(ribTab)
        'set as active tab
        ribTab.IsActive = True

    End Sub

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GreyHippo

10/5/2011

ASKER

I tried adding a 1 but received a similar error: "Value of type 'Integer' cannot be converted to 'Autodesk.Windows.RibbonTab' "

I found that other example but they are trying to create a new tab and making it active.

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silverkorn

10/5/2011

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GreyHippo

10/6/2011

ASKER

Thanks that worked