Callback when file menu in office 2010 is opened

Question

Hi

Is it possible to get any callback when a user clicks the file menu in office 2010, word and powerpoint?

Thanks in advance,
Martin

Answer 1

Hi Martin,

Thank you for posting.

You can use the Backstage's onShow attribute to get the callback, please refer to the following ribbon xml and callback:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<customUI xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2009/07/customui" onLoad="Ribbon_Load">
  <backstage  onShow="OnShowCallBack">
    <tab id="testArea" label="Sample" insertAfterMso="TabInfo" visible="true" >
      <firstColumn>
        <group id="grpOne" label="Group One">
          <primaryItem>
            <button id="btnButton" label="Button" imageMso="BevelShapeGallery" />
          </primaryItem>
          <topItems>
            <layoutContainer id="layoutOne" layoutChildren="vertical">
              <editBox id="ebox1" label="Edit Box" alignLabel="topRight" />
              <button id="btnButton1" label="Button" imageMso="BevelShapeGallery" isDefinitive="true" />
              <editBox id="ebox2" label="Edit Box" />
            </layoutContainer>
          </topItems>
        </group>
        <group id="grpTwo" label="Group Two" >
          <primaryItem>
            <menu id="menuOne" label="Drop Down Menu">
              <menuGroup id="menuGrpOne" >
                <button id="menuButtonOne" label="Menu Button" />
                <button id="menuButtonTwo" label=" Menu Button" />
                <checkBox id="chkBox" label="CheckBox" />
              </menuGroup>
            </menu>
          </primaryItem>
          <topItems>
            <editBox id="ebox3" label="Edit Box"/>
          </topItems>
        </group>
      </firstColumn>
    </tab>
  </backstage>
</customUI>

        public void OnShowCallBack(object contextObject)
        {
            System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("OnShow");
        }

Hope this can help you and just feel free to follow up after you have tried.

Best Regards,

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Bruce Song [MSFT]
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Answer 2

Hi Bruce. What I can't find any information on is how to have one PowerPoint project which adds a group and a button to the ribbons insert menu, AND that's customize the backstage view.

I tried to add the backstage tag on the same level as the <ribbon> and the <command> tag, but that didn't work at all. I couldn't see my menu item om the ribbons insert tab anymore. Below is a sample of how I did it:

<customUI onLoad="Ribbon_Load" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2009/07/customui">
<backstage onShow="onShowBackstageMenu"></backstage>
  <commands>
    <command idMso="ViewNormalViewPowerPoint" onAction ="NormalView_click"/>
    <command idMso ="ViewSlideSorterView" onAction="SorterView_click"/>
    <command idMso ="ViewSlideShowReadingView" onAction="ReadingView_click"/>
    <command idMso ="ViewNotesPageView" onAction="NotesView_click"/>
    <command idMso ="ViewSlideMasterView" onAction="MasterView_click"/>
    <command idMso ="ViewHandoutMasterView" onAction="HandoutMasterView_click"/>
    <command idMso ="ViewNotesMasterView" onAction="NotesMasterView_click"/>
    
  </commands>
    <ribbon>
        <tabs>
            <tab idMso="TabInsert">
                <group id="myGroup" label="Hello" getVisible="btnInsertVisible">
                    <toggleButton id="btnInsert" onAction="btnInsertClick" getPressed="btnInsertPressed" getImage="btnInsertGetImage" label="my button" size="large" />
                </group>
            </tab>
        </tabs>
    </ribbon>
</customUI>

So, is it somehow possible to have the <backstage> tag in the same xml as the <commands> and <ribbon>? If not, do I have to create a new addin just for the onShow callback? 

Answer 3

I came across this page and saw that the <ribbon> and <backstage> was arranged with the <backstage> at the end. And this made it work!

I also saw that the intellisense in the xml file shows which tags you can insert after one and each of them. Beginning with <backstage> tag you can't add ribbon or commands, but if you start with commands and ribbon, then you can add backstage at the end.