change the value of the component in Word Ribbon

Question

 I have a component editbox and when I add a new value and have several windows open Word, it sets this value in all of them. How do I set only the active window?

ribbon.editbox.Text = "newValue";

Answer 1

Hi weisebrazil,

First, you need clarify your Word version.

Second, show me you snippet in order to let me understand what you said.

Best Regards,

T.X.

Answer 2

Hi weisebrazil

You need to initiate (at the very least) the Word application's DocumentChange event so that you can catch when focus moves from one window to another. You add-in needs to store what edit box values belong to which documents. When the DocumentChange event is triggered, look up the value for the document object. Invalidate the Ribbon control so that it can "get" the appropriate value for the document that has just gotten the focus.

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Cindy Meister, VSTO/Word MVP

Answer 3

My word version is 2007.

In each session open (file open) I can have a different user to connect to the server and synchronize the document. The application has the same concept as "google cloud connect", but with multiple configurations.

In my code:

ThisAddIn
MyRibbon rb;
void startup(...){rb = new MyRibbon();}

MyRibbon 
void btClick(){
OpenDialog od = new OpenDialog();
od.showDialog();
rb.editbox.Text = od.userbox.Text;
}

The problem is that I dont know how to fetch the value contained in the session.

If I two open word windows  on each side, it changes in the global scope.

Answer 4

someone could show me how to do?

Answer 5

the same topic:

Unique Ribbon instance per document in Word?