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Windows 7 Ribbon Explorer

We have released the Beta 1.0 of Ribbon Explorer, A win7 application which takes a ribbon markup (XML) and shows the resulting ribbon. The application compiles the Ribbon XML, (UICC.exe, RC.exe Link.exe). loads it and instantiate a window with the resulting Ribbon. The application controls the Ribbon and shows the Ribbon events.

Features:

1. Read a Ribbon markup file which its full path is provided in the first argument of the command line.
2. Enable editing of the supply XML file, or a new XML file
3. Show the Ribbon XML, in an editor
4. Open/Save/Close of Ribbon XML file
5. Compile the XML file into a Dynamic Library that contains the Ribbon resources
6. Show the compilation output text in a read only text window (Tab)
7. Show the resulting resource file text in a read only text window (Tab)
8. Show the resulting header file text in a read only text window (Tab)
9. Load the result Dynamic Link Library and show the Ribbon
10. Display a Ribbon for managing the created Ribbon
11. Set the various Application Modes
12. Show the various popup menus and mini-toolbars
13. Show the various contextual tabs
14. Invalidate a property of a Ribbon command ( not implemented yet )
15. Display the Ribbon callback method calls and the property key/property variant values ( partially implemented )
16. Use a resource from executable or dynamic link library as the ribbon source for the application, for example show the ribbon of Paint ( not implemented yet )

I want to thank Dima, Sasha and Shlomo for the effort they have put in the project. I will be glad to get feedbacks.