Changes to the Ribbon in The Windows 7 RTM
In these days I am finishing writing the second chapter of two in a book about Windows 7 Development. I have joined the other authors of the book to assist and I am writing about developing the Windows Ribbon. The first chapter deals with the XAML language of the native Ribbon, while the second chapter deals with the code behind. The first chapter is already went to the editor. About couple of days ago, I have got a mail from the editor that says that other writers found some differences between the Windows RC version and the RTM. Since I have many screen shots of the Ribbon, I have checked to see if I have to retaken them. What I have found is that not only I have to take some of the screen shots, I have need to change some of the text also. Here is a screen shot of WordPad from the RC and the RTM. If you look carefully you find some tiny changes.
RC:
RTM:
You find two new Buttons, and you also find that the Dialog Launcher has disappeared.
Comparing the UICC.XSD file, which is the schema for the Ribbon language reveals that the DialogLauncher control is gone:
This is the only change in the schema. Now I have to go and remove all the places in the first chapter that describes this control.