IDBECommandBarsConverter2013

IsaconverterforuserdefinedmenusandtoolbarsfromAccessdatabases,Excelworkbooksand
WorddocumentstoRibbonXMLforimportingintotheIDBERibbonCreator2013.

Systemrequirements:

TheCommandBarsConverterrequiresaninstalledandregisteredversionoftheIDBERibbonCreator
2013.

IfonlyasharewareversionoftheIDBERibbonCreator2013is installed,theCommandBarsConverter
cannotbestarted.

TheCommandBarsConverter201:

Afterstartingtheprogramyoumaychoosefrom
whatkindofdocumentyouwanttoimportyour
menubarortoolbar.

Usingthebutton"Select..."youmaychoosefromthe
followingfiletypes:

Access:mdbandmde
Excel:xlsandxlt
Word:docanddot

Afterafilesselectiontheappropriateofficeprogramisbrieflyopenedandtheexistingmenubars
andtoolbarswillbedisplayed.

Selectthedesiredmenubarsand/ortoolbarswhichyouwanttobeconvertedtoaRibbonXMLin
theIDBERibbonCreator2013.

UsingthebuttonResetSelectionallselectedmenubarsand/ortoolbarswillbedeselected.

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ClickingthebuttonHideOptionsfurtheroptionswillbehidden.

ClickingthebuttonShowOptionsfurtheroptionswillbedisplayed.

ButtonStartConvertion

HereyoustarttheconvertionoftheselectedMenubarsand/ortoolsbarswiththerequested
options.ClickingthebuttonletyoudefineafilenamefortheRibbonXMLthatwillbecreated.

Acompletionmessagewillappearafterconversion.

NowyoumaystarttheIDBERibbonCreator2013to followthesesteps
TabFile
o Open
aXMLfile

toloadundedityourconvertedXMLfile.

Options:

UserdefinedmenubarandtoolbarinanOffice2003Program

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Usecaptionsfrommenubarsas:

NewGroupCaptioninTab
Foreachmenuinthemenubar/toolbaranewgroupontheribbontabwillbecreated.





NewTabCaptioninRibbon(Onlyonemenubarcanbeconverted)
Foreachmenuinthemenubar/toolbaranewtabontheribbonwillbecreated.






Useformenubarcaptions:

Ifamenushouldbeusedonamenubarand/ortoolbaryoumaychossewhatkindofRibboncontrol
youwanttouse.

MenuControls

Amenucontrolisusedontheribbon.

SplitButtonControls

ASplitButtoncontrolisusedontheribbon.

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Convert(Imagesandlabelsonly):

IfbuiltinelementsfromOfficeprograms(builtinmenusand/orbuiltinbuttons)areusedwithyour
userdefinedmenubarsand/ortoolbarsyoumaychoosewhethertheyshouldbeconvertedornot.

SelectedOfficeProgramControls
Onlybuttonelementswillbeconverted,menusremaindisregarded.
Tip:UserdefinedbuttonsfromExcelworkbookswillonlybeconvertediftheoptionis
checked.

SelectedOfficeProgramMenus
Allmenusinclusiveallbuttonswillbeconverted.



ButtonSelectpathforuserdefinedimages

Selectafolderwheretheuserdefinedimageswillbestored.
AllimagesintheselectedfolderwillbestoredasaPNGbitmapwithtransparency.
Tip:UserdefinedimagesfromExcelworkbookscouldnotbeextracted.

Moreinformation:

http://www.ribboncreator2013.de/en/? CommandBars_Converter
http://www.accessribbon.com

SpecialThanks

Iwouldliketothank

JensSchillingand
SachaTrowitzsch

forsupportandcodevelopment.

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