> I've got a control that I've added to the Commandbar for the code
> window, and I'm trying to set the enabled state based on the selection
> (or active point) for the current ActiveDocument. If the currently
> selection is valid by some parameters, the control's enabled state will
> be true, otherwise it will be false.
>
> What I really want to do is have an event to fire before the commandbar
> is shown, so that I can check where the selection is, see if it is
> valid, and enable/disable the control before the commandbar is
> presented to the user. I believe this same kind of functionality
> occurs in addins like GhostDoc and Resharper - modifying enabled states
> based on context.
>
> Here is the code I'm working with now:
>
> public void OnConnection(object application, ext_ConnectMode
> connectMode, object addInInst, ref Array custom)
> {
> _applicationObject = (DTE2)application;
> _addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;
>
> // Get the CommandBar for the window in which you want to add the
> menuitem. I am going to add it to the code window.
> CommandBar commandBar = (_applicationObject.CommandBars as
> CommandBars)["Code Window"];
>
> // create a control
> CommandBarControl gotoDeclarationControl = commandBar.Controls.Add(
> MsoControlType.msoControlButton,
> System.Reflection.Missing.Value, System.Reflection.Missing.Value, 1,
> true);
> gotoDeclarationControl.Caption = "Go to Declaration";
>
> // add click handler for control
> mGotoDeclarationItemHandler =
> _applicationObject.Events.get_CommandBarEvents(gotoDeclarationControl)
> as CommandBarEvents;
> mGotoDeclarationItemHandler.Click += new
> _dispCommandBarControlEvents_ClickEventHandler(mGotoDeclarationItemHandler_Click);
> }
>
>
> Anyone have any advice and/or a pointer to some relevant documentation?
>