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and win32 resources. I have created commands and menu items for those = commands. What I want to know is how do I create my command so that = QueryStatus may be called with something other than None. I want it to = be TextWanted so that I may change the text on my menu item dynamically = based on the active selection. This will work similar to the built-in = Build <ProjectName> and Rebuild <ProjectName> menu items under the Build = menu. All I ever get is None. A condensed exerpt of my code is as follows: Public Sub OnConnection(ByVal application As Object, ByVal connectMode = As Extensibility.ext_ConnectMode, ByVal addInInst As Object, ByRef = custom As System.Array) Implements = Extensibility.IDTExtensibility2.OnConnection applicationObject =3D = CType(application, EnvDTE.DTE) addInInstance =3D CType(addInInst, = EnvDTE.AddIn) If connectMode =3D = Extensibility.ext_ConnectMode.ext_cm_UISetup Then Dim objAddIn As = AddIn =3D CType(addInInst, AddIn) Dim CommandObj As Command = Try CommandObj =3D = applicationObject.Commands.AddNamedCommand(objAddIn, "MyAddin2", = "MyAddin2", "Executes the command for MyAddin2", True, 59, Nothing, 1 + = 2) '1+2 =3D=3D vsCommandStatusSupported+vsCommandStatusEnabled = CommandObj.AddControl(applicationObject.CommandBars.Item("Tools")) = Catch e as System.Exception End Try End IfEnd SubPublic Sub = QueryStatus(ByVal cmdName As String, ByVal neededText As = vsCommandStatusTextWanted, ByRef statusOption As vsCommandStatus, ByRef = commandText As Object) Implements IDTCommandTarget.QueryStatus '... = If neededText =3D vsCommandStatusTextWanted.vsCommandStatusTextWanted = Then commandText =3D "Dynamically Change the text on my menu = item." End IfEnd SubAny help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks in =
Public Sub OnConnection(ByVal application As Object, ByVal connectMode As
Extensibility.ext_ConnectMode, ByVal addInInst As Object, ByRef custom As System.Array) Implements Extensibility.IDTExtensibility2.OnConnection applicationObject = CType(application, EnvDTE.DTE) addInInstance = CType(addInInst, EnvDTE.AddIn) If connectMode = Extensibility.ext_ConnectMode.ext_cm_UISetup Then Dim objAddIn As AddIn = CType(addInInst, AddIn) Dim CommandObj As Command Try CommandObj = applicationObject.Commands.AddNamedCommand(objAddIn, "MyAddin2", "MyAddin2", "Executes the command for MyAddin2", True, 59, Nothing, 1 + 2) '1+2 == vsCommandStatusSupported+vsCommandStatusEnabled CommandObj.AddControl(applicationObject.CommandBars.Item("Tools")) Catch e as System.Exception End Try End If End Sub Public Sub QueryStatus(ByVal cmdName As String, ByVal neededText As vsCommandStatusTextWanted, ByRef statusOption As vsCommandStatus, ByRef commandText As Object) Implements IDTCommandTarget.QueryStatus '... If neededText = vsCommandStatusTextWanted.vsCommandStatusTextWanted Then commandText = "Dynamically Change the text on my menu item." End If End Sub Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. BTW - What is ninched?
Thanks, Carlos.
You've been very helpful. "Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP]" <carlosq@NOSPAMsogecable.com> wrote in = message news:u8tg8iHBFHA.2104@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... 1) The neededText parameter is always vsCommandStatusTextWantedNone in = VS.NET 2002/2003, but your add-in should always verify that this is the = value passed because the other values are reserved for future versions = of Visual Studio .NET (source: book "Inside Microsoft Visual Studio .NET = 2003", Microsoft Press, by Craig Skibo and others). 2) This means that to change the Name / ButtonText properties of a = command you must re-create it (since they set when the command is = created, not as writable properties). However, you can change = dynamically the CommandBarButton.Caption of the controls created from = that command. Maybe this is enough for you. 3) Ninched is the opposite of Latched, for commands that display an = On/Off state (pressed/unpressed) rather than performing an action as = usual. My add-in (below) uses one of those commands to = activate/deactivate its "Intelligent Design Mode" feature. I think that I did all you want in my add-in. If you have problems = with it, let me know and I will take a closer look at the code. --=20 Carlos J. Quintero=20 MZ-Tools 4.0: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio .NET=20 You can code, design and document much faster. http://www.mztools.com "WALDO" <NOSPAM@NOSPAM.COM> escribi=F3 en el mensaje = news:OdOVM0$AFHA.3016@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... I am developing an addin to compile vb projects using the command = line and win32 resources. I have created commands and menu items for = those commands. What I want to know is how do I create my command so = that QueryStatus may be called with something other than None. I want it = to be TextWanted so that I may change the text on my menu item = dynamically based on the active selection. This will work similar to the = built-in Build <ProjectName> and Rebuild <ProjectName> menu items under = the Build menu. All I ever get is None. A condensed exerpt of my code is as follows: Public Sub OnConnection(ByVal application As Object, ByVal connectMode = As Extensibility.ext_ConnectMode, ByVal addInInst As Object, ByRef = custom As System.Array) Implements = Extensibility.IDTExtensibility2.OnConnection applicationObject =3D = CType(application, EnvDTE.DTE) addInInstance =3D CType(addInInst, = EnvDTE.AddIn) If connectMode =3D = Extensibility.ext_ConnectMode.ext_cm_UISetup Then Dim objAddIn As = AddIn =3D CType(addInInst, AddIn) Dim CommandObj As Command = Try CommandObj =3D = applicationObject.Commands.AddNamedCommand(objAddIn, "MyAddin2", = "MyAddin2", "Executes the command for MyAddin2", True, 59, Nothing, 1 + = 2) '1+2 =3D=3D vsCommandStatusSupported+vsCommandStatusEnabled = CommandObj.AddControl(applicationObject.CommandBars.Item("Tools")) = Catch e as System.Exception End Try End IfEnd Sub Public Sub = QueryStatus(ByVal cmdName As String, ByVal neededText As = vsCommandStatusTextWanted, ByRef statusOption As vsCommandStatus, ByRef = commandText As Object) Implements IDTCommandTarget.QueryStatus '... = If neededText =3D vsCommandStatusTextWanted.vsCommandStatusTextWanted = Then commandText =3D "Dynamically Change the text on my menu = item." End IfEnd Sub Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks in =
One question, though.
I'm having difficulty obtaining a reference to the CommandBarButton = (menu item) object that will execute my command. How would I go about = this, given the code previously provided? "Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP]" <carlosq@NOSPAMsogecable.com> wrote in = message news:u8tg8iHBFHA.2104@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... 1) The neededText parameter is always vsCommandStatusTextWantedNone in = VS.NET 2002/2003, but your add-in should always verify that this is the = value passed because the other values are reserved for future versions = of Visual Studio .NET (source: book "Inside Microsoft Visual Studio .NET = 2003", Microsoft Press, by Craig Skibo and others). 2) This means that to change the Name / ButtonText properties of a = command you must re-create it (since they set when the command is = created, not as writable properties). However, you can change = dynamically the CommandBarButton.Caption of the controls created from = that command. Maybe this is enough for you. 3) Ninched is the opposite of Latched, for commands that display an = On/Off state (pressed/unpressed) rather than performing an action as = usual. My add-in (below) uses one of those commands to = activate/deactivate its "Intelligent Design Mode" feature. I think that I did all you want in my add-in. If you have problems = with it, let me know and I will take a closer look at the code. --=20 Carlos J. Quintero=20 MZ-Tools 4.0: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio .NET=20 You can code, design and document much faster. http://www.mztools.com "WALDO" <NOSPAM@NOSPAM.COM> escribi=F3 en el mensaje = news:OdOVM0$AFHA.3016@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... I am developing an addin to compile vb projects using the command = line and win32 resources. I have created commands and menu items for = those commands. What I want to know is how do I create my command so = that QueryStatus may be called with something other than None. I want it = to be TextWanted so that I may change the text on my menu item = dynamically based on the active selection. This will work similar to the = built-in Build <ProjectName> and Rebuild <ProjectName> menu items under = the Build menu. All I ever get is None. A condensed exerpt of my code is as follows: Public Sub OnConnection(ByVal application As Object, ByVal connectMode = As Extensibility.ext_ConnectMode, ByVal addInInst As Object, ByRef = custom As System.Array) Implements = Extensibility.IDTExtensibility2.OnConnection applicationObject =3D = CType(application, EnvDTE.DTE) addInInstance =3D CType(addInInst, = EnvDTE.AddIn) If connectMode =3D = Extensibility.ext_ConnectMode.ext_cm_UISetup Then Dim objAddIn As = AddIn =3D CType(addInInst, AddIn) Dim CommandObj As Command = Try CommandObj =3D = applicationObject.Commands.AddNamedCommand(objAddIn, "MyAddin2", = "MyAddin2", "Executes the command for MyAddin2", True, 59, Nothing, 1 + = 2) '1+2 =3D=3D vsCommandStatusSupported+vsCommandStatusEnabled = CommandObj.AddControl(applicationObject.CommandBars.Item("Tools")) = Catch e as System.Exception End Try End IfEnd Sub Public Sub = QueryStatus(ByVal cmdName As String, ByVal neededText As = vsCommandStatusTextWanted, ByRef statusOption As vsCommandStatus, ByRef = commandText As Object) Implements IDTCommandTarget.QueryStatus '... = If neededText =3D vsCommandStatusTextWanted.vsCommandStatusTextWanted = Then commandText =3D "Dynamically Change the text on my menu = item." End IfEnd Sub Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks in =
Nevermind. Figured it out. d'uh
"Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP]" <carlosq@NOSPAMsogecable.com> wrote in = message news:u8tg8iHBFHA.2104@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... 1) The neededText parameter is always vsCommandStatusTextWantedNone in = VS.NET 2002/2003, but your add-in should always verify that this is the = value passed because the other values are reserved for future versions = of Visual Studio .NET (source: book "Inside Microsoft Visual Studio .NET = 2003", Microsoft Press, by Craig Skibo and others). 2) This means that to change the Name / ButtonText properties of a = command you must re-create it (since they set when the command is = created, not as writable properties). However, you can change = dynamically the CommandBarButton.Caption of the controls created from = that command. Maybe this is enough for you. 3) Ninched is the opposite of Latched, for commands that display an = On/Off state (pressed/unpressed) rather than performing an action as = usual. My add-in (below) uses one of those commands to = activate/deactivate its "Intelligent Design Mode" feature. I think that I did all you want in my add-in. If you have problems = with it, let me know and I will take a closer look at the code. --=20 Carlos J. Quintero=20 MZ-Tools 4.0: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio .NET=20 You can code, design and document much faster. http://www.mztools.com "WALDO" <NOSPAM@NOSPAM.COM> escribi=F3 en el mensaje = news:OdOVM0$AFHA.3016@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... I am developing an addin to compile vb projects using the command = line and win32 resources. I have created commands and menu items for = those commands. What I want to know is how do I create my command so = that QueryStatus may be called with something other than None. I want it = to be TextWanted so that I may change the text on my menu item = dynamically based on the active selection. This will work similar to the = built-in Build <ProjectName> and Rebuild <ProjectName> menu items under = the Build menu. All I ever get is None. A condensed exerpt of my code is as follows: Public Sub OnConnection(ByVal application As Object, ByVal connectMode = As Extensibility.ext_ConnectMode, ByVal addInInst As Object, ByRef = custom As System.Array) Implements = Extensibility.IDTExtensibility2.OnConnection applicationObject =3D = CType(application, EnvDTE.DTE) addInInstance =3D CType(addInInst, = EnvDTE.AddIn) If connectMode =3D = Extensibility.ext_ConnectMode.ext_cm_UISetup Then Dim objAddIn As = AddIn =3D CType(addInInst, AddIn) Dim CommandObj As Command = Try CommandObj =3D = applicationObject.Commands.AddNamedCommand(objAddIn, "MyAddin2", = "MyAddin2", "Executes the command for MyAddin2", True, 59, Nothing, 1 + = 2) '1+2 =3D=3D vsCommandStatusSupported+vsCommandStatusEnabled = CommandObj.AddControl(applicationObject.CommandBars.Item("Tools")) = Catch e as System.Exception End Try End IfEnd Sub Public Sub = QueryStatus(ByVal cmdName As String, ByVal neededText As = vsCommandStatusTextWanted, ByRef statusOption As vsCommandStatus, ByRef = commandText As Object) Implements IDTCommandTarget.QueryStatus '... = If neededText =3D vsCommandStatusTextWanted.vsCommandStatusTextWanted = Then commandText =3D "Dynamically Change the text on my menu = item." End IfEnd Sub Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks in =
OK. One last thing. In my Query status, I change my Caption when I need =
to, but the width of the caption is bigger than the existing menu items. = The menu that it is attached to does not compensate for the width and = therefore cuts off my caption. What can I do about that? "Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP]" <carlosq@NOSPAMsogecable.com> wrote in = message news:%23zlg1FIBFHA.2792@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... Command.AddControl() or CommandBar.Controls.Item(n) returns a = CommandBarControl that you must cast to CommandBarButton.=20 --=20 Carlos J. Quintero=20 MZ-Tools 4.0: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio .NET=20 You can code, design and document much faster. http://www.mztools.com "WALDO" <NOSPAM@NOSPAM.COM> escribi=F3 en el mensaje = news:%23lvbZBIBFHA.3236@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... One question, though. I'm having difficulty obtaining a reference to the CommandBarButton = (menu item) object that will execute my command. How would I go about =
It seems that QueryStatus is too late to change the caption. When you =
pull down the menu, it is already sized to its contents before = QueryStatus is called. If I change it then, It won't make a diffrence = the first time I pull down that menu. The next time, when the menu is = sized, then QueryStatus is called, and I don't have to change my = caption, it will be sized properly. What I ended up doing was handling the Selection OnChange event and = refreshing my menu items then. (which is really what I was going for, so = that worked out. "Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP]" <carlosq@NOSPAMsogecable.com> wrote in = message news:eoCMyRJBFHA.2428@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... Ummm, I think that the menu should recalculate its width but if not, = you could add enough spaces to the original shorter caption, maybe it = does the trick... --=20 Carlos J. Quintero=20 MZ-Tools 4.0: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio .NET=20 You can code, design and document much faster. http://www.mztools.com "WALDO" <NOSPAM@NOSPAM.COM> escribi=F3 en el mensaje = news:O7XVORIBFHA.2788@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... OK. One last thing. In my Query status, I change my Caption when I = need to, but the width of the caption is bigger than the existing menu = items. The menu that it is attached to does not compensate for the width =
1) The neededText parameter is always vsCommandStatusTextWantedNone in =
VS.NET 2002/2003, but your add-in should always verify that this is the = value passed because the other values are reserved for future versions = of Visual Studio .NET (source: book "Inside Microsoft Visual Studio .NET = 2003", Microsoft Press, by Craig Skibo and others). 2) This means that to change the Name / ButtonText properties of a = command you must re-create it (since they set when the command is = created, not as writable properties). However, you can change = dynamically the CommandBarButton.Caption of the controls created from = that command. Maybe this is enough for you. 3) Ninched is the opposite of Latched, for commands that display an = On/Off state (pressed/unpressed) rather than performing an action as = usual. My add-in (below) uses one of those commands to = activate/deactivate its "Intelligent Design Mode" feature. I think that I did all you want in my add-in. If you have problems with = it, let me know and I will take a closer look at the code. --=20 Carlos J. Quintero=20 MZ-Tools 4.0: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio .NET=20 You can code, design and document much faster. http://www.mztools.com "WALDO" <NOSPAM@NOSPAM.COM> escribi=F3 en el mensaje = news:OdOVM0$AFHA.3016@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... I am developing an addin to compile vb projects using the command line = and win32 resources. I have created commands and menu items for those = commands. What I want to know is how do I create my command so that = QueryStatus may be called with something other than None. I want it to = be TextWanted so that I may change the text on my menu item dynamically = based on the active selection. This will work similar to the built-in = Build <ProjectName> and Rebuild <ProjectName> menu items under the Build = menu. All I ever get is None. A condensed exerpt of my code is as follows: Public Sub OnConnection(ByVal application As Object, ByVal connectMode = As Extensibility.ext_ConnectMode, ByVal addInInst As Object, ByRef = custom As System.Array) Implements = Extensibility.IDTExtensibility2.OnConnection applicationObject =3D = CType(application, EnvDTE.DTE) addInInstance =3D CType(addInInst, = EnvDTE.AddIn) If connectMode =3D = Extensibility.ext_ConnectMode.ext_cm_UISetup Then Dim objAddIn As = AddIn =3D CType(addInInst, AddIn) Dim CommandObj As Command = Try CommandObj =3D = applicationObject.Commands.AddNamedCommand(objAddIn, "MyAddin2", = "MyAddin2", "Executes the command for MyAddin2", True, 59, Nothing, 1 + = 2) '1+2 =3D=3D vsCommandStatusSupported+vsCommandStatusEnabled = CommandObj.AddControl(applicationObject.CommandBars.Item("Tools")) = Catch e as System.Exception End Try End IfEnd Sub Public Sub = QueryStatus(ByVal cmdName As String, ByVal neededText As = vsCommandStatusTextWanted, ByRef statusOption As vsCommandStatus, ByRef = commandText As Object) Implements IDTCommandTarget.QueryStatus '... = If neededText =3D vsCommandStatusTextWanted.vsCommandStatusTextWanted = Then commandText =3D "Dynamically Change the text on my menu = item." End IfEnd Sub Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks in =
Command.AddControl() or CommandBar.Controls.Item(n) returns a =
CommandBarControl that you must cast to CommandBarButton.=20 --=20 Carlos J. Quintero=20 MZ-Tools 4.0: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio .NET=20 You can code, design and document much faster. http://www.mztools.com "WALDO" <NOSPAM@NOSPAM.COM> escribi=F3 en el mensaje = news:%23lvbZBIBFHA.3236@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... One question, though. I'm having difficulty obtaining a reference to the CommandBarButton = (menu item) object that will execute my command. How would I go about =
Ummm, I think that the menu should recalculate its width but if not, you =
could add enough spaces to the original shorter caption, maybe it does = the trick... --=20 Carlos J. Quintero=20 MZ-Tools 4.0: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio .NET=20 You can code, design and document much faster. http://www.mztools.com "WALDO" <NOSPAM@NOSPAM.COM> escribi=F3 en el mensaje = news:O7XVORIBFHA.2788@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... OK. One last thing. In my Query status, I change my Caption when I = need to, but the width of the caption is bigger than the existing menu = items. The menu that it is attached to does not compensate for the width =
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