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EiffelRibbon is a library of classes with an associated tool which allows the integration of the Microsoft Windows "Ribbon" into graphical user interfaces programmed with [[EiffelVision 2]] and targeted to Microsoft Windows. The ribbon is part of a [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa338198.aspx#office2007uifordevelopers_detaileddesignofthenewuisystem revamped user interface approach] introduced by Microsoft with the 2007 release of the Microsoft Office applications. So you've experienced the ribbon if you've used Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, or Excel from 2007 or later.
[[Image:EiffelRibbon window 01|A window with a ribbon]]
Figure 1: A window with a ribbon.
The EiffelRibbon library contains the classes that are used to implement the ribbon facilities. The classes in the EiffelRibbon library all have class names beginning "EV_", the default prefix for EiffelVision 2 classes. So the EiffelRibbon classes can be seen as an extension to the EiffelVision 2 library. If you've used EiffelVision 2 to create applications with graphical user interfaces, then the EiffelRibbon class won't look unfamiliar to you. However, unlike other EiffelVision 2 classes, the EiffelRibbon classes only work in applications targeted to Microsoft Windows.
The EiffelRibbon design tool helps you configure a ribbon in much the same way that [[EiffelBuild|EiffelBuild]] (ES Builder) helps you layout a GUI application.
=System requirements=
To use the EiffelRibbon library and tools you must have:
# Windows 7
# The Microsoft C compiler provided with either:
## Windows SDK 7.0 or greater
## Visual Studio 2008 or greater
=Current state of development=
Initial distribution:
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* It is necessary to freeze the target system each time the EiffelRibbon code is regenerated.
* When using EV_RICH_TEXT within a ribbon, the EV_RICH_TEXT may not be refreshed right after the ribbon has been displayed.
=System requirements=
To use the EiffelRibbon library and tools you must have:
# Windows 7
# The Microsoft C compiler provided with either:
## Windows SDK 7.0 or greater
## Visual Studio 2008 or greater
=The EiffelRibbon design tool=
The EiffelRibbon design tool allows you to design a ribbon graphically, then generate the corresponding Eiffel classes necessary to implement your design.
[[Image:EiffelRibbon design tool 01|EiffelRibbon design tool]]
Figure 2: An EiffelRibbon project open in the EiffelRibbon design tool.
The interface of the design tool mimics that of [[EiffelBuild|EiffelBuild]]. That is, the interface contains three panes that have counterparts in EiffelBuild:
# Type selector: A list of all the elements available for use in a ribbon.
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* Use EiffelStudio to compile the generated code.
=The EiffelRibbon class library=
The EiffelRibbon class library contains a set of classes which make using ribbons in EiffelVision 2 applications possible.
The classes in the EiffelRibbon library all have class names beginning "EV_", the default prefix for EiffelVision 2 classes. So the EiffelRibbon classes can be seen as an extension to the EiffelVision 2 library, although unlike other EiffelVision 2 classes, the ribbon classes only work in applications targeted to Microsoft Windows.

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*Supports features not always available in competing technologies
**Contracts and contract monitoring
**Exception handling based on software specification (versus ad hoc try/catch)
**Void-safety: calls on void (null) references are prohibited at compile time
**Void-safety: calls on void (null) references are eliminated at compile time
**Inheritance
***Includes multiple and repeated inheritance
***Safe and fully controllable