Author:halw

Date:2011-01-08T17:30:59.000000Z


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+[[Property:title|EiffelRibbon]]
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+=Introduction=
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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. 
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+=Current state of development=
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+Initial distribution:
+:The EiffelRibbon library is not usable directly. The EiffelRibbon tool allows you to design a ribbon and will generate code that relies on the EiffelRibbon library.
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+:A class <code>EV_RIBBON_TITLED_WINDOW</code> is provided with the library. <code>EV_RIBBON_TITLED_WINDOW</code> is a descendant of the standard EiffelVision 2 class <code>EV_TITLED_WINDOW</code>. The ribbon classes generated by EiffelRibbon tool can be added only to instances of <code>EV_RIBBON_TITLED_WINDOW</code>.
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+=System requirements=
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+To use the EiffelRibbon library and tools you must have:
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+# Windows 7
+# The Microsoft C compiler provided with either:
+## Windows SDK 7.0 or greater
+## Visual Studio 2008 or greater
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