Description
Determines the total number of child items in a parent (Category, Panel, or Group) of the RibbonBar control.
Applies to
RibbonBar controls
Syntax
controlname.GetChildItemCount ( Long Handle )
Argument |
Description |
---|---|
controlname |
The name of the RibbonBar control. |
Handle |
The handle of the parent object whose child items you want to count. The parent object can be Category, Panel, or Group. |
Return value
Integer.
Returns the total number of child items in the parent. If the parent contains no items, returns 0. If an error occurs, returns -1. If any argument's value is null, returns null.
Usage
The parent object can be Category, Panel, or Group.
The child item for Category is Panel; the child item for Panel can be Group, LargeButton, SmallButton, CheckBox, and ComboBox; the child item for Group can be SmallButton, CheckBox, and ComboBox.
Examples
The following code example counts the panels in the "TestCategory" category and returns 2.
Long ll_Return, ll_Handle_Category, ll_Handle_panel ll_Handle_Category = rbb_1.InsertCategoryFirst ( "TestCategory" ) ll_Handle_Panel = rbb_1.InsertPanelFirst ( ll_Handle_Category, "TestPanel1", "EmployeeSmall!" ) ll_Handle_Panel = rbb_1.InsertPanelLast ( ll_Handle_Category, "TestPanel2", "EmployeeSmall!" ) ll_Return = rbb_1.GetChildItemCount ( ll_Handle_Category )
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