GetTabButtonByIndex

Description

Gets the tab button according to the index in the RibbonBar control.

Applies to

RibbonBar control

Syntax

controlname.GetTabButtonByIndex ( Long Index, ref RibbonTabButtonItem Item )

Argument

Description

controlname

The name of the RibbonBar control.

Index

The index of the tab button you want to obtain.

Item

A RibbonTabButtonItem variable in which you want to store the tab button identified by the index.


Return value

Integer.

Returns 1 if it succeeds and -1 if an error occurs. If any argument's value is null, returns null.

Usage

You can also get the tab button according to its handle using the GetTabButton function.

Example 1

This example inserts a "MyTabButton" tab button and then gets a copy of the tab button whose index number is 1.

Integer li_Return
Long ll_Handle
RibbonTabButtonItem lr_TabButton

ll_Handle = rbb_1.InsertTabButtonFirst ("MyTabButton", "ArrowUpSmall!", "Ue_TabButtonClicked")
li_Return = rbb_1.GetTabButtonByIndex (1, lr_TabButton)

Example 2

This example searches all tab buttons for the tab button whose tag value is "up".

String  ls_path
Long    ll_TabCount, ll_I
integer li_return
RibbonTabButtonItem lr_Tab
ls_path = "Saved Pictures\down.png"
ll_TabCount = Rbb_1.GetTabbuttoncount( )
For ll_I = 1 To ll_TabCount
  If rbb_1.Gettabbuttonbyindex(ll_I, lr_Tab) = 1 Then
     If lr_Tab.tag = "up" Then
        lr_Tab.picturename = ls_path
        li_return = rbb_1.SetTabButton(lr_Tab.itemhandle, lr_Tab)
     End If
  End If
Next

See also

InsertTabButton

InsertTabButtonFirst

InsertTabButtonLast

DeleteTabButton

SetTabButton

GetTabButton

GetTabButtonCount