VSTO ribbon xml set callback attribute in 'template' for each control type-CodePudding

I have a C# VSTO Excel add-in that uses XML for the ribbon. In it, there are multiple ToggleButtons that all use the same functions used in their 'getLabel', 'getKeytip', 'getScreentip', 'getSupertip', 'getPressed', & 'onAction' callbacks. Those functions then return the correct value or execute the correct code based on the control's ID.

Is it possible to create a 'template' for these elements that sets these attributes, but allows me to provide the ID?

For example here is what I currently have:

          <toggleButton
            id="tb1"
            getLabel="GetLabel"
            getKeytip="GetKeytip"
            getScreentip="GetScreentip"
            getSupertip="GetSupertip"
            getPressed="Togglebutton_GetPressed"
            onAction="Togglebutton_OnAction"/>
          <toggleButton
            id="tb2"
            getLabel="GetLabel"
            getKeytip="GetKeytip"
            getScreentip="GetScreentip"
            getSupertip="GetSupertip"
            getPressed="Togglebutton_GetPressed"
            onAction="Togglebutton_OnAction"/>
          <toggleButton
            id="tb3"
            getLabel="GetLabel"
            getKeytip="GetKeytip"
            getScreentip="GetScreentip"
            getSupertip="GetSupertip"
            getPressed="Togglebutton_GetPressed"
            onAction="Togglebutton_OnAction"/>
          <toggleButton
            id="tb4"
            getLabel="GetLabel"
            getKeytip="GetKeytip"
            getScreentip="GetScreentip"
            getSupertip="GetSupertip"
            getPressed="Togglebutton_GetPressed"
            onAction="Togglebutton_OnAction"/>
          <toggleButton
            id="tb5"
            getLabel="GetLabel"
            getKeytip="GetKeytip"
            getScreentip="GetScreentip"
            getSupertip="GetSupertip"
            getPressed="Togglebutton_GetPressed"
            onAction="Togglebutton_OnAction"/>

And I'd like to be able to specify a 'template':

          <toggleButtonTemplate
            getLabel="GetLabel"
            getKeytip="GetKeytip"
            getScreentip="GetScreentip"
            getSupertip="GetSupertip"
            getPressed="Togglebutton_GetPressed"
            onAction="Togglebutton_OnAction"/>

And then have my ribbon XML be updated to something like:

          <toggleButtonTemplate
            id="tb1"/>
          <toggleButtonTemplate
            id="tb2"/>
          <toggleButtonTemplate
            id="tb3"/>
          <toggleButtonTemplate
            id="tb4"/>
          <toggleButtonTemplate
            id="tb5"/>

Is something like this possible? If so, how would I go about doing it?

CodePudding user response：

Yes, it is possible. Use .net BCL for dealing with XML files. You can generate the ribbon XML at runtime and add attributes to the XML files dynamically using the XmlDocument class from the System.XML namespace. See Adding attributes to an XML node for more information.