Microsoft Access 2010 Bible

Chapter 29: Customizing Access Ribbons

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FIGURE 29.20

Specifying the new custom ribbon in the Current Database options dialog box

The Basic Ribbon XML

Take a closer look at the basic XML required by Access ribbons. The following XML represents a

prototype ribbon (line numbers have been added to make the discussion following this XML easier

to understand):

1 <?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?>

2 <!-- This is a comment in the ribbon’s XML -->

3 <customUI xmlns=“http://schemas.microsoft.com/office

/2006/01/customui” onLoad=“onRibbonLoad”>

4 <ribbon startFromScratch=“true”>

5 <tabs>

6 <tab id=“tab1” ...

7 <group id=“group1” ... >

8 ... Controls go here ...

9 </group>

10 </tab>

11 <tab id=“tab2” ...

12 <group id=“group2” ... >

13 ... Controls go here ...

14 </group>