Category

Remark: All functions in this chapter refer to Access / Office 2010.  

With a Category element single tasks can be categorized.

The Category element can have one or more task elements.

The corresponding XML Ribbon file:

<customUI xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2009/07/customui">
   <ribbon startFromScratch="false">
       <!-- Ribbon XML -->
   </ribbon>
  <backstage>
    <tab  id="btab1" label="Tab Label 1. ">
      <firstColumn>
       <taskFormGroup id="MytskfrmGroup1" label="Label taskFormGroup 1. Column" helperText="Helpertext for 1. Column">
           <category id="cat1" 
                     label="Label 1. Category" >
            <task id="tsk1" label="Label 1.0 Task" description="Description 1.0 Task" imageMso="HappyFace">
             <group id="myGroup21" label="Label 1. Group" helperText="Style:= normal"  style="normal"/>
             <group id="myGroup22" label="Label 2. Group" helperText="Style:= warning" style="warning"/>
             <group id="myGroup23" label="Label 3. Group" helperText="Style:= error" style="error"/>
            </task>
            <task id="tsk1a" label="Label 1.1. Task" description="Description 1.1 Task" imageMso="AppointmentColorDialog">
              <group id="myGroup24" style="normal"/>
            </task>
           </category>
           <category id="cat2" 
                     label="Label 2. Category">
            <task id="tsk2" label="Label 2.0 Task" description="Description 2.0 Task">
              <group id="myGroup25" style="normal"/>
            </task>
           </category>
       </taskFormGroup>
     </firstColumn>
    </tab>
    <button id="btnBackstage1" label="Label Backstage Button" imageMso="HappyFace" onAction="OnActionButton"/>
  </backstage>
</customUI>

Attributes: id, idMso, idQ, insertAfterMso, insertAfterQ, insertBeforeMso, insertBeforeQ, label, tag, visible

 Callbacks: getLabel, getVisible

 

You can also find this sample in sample database "Backstage View".