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Free WPF Ribbon with source code andMVVM samples

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Ira Lukhezo

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Finally after about 2 years as a CTP, Microsoft have released the WPF ribbon. Due to the delay, onecan be certain that they were allowing their third party software vendors as much traction for usersthat needed a ribbon, but some brilliant open source versions including Fluent Ribbon Control Suite(h.p://uent.codeplex.com/) have been developed.

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The best thing about the release, is that the Oce Fluent UI licensing is now no longer a requirement.This allows people to download the software straight away, without having to go through thecumbersome process of logging into the Oce website, signing the licensing, then spending half a daytrying to locate the installation because it was hidden in a way that made you think they dont wantanyone to use it.

The download for the ribbon is available here (h.p://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=2bfc3187-74aa-4154-a670-76ef8bc2a0b4). Please ensure thatyou also take the time to install the source and samples if you want to build MVVM compliantapplications with the ribbon (you should be doing this in WPF anyway) . The MSDN documentation isavailable here (h.p://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/799534.aspx).

The installation notes say that this is not supported on XP, but on vista upwards but I have not testedthis. If there are issues then you should be able to use another vendor.

After installing the MSI you should have the following template in Visual Studio


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There is no information on the installation templates for the express editions, but I would hazard aguess as to them never being available, as building applications with a Ribbon is not something alearner typically does. If you are using express, then you should be able to add the requisite .dll thus.If you look in my Tree View below in Visual Studio, you will nd that there is a reference toRibbonControlsLibrary. This is located at; C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Ribbon forWPF\v3.5.40729.1\RibbonControlsLibrary.dll


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Note: If you installed the source and samples as well, a .zip le with both is available at the samelocation. Copy this, and unzip it in a location of your choosing


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The code behind for my window has the following code, so inherit o RibbonWindow


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Finally your XAML should be dened so, and youre good to go!


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