Webbrowser on Excel Ribbon?

Question

I'm using Visual Studio 2008. It is possible to add a Webbrowser item to a Form item, but is it possible to add a Webbrowser item to a Ribbon item ? Or is there another way of showing a Web Page on the Ribbon ?

There is something called Ribbon-XML, may that do the job ?

Or is it possible to bind a Form (inheriting a Webbrowser) to the Ribbon ?

Answer 1

No, there is no way to place any third party controls on the ribbon except the ones defined by the Ribbon scheme.

Instead, you may consider placing a web browser control on a custom task pane. See Custom Task Panes for more information in MSDN.

Read more about the Fluent UI (aka Ribbon UI) in the following series of articles in MSND:

• Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 1 of 3)
• Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 2 of 3)
• Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 3 of 3)