In WPF we used the office ribbon as menu, just so much nicer..
However when going to Silverlight i was afraid we would had to create an own ribbon or use some sort of navigator functionality.
"It can't be that noone created an office ribbon for silverlight" so i typed it in google and codeplex appeared.
http://silverlightribbon.codeplex.com/
Really nice :)
The trick with the ribbon is that Microsoft owns some patents or other IP around it. So anyone creating a ribbon-like control must pay a royalty to Microsoft. If an open source project did this, I'd assume the authors of the software would have to pay those royalties out of their own pockets or something.
In short, if you get a ribbon control for free, you are probably in danger of being sued.
Microsoft:
4. How will I license it exactly?
You will be able to license the UI via a simple click-through agreement on our website. You will also register your products that use the UI on the same website.
5. How much does it cost to obtain a license to the Office 2007 UI?
The license is provided at no cost. It is a royalty-free license.
That's what I'm talking about. We have the Infragistics controls here at work, and the whole "Ribbon UI License" is why their install has a separate step regarding those controls. If you read through the text, it does say that you'll have to visit Microsoft's site if you want to use them.
AFAIK, the Ribbon developer does not have to register their component with MS, though they may have to contact MS to get enough information to accurately make one. But if that Ribbon control is used in an application, that application has to be "licensed" with MS.
- Scott
P.S. Anybody having an issue where the forum-reply page on IE 8 is - well, really basic? I have IE 7 at work, and I get the regular "rich text" page. But I have IE 8 at home, and all I get is a basic textbox.
You have to put IE8 in compatibility mode to get a good result.
The forum software is quite old and is using an editor control that apparently
doesn’t properly detect IE8.
I’ve looked into upgrading the forum software. It looks
like around 24 hours of effort, and I just haven’t been able to find 3
days I can spend doing the upgrade…
Rocky
From: tmg4340
[mailto:cslanet@lhotka.net]
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 8:10 AM
To: rocky@lhotka.net
Subject: Re: [CSLA .NET] Silverlight Office Ribbon
That's what
I'm talking about. We have the Infragistics controls here at work, and
the whole "Ribbon UI License" is why their install has a separate
step regarding those controls. If you read through the text, it does
say that you'll have to visit Microsoft's site if you want to use them.
AFAIK, the
Ribbon developer does not have to register their component with MS, though they
may have to contact MS to get enough information to accurately make one.
But if that Ribbon control is used in an application, that application has to
be "licensed" with MS.
- Scott
P.S.
Anybody having an issue where the forum-reply page on IE 8 is - well, really basic? I
have IE 7 at work, and I get the regular "rich text" page. But
I have IE 8 at home, and all I get is a basic textbox.
You have to put IE8 in compatibility mode to get a good result.
The forum software is quite old and is using an editor control that apparently
doesn’t properly detect IE8.
I’ve looked into upgrading the forum software. It looks
like around 24 hours of effort, and I just haven’t been able to find 3
days I can spend doing the upgrade…
Rocky
From: tmg4340
[mailto:cslanet@lhotka.net]
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 8:10 AM
To: rocky@lhotka.net
Subject: Re: [CSLA .NET] Silverlight Office Ribbon
That's what
I'm talking about. We have the Infragistics controls here at work, and
the whole "Ribbon UI License" is why their install has a separate
step regarding those controls. If you read through the text, it does
say that you'll have to visit Microsoft's site if you want to use them.
AFAIK, the
Ribbon developer does not have to register their component with MS, though they
may have to contact MS to get enough information to accurately make one.
But if that Ribbon control is used in an application, that application has to
be "licensed" with MS.
- Scott
P.S.
Anybody having an issue where the forum-reply page on IE 8 is - well, really basic? I
have IE 7 at work, and I get the regular "rich text" page. But
I have IE 8 at home, and all I get is a basic textbox.
Thanks for the tip.
It worked.
I was looking for the compatibilty button to click near the address bar and it was not appearing for the forum. (It is there for many other websites.) So I used Tools, Compatibilty View Settings and added lhotka.net and now it is OK.
Joe
PS - Rocky - you have been "double posting" recently. Similar issue? Or just fat fingers?
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