Question

Adding buttons showing standard Outlook icons to a Ribbon is pretty straightforward. Set the button’s property OfficeImageId to a known ID (e.g. “EncryptMessage”) and you’re done. For a complete list of possible values see Office 2010 Add-In: Icons Gallery.

Now my question is, can i archieve the same thing in a Form Region? I mean, adding for example a PictureBox showing that standard Office icon? Obviously there is no OfficeImageId property, but perhaps someone knows a workaround.

Answer 1

The link you provided goes to a Word 2010 document. I was using until now the Excel 2007 document with a ribbon extension showing all the built-in icons (“2007 Office System Add-In: Icons Gallery” in the “What others download section). In this Workbook you can click on an icon, and a VBA form shows the 16×16 and the 32×32 icon bravely.

It’s just a VBA form with two picture boxes. The code is as follows:

   Sub OnAction(control As IRibbonControl, id As String, index As Integer)
    If (control.Tag = "large") Then
        id = Strings.Mid(id, 3)
    End If

    Dim form As New ControlInfoForm
    form.nameX.Caption = "imageMso: " & id
    Set form.Image1.Picture = Application.CommandBars.GetImageMso(id, 16, 16)
    Set form.Image2.Picture = Application.CommandBars.GetImageMso(id, 32, 32)
    form.Show
End Sub

I hope that this helps you to get the image.