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On this page you can define additional settings for the ribbon.

If you have loaded a ribbon from an Access database or if you want to transfer or update a ribbon to an Access database you should consider following points:

Ribbon from an Access Database:

  • The Ribbon Name that you have selected on opening the Access database will be displayed.

  • If you want to write a new ribbon to the database, you have to uncheck "Replace Ribbon" to be able to rename the ribbon.

    If "Replace Ribbon" remains checked the ribbon in the database will be updated.

The Button "Open selected Database" open the selected Access Database.

customUI: Edit Callbacks: Define other callbacks for the CustomUI control.

The Button labeled "Edit Office Backstage Menu & Ribbon" opens the Office Backstage Menu & Ribbon Editor.

The options

  • Copy "basCallbacks" to the database

  • Copy "basGDIPlus" to the database

    will have an effect only if you decide to export the ribbon to the database.


Once you decided to uncheck the option

  • Keep Callback calls in Ribbon XML

    all Callback calls in the Ribbon XML Definition will be deleted.


If you select the option

  • Replace basRibbonCallbacks in the selected database

    the module "basRibbonCallbacks" will be replaced with the new version.

If the option


If the option

  • "Add Select Case Statements for all Controls in basRibbonCallbacks"

    is checked, the Select-Case statements for all ribbon controls will be added to the modul "basRibbonCallbacks".

Checking the option

  • Show Standard Ribbons

    will hide Standard Ribbons on the Office Application.


Checking the option

  • "Set Ribbon as Application Ribbon"

    the current ribbon will be set to be the Application Ribbon.

If you have checked

  • "Save images in the selected database"

    your customized images will be stored in the table "tblBinary".

    A hint will appear stating that the modules "basRibbonCallbacks" and "basGDIPlus" need to be replaced.

  • If you load a ribbon from an Access database its images were stored in the table "tblBinary", you have the option to use the button "Open temporary image folder" to open the folder in which the customized images were temporarily stored to.

  • Button "Get Callbacks (Text file ):"

    A click on this button creates a text file containing the full content of the module "basRibbonsCallbacks" as well as all required select-case-statements.
    To get all necessary Select-Case-Statements replace the content of the existing module "basRibbonsCallbacks" in Excel or Word with the entire content of these text file.

  • Button "Get RibbonXML (Text file ):"

    A click on this button creates a text file containing the RibbonXML Code from your Ribbon.


    The option to select an Access Database is available only if Access is installed on the computer.

    You can always save the created ribbon as XML file.