How to Get a pointer to MFC Ribbon ComboBox

Question

I'm developing an MFC Ribbon application on visual studio 2013 and I'm new in MFC developement. I've added MFC Ribbon ComboBox from designer window. Now, I want to add data runtime into MFC Ribbon ComboBox, I've done google & read MSDN as well as Code Project example regarding MFC Ribbon. but, I was unable to figured how to get pointer to combobox and add data into it.

Roger Rowland Roger Rowland · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-06T14:09:29

You can use CMFCRibbonBar::FindByID. So, something like this:

CMFCRibbonComboBox *pCombo = DYNAMIC_DOWNCAST(CMFCRibbonComboBox,
                                      m_wndRibbonBar.FindByID(ID_COMBO1));

The ID you use (in the above example ID_COMBO1) is the ID you gave it in the Properties window in the ribbon designer, and m_wndRibbonBar is the member variable of the ribbon itself, which is usually auto-generated in your CMainFrm class.

How to Get a pointer to MFC Ribbon ComboBox

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