Hallo everybody,

going forward, I’ll be aiming to release a new beta build every other Monday.

Today I posted a new beta build that comes with a major visual change: RibbonCustomizer will now adapt its look to your current Office 2007 color scheme. I also took a look at the automatic update feature and this should be working now.

If you encounter any bugs or annoyances, please post them in this forum thread. This will help me tremendously in getting a new stable release up and running. One to finally replace the outdated 1.1 currently available.

On my roadmap for the next stable release is adding one last feature (the ability to load a package, currently you can only save one), increasing the performance of the add-in (especially the time it takes to open the Customize Ribbon dialog), fully translating it into German, updating the documentation and fixing any bugs I encounter or hear about from you.

Thanks for your help!

Patrick

I posted earlier that the setup program of RibbonCustomizer triggered a virus alert with some virus scanners (see report). Kaspersky, one of the affected virus scanners, just informed me that it was a false positive virus alert and that the problem will be fixed as soon as possible. I will keep updating this post as I receive more replys from other anti-virus vendors. RibbonCustomizer will be available again for download now.

Virus scanner that trigger false alerts:

• AntiVir 7.8.1.15, definitions from 2008.08.05 - confirmed as false positive, fixed with definitions from 2008.08.13
• Avast 4.8.1195.0, definitions from 2008.08.13
• F-Secure 7.60.13501.0, definitions from 2008.08.06 - confirmed as false positive, fixed with definitions from 2008.08.10
• Fortinet 3.14.0.0, definitions from 2008.08.05 - confirmed as false positive, fixed with definitions from 2008.08.11
• GData 2.0.7306.1023, definitions from 2008.08.06
• Ikarus T3.1.1.34.0, definitions from 2008.08.06 - confirmed as false positive, fixed with definitions from 2008.08.13
• K7AntiVirus 7.10.413, definitions from 2008.08.13
• Kaspersky 7.0.0.125, definitions from 2008.08.06 - confirmed as false positive, fixed with definitions from 2008.08.09
• Norman 5.80.02, definitions from 2008.08.05
• VBA32 3.12.8.2, definitions from 2008.08.05
• ViRobot 2008.8.8.1329, definitions from 2008.08.08
• Webwasher-Gateway 6.6.2, definitions from 2008.08.05 - fixed with definitions from 2008.08.13

I want to assure all of you that all files distributed here are always thoroughly checked for viruses before being made available.

I just posted a new RibbonCustomizer release with lots of bug fixes related to custom image handling.

Unfortunately, I had to change the image handling code substantially. This new release cannot read images created with the previous one. It should simply not load them and you can add them manually again. If you encounter problems with this, please use the support options.

Download the latest beta

The newest beta version of RibbonCustomizer lets you now use your own custom images as icons on the Ribbon. The only limitation is that you cannot assign custom images to Microsoft commands. But you can assign your own images to all your macro buttons.

Important warning: Files generated with the newest beta release cannot be read by any older release. Any older release will most likely crash when trying to read a file with a custom image in it. Therefore, upgrade all your copies to the newest beta release, if you plan on using your own images.

Download the latest beta release now. 

It has been a long time since I posted a new build of RibbonCustomizer. My new job has been keeping me very busy. I just didn’t have time to work on the add-in. Things have settled down a bit and I fixed a bunch of bugs in the add-in.

You can get the latest beta build as usual from http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer/betaprogram.php

You can also look forward to new features in the not too distant future…