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ErikLarson
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6 months ago

Unable to access popup menu from MFC Ribbon Dropdown button

I have tried everything I can think of to access the dropdown menu for this ribbon button, and I keep coming up short. Hoping someone here can assist me with this. Our application has a "program opt...
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ErikLarson
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2 months ago

And yes, definately C++/MFC  and not .Net. The main class in the C++ code is CMFCRibbonBar.

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rraghvani
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2 months ago

I've created a MFC application which uses CMFCRibbonBar, and I'm also struggling to capture the sub-menu items, as it keeps getting destroyed when it loses focus while clicking on Object Spy. So I'm not able to query any of the Params.

This is a lot difficult than the WPF application!

Would you be able to open a support ticket via https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/message/ and hopefully, their support team should be able to come up with a possible solution.

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    ErikLarson
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    2 months ago

    I opened a support ticket with SmartBear, I sent them my test application that has nested menus in it and a video showing what the problem is. Here is the response I got back so far:

    Monday, August 18, 2025:

    Thank you for your patience. 

    I wanted to follow up here to inform you I was able to start up RibbonsTester1 and confirmed I was able to reproduce the issue. I will update you here on my findings. Thanks again. 

    Hopefully they can find a solution..