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Access 2007 Ribbons: The Developer??™s
Perspective
Ribbons are not represented by a programmable object model in Access 2007. Each ribbon is
defined by XML statements contained in a special table named USysRibbons. Access uses the
information it finds in the XML to compose and render the ribbon on the screen.
The ribbon creation process
Briefly, creating custom ribbons is a five-step process:
1. Design the ribbon and compose the XML that defines the ribbon.
2. Write callback (described in the following section) routines that support the ribbon??™s
operations.
3. Create the USysRibbons table.
4. Add XML to USysRibbons table.
5. Specify the custom ribbon property in the Access configuration screen.
None of these steps is particularly intuitive, especially when it comes to composing the XML and
writing callback routines. Your best bet is to find an example that is reasonably close to your
desired end-product, and customize its XML to suit your purposes.
Using VBA callbacks
A callback is code that is passed to another entity for processing.


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