Embed word document in C# winforms, Have to disable/hide Quick access toolbar.

Question

Hi Team,
Currently i am embedding a word document in winforms. I need to disble/hide/remove the quick access toolbar from the word, i was tried in different ways like below ways in C#  but it's not working .
With oDocument.Application.CommandBars("Standard")'disable the standard toolbar
      .Enabled = False
      .Visible = False
 End With
WebBrowser1.ExecWB OLECMDID_HIDETOOLBARS, OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER'toggle between "reviewing" and "standard"
toolbar
End Sub
Any help would be highly appreciate.Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi Ravindra
The code you're trying to use is for the old "toolbar" GUI that was discontinued in the Office applications starting with version 2007. CommandBars is still present in the object model and does interact with the new "Ribbon" interface
to a certain extent, but it's NOT used to affect visibility.
The Ribbon GUI, introduced in Office 2007, is defined by "Ribbon XML" and cannot be affected by code running from outside the application interface, nor by code running in-process that's not part of the same "container" as defines the
Ribbon XML.
From the screen shot you provide, it looks like you want to work with a specific type of document ("Custom Letter")? If yes, then it would be best for you to create a template that contains the Ribbon definition you want to provide for that type
of document. In order to suppress the QAT you need to use the "startFromScratch" command for the customUI which also means that the Ribbon XML must define the ENTIRE Ribbon interface you want to provide to your users.
You'll find the basics about customizing the Ribbon in the three-part article "for developers". You can find links to that, as well as to other information concerning the Ribbon,here:
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/ba8c9d0b-7312-4503-8167-f2ef86f17435/information-on-the-office-fluent-ui-ribbon-for-developers?forum=officegeneral
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