This section describes all the functions provided by to create and manipulate menus and buttons in the ribbon user interface.

Refer to the section User Interface: Ribbon Tabs, Groups, and Menu Items for more information. Also, refer to the Help for more information on customizing the ribbon user interface.

Using , you can supplement the ribbon user interface.

Once the application is loaded, you can add a new group to an existing tab or create a new tab using the Customize Ribbon tab in the Creo Parametric Options dialog box in . You will not be able to modify the groups that are defined by . If the translated messages are available for the newly added tabs or groups, then will use them by searching for the same string in the list of sting based messages loaded.

You can customize the ribbon user interface only for a particular mode in . For example, if you customize the ribbon user interface and save it to the toolkitribbonui.rbn file in the Part mode, then on loading the customized user interface will be visible only in the Part mode. To view a particular tab or group in all the modes, you must customize the ribbon user interface and save thetoolkitribbonui.rbn file in each mode. Refer to the Fundamentals Help for more information on customizing the ribbon.

When you are designing your application, you should carefully consider the context of the buttons that you add to the User Interface (UI). Buttons specific to a particular mode (such as PART) should be located on the ribbon related to that mode. Buttons that initiate some action on a part, for example, should be located on the PART ribbon.

There are fundamental differences in the files and functions used to manipulate Ribbon and Menu-Manager menus. For this reason, this manual describes these subjects in separate sections.