Microsoft Ribbon for WPF October 2010 Update Release Notes

Note For best results, install this update on a computer where any pre-release versions of the WPF Ribbon have been removed. Users will be prompted to uninstall Microsoft Ribbon for WPF July 2010 before beginning the installation of this update. Follow these Uninstall instructions to remove the previous installation of the WPF Ribbon.

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1 2 3 4 5 System Requirements for Installing Microsoft Ribbon for WPF............................... Known Issues......................................................................................................... Installation Instructions.......................................................................................... Uninstall Instructions.............................................................................................. Additional Information............................................................................................

1 System Requirements for Installing Microsoft Ribbon for WPF

Supported Operating Systems o o o o o o Windows XP SP3 Windows Server 2003 SP2 Windows Vista SP1 or later Windows Server 2008 (not supported on Server Core Role) Windows 7 Windows Server 2008 R2 (not supported on Server Core Role)

Supported Architectures: o o x86 x64 (WPF Ribbon is only provided in x86, however, the components will

install and function properly on x64 operating systems) Hardware Requirements: o Recommended Minimum: Pentium 1 GHz or higher with 1 GB of RAM or more Minimum disk space: x86 850 MB x64 2 GB

Prerequisites: o o o o Windows Installer 3.1 or later Internet Explorer 5.01 or later .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 or later .NET Framework 4.0 or later

2 Known Issues
There are currently no known issues with this release.

3 Installation Instructions
To install the download of the Microsoft Ribbon for WPF: 1. Install .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and/or .NET Framework 4.0 on your computer. 2. Click on the Download on this page to start the download. 3. To save the download to your computer for installation at a later time, click Save. 4. To start the installation to your computer click Run. 5. To cancel the installation, click Cancel. Repair: If you install Visual Studio 2010 or Blend 4 after youve installed this package, please be sure to re-run the MSI to enable the design-time support.

1. Select the repair option during the installation process. 2. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.

4 Uninstall Instructions
To uninstall Microsoft Ribbon for WPF October 2010 Update: 1. On your computer desktop, click Start Control Panel. 2. In your Control Panel, click Uninstall a program. 3. To uninstall the program, click Microsoft Ribbon for WPF October 2010 and then click Uninstall. 4. Follow the uninstall instruction provided in the Setup Wizard.

To uninstall Microsoft Ribbon for WPF July 2010: 5. On your computer desktop, click Start Control Panel. 6. In your Control Panel, click Uninstall a program. 7. To uninstall the program, click Microsoft Ribbon for WPF July 2010 and then click Uninstall. 8. Follow the uninstall instruction provided in the Setup Wizard.

5 Additional Information
Note: There are a large number of design revisions in this release since the CTP version. This is mainly to facilitate MVVM-centric applications. Install location: Ribbon binaries and sources are installed under the Program Files directory. o o On x86 computers, %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Ribbon for WPF\ On AMD64 computers, %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Ribbon for WPF\

Design-time: The MSI will install design-time support for Visual Studio 2010 and Expression Blend 4. This includes a project template for a WPF Ribbon Application, an item template for a Ribbon Window, and Ribbon controls in the toolbox such as, RibbonButton, RibbonToggleButton, RibbonMenuButton, etc.

Sources: Ribbon source code is available for reference purposes only. Please see EULA for more information. Samples: A few samples are also included to provide an overall view of all the available Ribbon features integrated within a WPF application. These samples include: o RibbonWindow Wordpad Sample This sample illustrates a Ribbon control hosted within a RibbonWindow that emulates the Wordpad appearance. To run this scenario: o o Set RibbonWindowSample as the start project Set StartupUri="RibbonWindowWord.xaml" in RibbonWindowSample\App.xaml

RibbonWindow MVVM Sample This sample illustrates a Ribbon control hosted within a RibbonWindow that is completely populated from a view-model collection. To run this scenario: o o Set RibbonWindowSample as the start project Set StartupUri=RibbonWindowMVVM.xaml in RibbonWindowSample\App.xaml

RibbonBrowser Wordpad sample This sample illustrates a Ribbon control hosted within a browser window that emulates the Wordpad appearance. To run this scenario: o o Set RibbonBrowserSample as the start project Set StartupUri=PageWord.xaml in RibbonBrowserSample\App.xaml

RibbonBrowser MVVM sample This sample illustrates a Ribbon control hosted within a browser window that is completely populated from a view model collection. To run this scenario: o o Set RibbonBrowserSample as the start project Set StartupUri=PageMVVM.xaml in RibbonBrowserSample\App.xaml