V13 Add-in in "category of their choice"

[Julian O]

In the "Release Notes for 13.0 Beta Build 1301" is following line written:

"Add-in menus can be added to the category of their choice"

And I have seen an "Add-Ins" Group in the categories "Code" and "Extend". But my Add-in always shows up in the "Extend" category. And if I interpret this line in the release notes correctly, I should be able to define where my add-in shows up, right?
So how would I do this or am I misunderstanding the release notes? I did not find anymore information's on this topic.

Also another thing. In the new version my Add-in does not work with "Alt"-shortcuts. The defined menu-strings with "-&Add-in" would not work and does not show a highlighted Key for using Alt-shortcuts. Do I need another prefix to get it to work or is this simply a bug in the new version?

Regards
Julian

[Eve]

In the API section of the notes:
    . EA_GetRibbonCategory - New broadcast allowing an add-in to place its menu in a specific category of the new ribbon interface

Since I can't find it in the documentation, it takes a repository pointer and returns a string. The string should match the name of the selected category. (In English if you're using a translated version)

[Julian O]

Oh seems like I overlooked this bit. Thank you very much. I will try it out

// Edit: But wait. Isn't the API in the "Interop.EA.dll"? And I checked, this dll doesn't have a new version number, so I thought nothing changed. Or are the Events handled differently and this dll is just for the Object Models?

// Edit2: Works like a charm. Thank you very much.

[Eve]

Yes, as you found. Interop.EA.dll provides the methods you can call from EA. Add-in events work in the opposite way.

[RoyC]

And EA_GetRibbonCategory is now in the Help, and will be visible when the Help is next recompiled and released.