Hide UX Items

General Questions
1

Is there a way to hide UX Items? I would like to hide some of the buttons in the Program Editor window.
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Yes.
For example, hiding Halt statement

First method:
Edit your <Visual Components Folder>\VisualComponents.Engine.exe.config file

Find line …
<UxItem ItemId=“CreateHaltStatement” IconKey=“Statement/sHalt” ToolTipContentKey=“CreateHaltStatementTooltipContentTextId”></UxItem>
… and comment …
<!-- UxItem ItemId=“CreateHaltStatement” IconKey=“Statement/sHalt” ToolTipContentKey=“CreateHaltStatementTooltipContentTextId”></UxItem –>
… or delete them

Second method:

Put __init__.py file in directory %USERPROFILE%\Documents\<Visual Components Product>\<Version>\My Commands\HideCommands\ (create it if doesn’t exist)

from vcApplication import *

def OnAppInitialized():
    removeMenuItem('CreateHaltStatement')

P.S.

  • Replace <Visual Components Folder>, <Visual Components Product>, <Version> to appropriate values.
  • See file VisualComponents.Engine.exe.config for names of commands.
  • This method also works for buttons on ribbon panels
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