C# VSTO Excel 2007 - disable hide/unhide button

Question

I am working on a Excel VSTO 2007 application. I was wondering if there is a way I could disable the Hide and Unhide buttons present in Excel's View tab.

edit: I am looking for a way to do it programatically using c# Code . The old vba might be useful. I have searched a lot and couldn't find any particular solution.

Answer 1

I use something like the below to disable the sheet deletion button, perhaps there's something similar for what you want:

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Worksheet.Worksheet excelShtBase;
excelShtBase.Application.CommandBars["Ply"].Controls["&Delete"].Enabled = false;

Answer 2

I don't think you can disable the built-in controls in Excel 2007 and onwards, unless you create your own ribbon bar controls with Ribbon XML.

There're lots of examples or tutorials on MSDN, and here's one for you ( Display and Hide Tabs, Groups, and Controls on the Microsoft Office Ribbon ).