Dock Panel Suite

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I've used Dock Panel suite from Winfluo to add a dock panel control to the Visual Studio 2005 tool box.

I created a new form ,dragged a dock panel to it , but it acts like a normal panel and I can't find any buttons or strips.
Anyone can help me with this control?
I don't have much experience with the code.

Posted 25-Aug-10 23:49pm

Marwan Saeed

Updated 26-Aug-10 0:15am

Tom Deketelaere

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Christian Graus 26-Aug-10 5:52am

Is this a third party library ? If so, do they not have documentation or forums for users ?

Marwan Saeed 26-Aug-10 5:59am

it's winfluo library & i've submitted it but still don't work

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Lantei · Answer 1 · 2010-08-26T00:14:00

Solution 1

ok I think for the Dock Panel you would have to manually do it in code if you're having difficulty with the GUI..Its something like this..

DockPanel myDock = new DockPanel();
myDock.LastChildFill=true; // This sets up the dock panel and fills up a child element on the remaining space

//but if u already have one set-up on the GUI, then you dont need to create a new dock panel, just call the instance and set the LastChildFill property to true

Border myBorder = new Border(); // Create a border for the Dock Panel
myBorder.[_Properties_]= [_Property Values_]; // Set properties you want like height, width..etc

//now this is the good part
//call instance member and set dock property

myDock.SetDock(myBorder,Dock.Fill);

// and I believe this is what you want to do..right?

// if it doesnt answer you question then re-phrase your question good and I would try to answer it again

Posted 26-Aug-10 0:14am

Lantei

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Marwan Saeed 26-Aug-10 6:57am

As i said , i don't have enough experience with the code so i don't know where to put your code in the structure so this is the code i have .. can you help me with this

namespace WindowsApplication1
{
partial class Form1
{
///

/// Required designer variable.
///

private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;

///

/// Clean up any resources being used.
///

/// <param name="disposing" />true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.
protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
{
if (disposing && (components != null))
{
components.Dispose();
}
base.Dispose(disposing);
}

#region Windows Form Designer generated code

///

/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
///

private void InitializeComponent()
{
WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.DockPanelSkin dockPanelSkin1 = new WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.DockPanelSkin();
WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.AutoHideStripSkin autoHideStripSkin1 = new WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.AutoHideStripSkin();
WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.DockPanelGradient dockPanelGradient1 = new WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.DockPanelGradient();
WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.TabGradient tabGradient1 = new WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.TabGradient();
WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.DockPaneStripSkin dockPaneStripSkin1 = new WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.DockPaneStripSkin();
WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.DockPaneStripGradient dockPaneStripGradient1 = new WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.DockPaneStripGradient();
WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.TabGradient tabGradient2 = new WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.TabGradient();
WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.DockPanelGradient dockPanelGradient2 = new WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.DockPanelGradient();
WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.TabGradient tabGradient3 = new WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.TabGradient();
WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.DockPaneStripToolWindowGradient dockPaneStripToolWindowGradient1 = new WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.DockPaneStripToolWindowGradient();
WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.TabGradient tabGradient4 = new WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.TabGradient();
WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.TabGradient tabGradient5 = new WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.TabGradient();
WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.DockPanelGradient dockPanelGradient3 = new WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.DockPanelGradient();
WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.TabGradient tabGradient6 = new WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.TabGradient();
WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.TabGradient tabGradient7 = new WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.TabGradient();
this.dockPanel1 = new WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.DockPanel();
this.SuspendLayout();
//
// dockPanel1
//
this.dockPanel1.ActiveAutoHideContent = null;
this.dockPanel1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Right;
this.dockPanel1.DockBackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Control;
this.dockPanel1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(92, 0);
this.dockPanel1.Name = "dockPanel1";
this.dockPanel1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(200, 266);
dockPanelGradient1.EndColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.ControlLight;
dockPanelGradient1.StartColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.ControlLight;
autoHideStripSkin1.DockStripGradient = dockPanelGradient1;
tabGradient1.EndColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Control;
tabGradient1.StartColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Control;
tabGra

devvvy · Answer 2 · 2011-08-30T23:52:00

Solution 2

God damn... I looked around couldn't find an answer as to how to set width/height of individual dock content/panes! Such obvious omission!
Further, how to set MyDocContentPane.Visible = False (You can hide the enable "DockPanel", but can't for individual panes!)

Posted 30-Aug-11 23:52pm

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Member 8536311 12-Mar-12 4:51am

HiI am facing the same issue, did you find any solution?