dockpanel-suite

Looking for fully managed WeifenLuo(DockPanel Suite) replacement or hints on implementing one

I need a WeifenLuo replacement that'll run on both .NET and Mono, on Windows, Linux and Mac, preferrably licensed under the MIT license. I'd appreciate if the API was similar to WeifenLuo's, but I understand that such may not be available. Also, since I couldn't find anything on Google, I believe this might not exist. In this case, I'd ...

How to enable Drag & Drop for all the children controls

Hello, My situation is as follows, I have win-forms applications with DockPanel Suite and lots of controls, which cover the entire screen, I want to enable D&D of files from the windows explorer to the application. I know how to implement the D&D, but it seems that if i enable it for the main parent form, only the applications title-ba...

How to access controls on an inherited form?

Hi, I'm using the DockPanel Suite in my winforms app. The DockContent class is derived from System.Windows.Forms.Form class and my two forms, dockRounds and dockToolbox, inherit from the DockContent class. This is the first time I've done this and this is probably a stupid question, but in runtime, how do I access the controls of the d...

Free docking controls that can be docked into third party app.

I have a application(not mine) that uses AxXtremeDockingPane by CodeJock to add dockable panels to the application. AxXtremeDockingPane has a method called AttachToWindow(int handle) which when called will create a docking manger into the window with the handle supplied, which can be any application. I was wondering if there are any ot...

Using DockPanel Suite's XML saving with My.Settings

In vb.net, how can I use SaveAsXML and LoadFromXML (DockPanel Suite functions) with My.Settings? I know there is a way to save it to a stream, but I don't know enough about System.IO to do this. DockPanel Suite: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dockpanelsuite/ I would very much prefer to store configuration using My.Settings instead of ...

DockPanel Suite : Open Document-tab Location?

We're revamping our winforms user interface to use the Weifen Luo DockPanel Suite and since our old UI didn't have tabs, we would like to show a ballon tooltip when a new window is docked to the document area, informing users that they may rip-out the document and float it wherever they would like. I figure to do this I need to be able ...

Recommendations for a docking library for Delphi / C++Builder?

My team is currently thinking of moving our existing MDI-based application to a more modern, docking-based approach. We're still thinking, but we'd like to move it to something like VS2010's docking and visual look: This has the following features: Shows a blended outline where the window will dock Docks into tabs, as well as side-...

DisposedObjectException in VB

I am using the DockPanel Suite from SourceForge and whenever I open a document and close it, but open it again, I get a an error saying "Cannot access a disposed object". What can I do to stop this from happening? ...

WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking in older apps

I'm using the WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking library in an application that is launched from a written prior to the release of .NET. This application provides a programming interface that can be written using a .NET language not unlike Microsoft Word and Excel. My question/problem is that when you attempt to drag content from one docked ...

Weifenluo Dock Panel Suite: Stacked or scrolling tabs possible, and if so, how?

I am using the Weifenluo Dock Panel Suite in one of my apps (VS2010 Express, .NET 4.0). It has a lot of dialogs docked together in one pane of the window, and that leads to the dialogs' tabs getting very small. Is there a way to make the Dock Panel Suite stack or scroll the tabs? If yes, how would I do that please? ...

Weifenluo Dock Panel Suite: Float windows using their design size?

How can I make floating windows use their design size (and not the Dock Panel Suite's default size) with the Weifenluo Dock Panel suite? Hint: I tried a proposition from the Dock Panel Suite forums at SF.net, but that doesn't seem to work. ...