MarkupLabel as a container

It would be very useful if the MarkupLabel was a Container control (like a PictureBox, Frame, etc..). This would allow us to put other ActiveX controls inside and easily position them relative to markup elements. If the ActiveX control size would overflow the visible area of the MarkupLabel then the ActiveX controls would be automatically clipped. This could open up some nice doors while we wait for native Markup edit controls.

Hi Jason,

Can it be placed inside a DockingPane and does it handle resizing within the pane correctly? 

Thanks,

Dave

davbrat - Sorry, I'm not sure, I don't use the docking pane. Maybe someone else has tried it? Or if you give it a try, can you post the results back here?

Hello guys,

@Aaron
Same controls... different language.

Unfortunately the Clarion Image control does not work the same way as the VB picture control. I can't stuff the Markup object into it.
The other CJ controls(except the Browser control) seem to "re-size" in a docking pane okay, while the Markup stays in a fixed size and location and draws on top of the Docking pane area beneath it.

@Aaron & Jason:
I've been toying with Markup objects and I get valid handles but I never see anything on the screen, I don't see a "refresh" or "display" method any ideas on what I'm missing or do you have a simple <TextBlock> example you could post?    


Thanks,

Dave

Hi Aaron,

Clarion does have a Group Control and a Region Control, I have tried using both without success. I have been able to use a Clarion Windowed Procedure where you pass the Handle of the Window to the docking pane and it does allow the Markuplabel to re-size within the pane but the drawback is that the SyntaxEditor inside another docking pane generates a GPF when you click within the control about 60% of the time. I'm still working on it.<VBG>

As for the <TextBlock> sample. Thanks, but I have the MarkupLabel working properly using the caption="XAML code"  property.

?MarkupLabel{'Caption'} = '<Page xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation' !snipped XAML string... goes on and on...
I've been using it in Popups/ToolTips and standard Markup Labels for a while without any problems.

What I can't get to work in Clarion is the MarkUp Objects...
 
Sample...
  Context_ = ?CJMARKUPLABEL{'MarkupContext'}                                            
  TextBlock1_ = ?CJMARKUPLABEL{ Context_ & '.CreateObject("TextBlock")'}
  ?CJMARKUPLABEL{TextBlock1_ & '.Text'} = 'Test NUMBER 1'

Displays nothing

Thanks,

Dave


BTW, how do you insert a image in your reply message?
The UI seems a bit weird in the "Insert Image" button/form and nothing ever shows up in the preview.

davbrat wrote: Hi Aaron, [...] BTW, how do you insert a image in your reply message? The UI seems a bit weird in the "Insert Image" button/form and nothing ever shows up in the preview.