Hi,

Thank you for your help. It was indeed AlphaDockingContext and ShowDockingContextStickers.

I really appreciate your help. Thanks for your time, and have a great day!

The docking feature is easy using two options, but I can't remember their exact names (I don't have the docs in front of me).  I believe they are properties of the 'DockingPanes->Options' and I think they're called 'AlphaDockingContext' and 'ShowDockingContextStickers'.  Both options need to be set to True.  The first one gives you the alpha-blended shadows.  The 2nd one gives you the blue icons showing the docking location.

Hope this helps... sorry for any confusion on the previous post.

Hi Boyd,

Thanks for your prompt reply. I may be a little bit confused, because I think I am talking about something different here. When I downloaded the "Sample Applications" from the Downloads area on the site, there was one sample in particular that impressed me. It was "GUI_Whidbey.exe" and it displays a Whidbey-style interface. I realize now that I should have posted this in the DockingPane forum, but what I am trying to accomplish is something similar to this:

http://www.mvpblog.com/arun/2004/07/whidbeys-docking-feature .html

gshawn,

It appears that SuperMario was referring to the 'SetSpecialColor' method of CommandBars.  There's no built-in theme to match the Whidbey style, although I wish they'd just add one.  You can currently use the Office 2003 theme and the 'SetSpecialColor' method to change the colors to look like Whidbey (I think the SDI Sample or MDI Sample for CommandBars illustrates custom colors).

Keep in mind, however, that this appears to only apply to CommandBars.  If you use DockingPanes in your application, there isn't a 'SetSpecialColor' method for that.  So I wouldn't suggest even trying this approach unless you only use CommandBars.

I posted a similar response in the following thread that you might want to watch as well:
https://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1163

SuperMario wrote: You can in  next release.  Take a look at MDI Sample innext release.  Also there is whidbey theme for Toolbox. Not sure on next release, but it is planned any day now.  No definite date, it could be tomorrow it could be a week from now.  But real soon

Hi,

Could you perhaps guide us through the process of changing one of the sample's styles to Whidbey? I cannot find anything related in the samples that shipped with v9.50. Also, I do not see it as part of the VisualTheme properties for the CommandBars and DockingPane controls. I can only see it in the TaskPanel control.

Please advise... Thanks in advance.

Thank you very much SuperMario,
This is exactly what I was looking for !!!
Perhaps you can answer me this questions ?
At the url http://www.codejock.com/products/commandbars/activex/ I saw real whidbey colorization ! Is it able to do in v9.10 or in the next release ?
Are there any release dates for the next versions ?