Docking pane is behind tab control?

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   I have a very simple VB.NET application with a standard form that has an Xtreme Tab control on it, Ive also added 1 docking pane. When the pane is created it shows up behind the tab control at all times, you can only see the parts not covered by the tab control. I remember in VC++ there was some style you had to add to get this to work( clip children) what is the work around in VB.NET?

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spike Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 13 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 48	Post Options Post Reply Quote spike Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Docking pane is behind tab control? Posted: 21 August 2006 at 4:31pm
	I have a very simple VB.NET application with a standard form that has an Xtreme Tab control on it, Ive also added 1 docking pane. When the pane is created it shows up behind the tab control at all times, you can only see the parts not covered by the tab control. I remember in VC++ there was some style you had to add to get this to work( clip children) what is the work around in VB.NET?

SuperMario Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 14 February 2004 Status: Offline Points: 18057	Post Options Post Reply Quote SuperMario Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 August 2006 at 4:45pm
	try making the z-order of the dockingpane behind all other controls

spike Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 13 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 48	Post Options Post Reply Quote spike Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 August 2006 at 4:49pm
	Is this a standard thing that needs to be done? I dont see it in the samples, and it happens with almost any control that would be beneath the docking pane.

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	See this article. http://www.codejock.com/support/articles/com/dockingpane/dp_3.asp

spike Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 13 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 48	Post Options Post Reply Quote spike Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 August 2006 at 5:07pm
	I dont have command bars in my application . Im trying to get the image hosted somewhere so you can see whats going on.

spike Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 13 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 48	Post Options Post Reply Quote spike Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 August 2006 at 7:31pm
	Im also having the same type problem with MDI applications. I put a standard Docking control in the mdi client area, used the following code ONLY: Private Sub mdiMain_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Dim ctrl As Control For Each ctrl In Me.Controls If TypeOf ctrl Is MdiClient Then DockingPaneManager.SetMDIClient(ctrl.Handle.ToInt32()) End If Next ctrl Dim paneExplorer As Pane = DockingPaneManager.CreatePane(1, 200, 120, DockingDirection.DockLeftOf, Nothing) paneExplorer.Title = "Explorer" End Sub Private Sub DockingPaneManager_AttachPaneEvent(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As AxXtremeDockingPane._DDockingPaneEvents_AttachPaneEvent) Handles DockingPaneManager.AttachPaneEvent If pageExplorer Is Nothing Then pageExplorer = New pageExplorer End If e.item.Handle = pageExplorer.Handle.ToInt32 End Sub And the title bar of the docking frame is covered by the toolbar/menu of the MDI container. Its as though the docking pane manager doesnt know the actual client rect of the application.

SuperMario Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 14 February 2004 Status: Offline Points: 18057	Post Options Post Reply Quote SuperMario Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 August 2006 at 9:50am
	You code looks OK for MDI app. Which version of VS do you use? For SDI I recommend you use a panel control to contain all the client controls, then do something like this: Private Sub DockingPaneManager_ResizeEvent(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles DockingPaneManager.ResizeEvent Dim left As Integer Dim top As Integer Dim right As Integer Dim bottom As Integer DockingPaneManager.GetClientRect(left, top, right, bottom) clientPanel.SetBounds(left, top, right - left, bottom - top) End Sub

spike Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 13 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 48	Post Options Post Reply Quote spike Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 August 2006 at 12:43pm
	VS 2005

spike Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 13 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 48	Post Options Post Reply Quote spike Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 August 2006 at 1:07pm
	I got Oleg to help me out, here is the fix: Private Sub DockingPaneManager_GetClientBordersWidth(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As AxXtremeDockingPane._DDockingPaneEvents_GetClientBordersWidthEvent) Handles DockingPaneManager.GetClientBordersWidth e.top += 25 e.bottom += 20 End Sub