LoadStateFromString SaveStateFromString

Trouble loading state for the docking panes.  Based on the help file and some of the discussion I have read in the forums, I have been using the following,

   
Private Sub Form_Load()
    'Only needs to be called if setting the size in Form_Load
    DockingPane1.RecalcLayout

    strPanes = RetrieveXMLLayoutPseudoCode()
    If Len(strPanes) > 0 Then
        'Load the docking pane
        DockingPane1.LoadStateFromString strPanes
    End If
End Sub


The panes layout nicely, however when I click on the contents of the panes they disappear!  Moreover, the contents of the panes are already in a PictureBox so I know that is not the problem.  I can literally query the value for visibility and the visible property will show up as False.  Yet, the controls are always supposed to be visible.  When I do not execute the LoadStateFromString command, the panes are rock solid.  I can double-click on the contents, resize the panes with the splitter, etc.  No problems whatsoever.  Does anyone have any suggestions on what I may be doing wrong?  Thank you very much for your feedback.

Sincerely,


John

Strange indeed.  It is so strange, I could not even reproduce the error for uploading.  I must have done something wrong. 


The panes are working perfectly with the code I provided in my initial problem statement.  I double-click them to make them disappear and they don't.  In any case, thanks for the timely response.

Sincerely,

John

Hi,

OK - new issue.  Correcting my error worked beautifully in my small sample project.  Now that I have implemented the fix in my production application, I have a new issue.  Although I can save values via the SaveStateToString and SaveState methods, neither the LoadStateFromString nor the LoadState methods appear to do anything.  I can verify that string and/or registry key is getting created, however, nothing changes when I run the corresponding Load method.