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Topic: I must do something terribly wrong?

Posted By: JSram
Subject: I must do something terribly wrong?
Date Posted: 27 November 2006 at 10:50pm

Hi,

I try to accomplish 2 things, which my wildest fantacy can't imagine as difficult, but just can't get it work!

I want to start up with 3 panes docked to form left side, hidden so just tabs show (they are not grouped as I want captions to show). Done so far. Then when a Tab/Pane is expanded I want 2 things be possible.

1. By choice, make the Pane not autohide but stay open when clicking outside of Pane (losing focus). Problem: I tried to set .Hidden = False in Expanding event, but it doesn't work. It change the Pin icon (to vertical, pinned I think that means) but if I click in the client area the pane autohides. If I click the pin the pane dissapears and program crashes. If I click other Pane tab the current pane dissapear and can't be open again.

2. By choise, I want it be possible to Float the pane so it's not docked anymore, and dock it back to same place (left side) only. Problem: I try to 'drag' the pane to make it float but nothing happens. It just sits there unmovable. I try to double click it but then as well it just dissapear from form and cant be opened again.

By "can't be opened again" I mean 'DockingPaneManager.ShowPane n' doesn't make it show again, it's just gone!

I have come to understand at least part of the problem, last thing in my Form_Load I have this:

PaneA.Hide
PaneB.Hide
PaneC.Hide

End Sub 'Form_Load

If I remove this code Panes comes up docked to the left, on top of each other and I can drag them to float. However, they pushes everything to the right "squesing" objects in my client area, and I don't want that. Also the float insist on docking back TopOfForm and don't want to get back were it came from. I want it to slide out "over" client area and slide back when not needed anymore, the 3 lines above acomplish this. I thought I could "pin" it to stay there until I "unpin", or to make it "float" and be able to "minimize" it to just show the caption bar - but maybe it's not possible?

As an example, in one pane I have a frtText to load in a document, but as soon as I open an Open dialog the Pane slide back. The doc loads alright and I can slide out the pane again, but this doesn't look "right" to the user I think.

Any help or clarification of "what's wrong" gratefully received.

Regards,
Joakim

Replies:

Posted By: Oleg
Date Posted: 28 November 2006 at 12:01am

Hello,

This worka for me:

    If Action = PaneActionExpanded Then
        Pane.Hidden = False
    End If

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Oleg, Support Team
CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Posted By: JSram
Date Posted: 28 November 2006 at 12:41am

Yes that works, sort of. The pane slide out over my picbox but then it dissapears and the tab as well. I guess it places it self behind the picbox. No way to have it stand there without making it floating?

If I float it after Pane.Hidden = False it becomes visible on top, but then when docked again it again hides behind the picbox. My head is too tired now to figure it out but I guess there is a way to catch it and put it in place.

However, why I have tried to figure out and don't get is how I can make a floating pane "minimize" so just the caption bar is floating visible?

Regards,
Joakim