How to set which row to dock bar to?

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   Hi, 
Is it possible for me to programmatically control where a bar docks to?  I'm not talking about anything that can be done at design time -- I need to do this through code, and I won't know till run time where I need to dock to.

I've found that this code can set whether the CommandBar is docked or floating, and if it's floating, this line controls the floating position: 

frmMain.Instance.CommandBars.DockToolBar(
  frmMain.Instance.CommandBars[2], 10, 20, XTPBarPosition.xtpBarFloating);

So that's good, that's control that I will need sometimes. 
But at other times I want to programmatically dock the bar. 

If I use xtpBarTop instead of xtpBarFloating, then that docks the bar all right... but it's on the very top row, which is not what I want.  I don't see any way of specifying that I want to dock to, say, the 2nd or 3rd row.  

Is there another method I should call to specify which row the bar should dock to?  Can you post a code example?  The CHM file reference document really doesn't adequately explain the x and y parameters of the DockToolBar method -- are those parameters just ignored when I specify xtpBarTop ?  They don't seem to have any effect on the bar's Y position when the bar is docked.  

Thanks for any info....

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d_r_smith Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 16 November 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote d_r_smith Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: How to set which row to dock bar to? Posted: 16 November 2007 at 6:34pm
	Hi, Is it possible for me to programmatically control where a bar docks to? I'm not talking about anything that can be done at design time -- I need to do this through code, and I won't know till run time where I need to dock to. I've found that this code can set whether the CommandBar is docked or floating, and if it's floating, this line controls the floating position: frmMain.Instance.CommandBars.DockToolBar( frmMain.Instance.CommandBars[2], 10, 20, XTPBarPosition.xtpBarFloating); So that's good, that's control that I will need sometimes. But at other times I want to programmatically dock the bar. If I use xtpBarTop instead of xtpBarFloating, then that docks the bar all right... but it's on the very top row, which is not what I want. I don't see any way of specifying that I want to dock to, say, the 2nd or 3rd row. Is there another method I should call to specify which row the bar should dock to? Can you post a code example? The CHM file reference document really doesn't adequately explain the x and y parameters of the DockToolBar method -- are those parameters just ignored when I specify xtpBarTop ? They don't seem to have any effect on the bar's Y position when the bar is docked. Thanks for any info....

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 November 2007 at 12:59am
	Just set right coordinates.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

d_r_smith Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 16 November 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote d_r_smith Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 November 2007 at 11:39am
	I don't understand what you mean. Can you tell me which method or property to use? And are you saying I need to specify coordinates in pixels? Other products that I've also evaluated, have similar functionality, but they allow me to specify an index -- e.g. I could specify 2 to put the bar on row number two. So I wasn't expecting to have to calculate pixel coordinates.