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2024‑03‑06
919 views
"On ToolWindows that are hidden, their Dispose method will randomly get an exception when the application is closed. ..."
2025‑06‑02
297 views
"When trying to view a Windows Form in the VS 2022 (v17.13.6) designer, VS gets an exception in DockContainerContainer..."
2023‑04‑12
1,026 views
"When dragging there are four arrows of the main window on the edges, these don't seem to allow the dragged tool windo..."
2023‑06‑28
793 views
"Have a bunch of tabbed dock windows below two other tool windows. If I attempt to drag one of the tabbed window out..."
2022‑09‑19
849 views
"We are setting the dockManager's ToolWindowLayoutData to an XmlDocument. In a particular case we are getting object..."
2022‑06‑24
1,185 views
"Hi,We are seeing a black screen on application startup covering the DocumentWindow (V 22.1.0). It was running fine wi..."
2021‑11‑01
1,040 views
"Hi Support Team. I need to do the following: - Find out, whether there is a ToolWindowContainer present, which is..."
2018‑11‑18
1,766 views
"I create my ToolWindows from UserControl and initialize them programmatically, as below: CustomersWindow = New Custo..."
2021‑08‑06
1,029 views
"I understand that the ToolWindowLayoutData property for the DockManager stores all the information about panels that ..."
2020‑07‑22
1,397 views
"Hi, Note: You will need a High DPI monitor to see this issue! 1. Open the Actipro Sample Project. 2. On the Pro..."
2019‑12‑13
1,606 views
"I have a form that is already contained inside a tool window. It is dockable inside my application. I want to creat..."
2019‑07‑12
1,287 views
"A dockmanager was created and 2 toolwindows are the configuration windows which should be hidden after a calculate is..."
2018‑11‑18
1,453 views
"It seems that ToolWindow does not honor the CanDockHostTop property, when False. All my ToolWindows are UserControl..."
2016‑05‑01
4,481 views
"Hello, ToolWindows disappear from the designer when hosting the DockManager in a derived UserControl. This is neces..."
2018‑07‑10
1,946 views
"Any way to implement an indicator in the title bar of a ToolWindow like the Docking WPF version does? Can't easily s..."
2018‑08‑06
1,753 views
"Is there a property that can help in automatically closing a window when a drag event leaves the boundary of the wind..."
2007‑08‑11
3,955 views
"Hello I am evaluating the docking control whether I can realize my gimmick. I need a notification if a ToolWind..."
2018‑01‑22
2,514 views
"When we try to load the layout by setting the appropriate value for dockManager.ToolWindowLayoutData, it seems visual..."
2009‑04‑26
5,101 views
"Is there a way to do this yet in UIStudio? If not, how hard would it be to implement a custom renderer to do this? ..."
2017‑04‑25
4,846 views
"Hi. I am facing an issue with getting events (specifically KeyDown) from a floating window when the layout is first..."