Using DockSiteLayoutSerializer - Docking/MDI for WPF Forum

Posted 7 years ago by Eric Ouellet - Developper, Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Québec

Version: 17.2.0661

Actually I do:

string xml = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(path);
var layoutSerializer = new DockSiteLayoutSerializer();

layoutSerializer.SerializationBehavior = DockSiteSerializationBehavior.ToolWindowsOnly;

layoutSerializer.LoadFromString(xml, dockSite);

Everything works but the Serializer does set the DataContext.

Is there a way to load the layout without affecting ToolWindow(s) DataContext?

Eric Ouellet

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Answer - Posted 7 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA

Hello,

I don't believe we set the ToolWindow.DataContext property ourselves. Any changes you see might just be inheriting down the visual tree when the ToolWindow gets added to the visual tree. I would recommend explicitly setting the DataContext of your ToolWindows to something instead of having it inherit down. That would keep it fixed when there are layout changes and is a best practice for MVVM usage.

Actipro Software Support

The latest build of this product (v24.1.3) was released 5 days ago, which was after the last post in this thread.

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