I inherited a WinForms application where we are using Dock management with WeifenLuo. I'm trying to use the SaveAsXml and LoadFromXml.
Which works fine if I am ok with a new form every time - a particular form needs to stay available right now and I was hoping to be able to just use the code to hide it on close.
The sample app just recreates the controls every time so I'm at a loss.
If I recreate the control it shows fine. However, trying to make it use the already created control never works.
Load XML - attempt doesn't work:
m_deserializeDockContent = new DeserializeDockContent(GetContentFromPersistString);
_dockPanel = null;
InitDockPanel(); //Initialize DockPanel to full screen
_dockPanel.LoadFromXml(filepath, m_deserializeDockContent);
private IDockContent GetContentFromPersistString(string persistString)
{
if (persistString == typeof(ExistingForm).ToString())
return existingForm;
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
At this point I tried the dispose around _dockPanel and handling the dockPanel of the ExistingForm, but nothing seems to change the outcome. Reading online I discovered maybe blocking the close may help, but still doesn't work.
Example of handling the Form close event:
public ExistingForm()
{
InitializeComponent();
HideOnClose = true;
this.FormClosing += ExistingForm_FormClosing;
}
private void ExistingForm_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
{
e.Cancel = true;
this.Hide();
}
Updating LoadXml code to include existingForm.DockHandler.Close();, existingForm.DockHandler.Dispose();, or _dockPanel.Dispose();
Which doesn't work at all and I get an error because the form is disposed of.
The only thing that seems to work is recreating the form
if (persistString == typeof(ExistingForm).ToString())
return new ExistingForm();
Just wondering if I'm missing some handling of the DockHandler (no pun intended).
