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BaseDocument.ControlTypeName Property

Gets or sets the type of a control that will be passed to the current Document as content.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraBars.Docking2010.Views

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraBars.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

[DefaultValue(null)]
public string ControlTypeName { get; set; }

Property Value

Type Default Description
String null

A String value specifying the type of a control that will be passed to the current Document as content.

Remarks

Note

Use the BaseDocument.ControlType property instead to specify the control type.

You may want to set your own User Controls as the Document content. The image below illustrates an application example with 3 UserControls included to the solution:

DocumentManager - ControlName Hierarchy

Now we can run the Document Manager Designer, switch to its ‘Documents’ tab and click the ‘Populate’ button. A Document for each of the UserControls is generated automatically:

DocumentManager - ControlName Populate Button

Notice that each Document has its BaseDocument.ControlName and ControlTypeName properties specified. These properties refer to a corresponding UserControl by its name and type respectively. In spite of this relation, Documents have no content yet. Call the BaseView.AddDocument overload method and pass a new instance of a UserControl as the control parameter before the form is shown:

public partial class Form1 : Form {
    public Form1() {
        InitializeComponent();
        documentManager1.View.AddDocument(new UserControls.UserControl1());
        documentManager1.View.AddDocument(new UserControls.UserControl2());
        documentManager1.View.AddDocument(new UserControls.UserControl3());
    }
}

This method does not create new Documents - it passes specified UserControls to corresponding Documents as their content instead.

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