DocumentManager Members
The component that allows you to implement tabbed, native MDI, Windows 10-inspired or Widget application UIs.Constructors
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| DocumentManager() | Initializes a new instance of the DocumentManager class. |
| DocumentManager(IContainer) | Initializes a new instance of the DocumentManager class with the specified container. |
Properties
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| BarAndDockingController | Gets or sets the bar and dock controller that specifies default appearance settings for the DocumentManager‘s elements. |
| Bounds | Gets the bounding rectangle of the area occupied by the DocumentManager. |
| CanRaiseEvents protected | Gets a value indicating whether the component can raise an event. Inherited from Component. |
| ClientControl | Gets or sets a client control to the current DocumentManager, switching it to the Non-Document Mode. |
| Container | Gets the IContainer that contains the Component. Inherited from Component. |
| ContainerControl | Gets or sets a control that contains the current DocumentManager. |
| DesignMode protected | Gets a value that indicates whether the Component is currently in design mode. Inherited from Component. |
| DockManager | Gets a DockManager that belongs to the same container as the current DocumentManager. |
| DocumentActivationScope | Gets or sets which Documents a Document Selector will display. |
| EnableThumbnailRenderingOnShowing static | Gets or sets whether thumbnails for documents are generated right before these thumbnails are displayed. |
| Events protected | Gets the list of event handlers that are attached to this Component. Inherited from Component. |
| HtmlImages | Gets or sets a collection of images that you can embed into captions/messages/tooltips in the control using the image HTML-inspired tag. |
| Images | Provides access to the collection of images that can be associated with documents. |
| IsDisposing | Gets whether the BaseComponent object is currently being disposed of. Inherited from BaseComponent. |
| IsDocumentSelectorVisible | Gets if a document selector for this DocumentManager is currently visible. |
| IsInitialized | Indicates whether or not the BaseComponent object has been fully initialized. Inherited from BaseComponent. |
| IsInitializing | Returns whether or not the BaseComponent object is currently being initialized. Inherited from BaseComponent. |
| IsUpdateLocked | Returns whether or not this BaseComponent is currently locked, which prevents any visual updates. Inherited from BaseComponent. |
| MaxThumbnailCount | Gets or sets the maximum number of Document thumbnails within the Windows Task Bar for this DocumentManager. |
| MdiParent | Gets or sets the parent MDI form. |
| MenuManager | Gets or sets an object that controls the look and feel of the DocumentManager‘s popup menus. |
| RecreateMdiChildHandle static | This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code. |
| RibbonAndBarsMergeStyle | Gets or sets whether Bar Managers and Ribbon Controls from this DocumentManager‘s child Documents should be automatically merged to Bars and Ribbons in the main application form. |
| RightToLeftLayout | Gets or sets whether right-to-left mirror placement is turned on. |
| ShowThumbnailsInTaskBar | Gets or sets whether thumbnails for the Documents within this DocumentManager should be displayed in Windows Task Bar. |
| ShowToolTips | Gets or sets whether a tooltip should be displayed when the mouse pointer is over Document headers. |
| Site | Gets or sets the ISite of the Component. Inherited from Component. |
| SnapMode | Gets or sets whether or not Documents owned by this DocumentManager can stick to each other, parent forms or screen edges. |
| ToolTipController | Gets or sets the tooltip controller component that controls the appearance, position and content of hints displayed for the current DocumentManager. |
| View | Gets or sets a View object that displays child forms(or controls) in a specific manner. |
| ViewCollection | Provides access to a collection of BaseView descendants that can be used within the DocumentManager. |
Methods
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| About() static | Activates the DocumentManager‘s About dialog box. |
| BeginUpdate() | Locks the BaseComponent, preventing visual updates of the object and its elements until the EndUpdate or CancelUpdate method is called. Inherited from BaseComponent. |
| CalcHitInfo(Point) | Returns information on an object located at the specified position. |
| CancelUpdate() | Unlocks the BaseComponent object after it has been locked by the BeginUpdate method, without causing an immediate visual update. Inherited from BaseComponent. |
| ClientToScreen(Point) | Converts client coordinates to screen coordinates. |
| CreateObjRef(Type) | Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject. |
| CreateView(ViewType) | Creates a BaseView object for the current DocumentManager. |
| Dispose() | Releases all resources used by the Component. Inherited from Component. |
| EndUpdate() | Unlocks the BaseComponent object after a call to the BeginUpdate method and causes an immediate visual update. Inherited from BaseComponent. |
| Equals(Object, Object) static | Determines whether the specified object instances are considered equal. Inherited from Object. |
| Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. Inherited from Object. |
| ForceInitialize() | Forces the control to finish its initialization. |
| FromControl(Control) static | Gets the DocumentManager associated with the specified control or any of the control’s parents. |
| GetDocument(Control) | Returns a document that displays the specified control/dock panel/form. |
| GetHashCode() | Serves as the default hash function. Inherited from Object. |
| GetLifetimeService() | Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject. |
| GetService(Type) protected | Returns an object that represents a service provided by the Component or by its Container. Inherited from Component. |
| GetType() | Gets the Type of the current instance. Inherited from Object. |
| InitializeLifetimeService() | Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject. |
| Invalidate() | Invalidates the region occupied by the DocumentManager (adds it to the update region that will be repainted during the next paint operation), and causes a paint message to be sent to the DocumentManager. |
| Invalidate(Rectangle) | Invalidates the specified region occupied by the DocumentManager (adds it to the update region that will be repainted during the next paint operation), and causes a paint message to be sent to the DocumentManager. |
| IsReadyToPerformUIOperations() | This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code. |
| LayoutChanged() | Updates the element. Inherited from BaseComponent. |
| MemberwiseClone() protected | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. Inherited from Object. |
| MemberwiseClone(Boolean) protected | Creates a shallow copy of the current MarshalByRefObject object. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject. |
| ReferenceEquals(Object, Object) static | Determines whether the specified Object instances are the same instance. Inherited from Object. |
| ReplaceOwnerForm() | Call this method to change the DocumentManager parent form. |
| ScreenToClient(Point) | Converts the screen coordinates of a specified point on the screen to client-area coordinates. |
| ToString() | Returns a String containing the name of the Component, if any. This method should not be overridden. Inherited from Component. |
| Update() | Invalidates the region occupied by the current DocumentManager. |
Events
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Disposed | Occurs when the component is disposed by a call to the Dispose() method. Inherited from Component. |
| DocumentActivate | Occurs whenever a Document within this DocumentManager is activated. |
| ViewChanged | Occurs after the DocumentManager has switched to another view. |
| ViewChanging | Occurs when the current DocumentManager changes its active view and allows you to respond to these changes before they are applied. |
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