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DocumentManager Methods

The component that allows you to implement tabbed, native MDI, Windows 10-inspired or Widget application UIs.
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.
FromContainer(IContainer, Control) static Gets a DocumentManager hosted within the specific container and control.
FromControl(Control) static Gets a DocumentManager hosted within the specific control.
FromCurrentControl(Control, Boolean, Boolean) static Retrieves a DocumentManager component from the target control.
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()
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.
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