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XRDesignForm.SetWindowVisibility(DesignDockPanelType, Boolean) Method

Sets the visibility of dock panels in the standard End-User Report Designer form.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UserDesigner

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v24.1.Extensions.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Reporting

Declaration

public virtual void SetWindowVisibility(
    DesignDockPanelType designDockPanels,
    bool visible
)

Parameters

Name Type Description
designDockPanels DesignDockPanelType

A DesignDockPanelType enumeration value, identifying the dock panel(s) of the End-User Designer.

visible Boolean

true, to display the dock panel(s); otherwise, false.

Remarks

Use the SetWindowVisibility method to control dock panel visibility in the End-User Designer based on the XRDesignForm object.

Example

This example illustrates how to remove dock panels from the Report Designer using the IDesignForm.SetWindowVisibility method.

using DevExpress.XtraReports.UI;
using DevExpress.XtraReports.UserDesigner;
// ...

private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
    // Create a Design Tool with an assigned report instance.
    ReportDesignTool designTool = new ReportDesignTool(new XtraReport1());

    // Access the standard or ribbon-based Designer form.
    // IDesignForm designForm = designTool.DesignForm;
    IDesignForm designForm = designTool.DesignRibbonForm;

    //disable saving of the designer panels configuration
    (designForm as XRDesignForm).SaveState = false;
    // Hide the Field List and Properties window dock panels.
    designForm.SetWindowVisibility(DesignDockPanelType.FieldList |
        DesignDockPanelType.PropertyGrid, false);

    // Load a Report Designer in a dialog window.
    // designTool.ShowDesignerDialog();
    designTool.ShowRibbonDesignerDialog();
}
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