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Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.PaletteSetStyles.ShowCloseButton

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:25:30 GMT

Does any one know why this doesn't actually show a close button on a palette set? Do I need to enable some other method or reference or something before I get an X button on my palette?

Re: Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.PaletteSetStyles.ShowCloseButton

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:02:24 GMT

I got an answer from Walmsley. Apparently it is required to mix in some arx code to actully get this to work. One more reason to stick with vba and let Gates keep his junk to himself

Re: Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.PaletteSetStyles.ShowCloseButton

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:04:38 GMT

What you were told is not true.

There's no need to 'mix some arx code' to get a close button to show on a pallete.

All of my palettes have close buttons on them.

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I got an answer from Walmsley. Apparently it is required to mix in some arx code to actully get this to work. One more reason to stick with vba and let Gates keep his junk to himself

Re: Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.PaletteSetStyles.ShowCloseButton

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:24:12 GMT

really? can you let me know why my buttons dont appear on the pallette? The only code I can fine is the showclosebutton that a stated above, but it doesn't seem to do anything. Do I need to add something else to make it active?

Re: Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.PaletteSetStyles.ShowCloseButton

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:40:58 GMT

Are you asking me to guess what your code does?

Please post the relevant parts and I'll have a look.

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really? can you let me know why my buttons dont appear on the pallette? The only code I can fine is the showclosebutton that a stated above, but it doesn't seem to do anything. Do I need to add something else to make it active?

Re: Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.PaletteSetStyles.ShowCloseButton

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:24:30 GMT

Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.PaletteSetStyles.ShowCloseButton
also
Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.PaletteSetStyles.ShowminimizeButton

these are in the initialize area of the code. Do you think something else in my code is swithching back off? If not known of the other code is relavant.

Re: Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.PaletteSetStyles.ShowCloseButton

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:15:11 GMT

Sorry, I'm not interested in playing peek-a-boo.

I said post the relevant parts of the code.

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Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.PaletteSetStyles.ShowCloseButton
also
Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.PaletteSetStyles.ShowminimizeButton

these are in the initialize area of the code. Do you think something else in my code is swithching back off? If not known of the other code is relavant.

Re: Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.PaletteSetStyles.ShowCloseButton

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:41:17 GMT

I'll see if I can post something, but the code actually reads from a database, so all it really says is is stuff like "mdi.asp.feild6 = db.parameter.height" there isn't a whole lot of code to see. I will try to put together a pallette with a little more meat to it with the same inailizer on on the interface. I will get that up next week sometime since I will be out of the office untill Wednesday. Thanks for the help though.

Re: Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.PaletteSetStyles.ShowCloseButton

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:42:01 GMT

You're misunderstanding what I mean by 'relevant'.

I don't want/need to see code that reads from a database,
only the code that creates and shows the PaletteSet.

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I'll see if I can post something, but the code actually reads from a database, so all it really says is is stuff like "mdi.asp.feild6 = db.parameter.height" there isn't a whole lot of code to see. I will try to put together a pallette with a little more meat to it with the same inailizer on on the interface. I will get that up next week sometime since I will be out of the office untill Wednesday. Thanks for the help though.

Re: Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.PaletteSetStyles.ShowCloseButton

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:47:28 GMT

Sorry Tony, the head programmer won't let me post any code for security reasons. So I guess we will have to figure this out ourselves. Thanks for trying to help us though.

Re: Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.PaletteSetStyles.ShowCloseButton

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:35:04 GMT

>> Sorry Tony, the head programmer won't let me post any code for security reasons. <<

LOL

There's no security issues with posting a couple of lines of code that creates a paletteset and sets its style.

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Re: Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.PaletteSetStyles.ShowCloseButton

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:18:32 GMT

Tony I got permission to post this:

Dim ed As Editor = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument.Editor
Try

If ps Is Nothing Then
Dim myForm As ModelessForm = New ModelessForm()
ps = New Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.PaletteSet("MYPALLETTE")
ps.Style = PaletteSetStyles.ShowTabForSingle
'Wouldn't this statement show the "X" on the Palette:
ps.Style = PaletteSetStyles.ShowCloseButton
ps.Style = PaletteSetStyles.ShowAutoHideButton

ps.MinimumSize = New System.Drawing.Size(300, 500)
ps.Opacity = 65
ps.Add("Search Catalog", myForm)

ps.Visible = True
ps.Dock = DockSides.Left
End If
Catch ex As System.Exception
ed.WriteMessage("Error Creating Palette: " + ex.Message)
End Try

I hope you can see something I cant.

Re: Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.PaletteSetStyles.ShowCloseButton

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:48:05 GMT

You probably shouln't let the head programmer see this thread.

PaletteSetStyles is a set of flags.

I'll have to assume that you're not familiar with flags and bitwise operatons or how to work with them.

The probelm you have is that you are assigning individual flags to the property, when you should be combining them, like this:

ps.Style = ps.Style Or PaletteSetStyles.ShowTabForSingle
ps.Style = ps.Style Or PaletteSetStyles.ShowCloseButton;
ps.Style = ps.Style Or PaletteSetStyles.ShowAutoHideButton;

The "Or" operator combines the existing flags set in the style property, with the one you pass as the operand.

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Tony I got permission to post this:

Dim ed As Editor = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument.Editor
Try

If ps Is Nothing Then
Dim myForm As ModelessForm = New ModelessForm()
ps = New Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.PaletteSet("MYPALLETTE")
ps.Style = PaletteSetStyles.ShowTabForSingle
'Wouldn't this statement show the "X" on the Palette:
ps.Style = PaletteSetStyles.ShowCloseButton
ps.Style = PaletteSetStyles.ShowAutoHideButton

ps.MinimumSize = New System.Drawing.Size(300, 500)
ps.Opacity = 65
ps.Add("Search Catalog", myForm)

ps.Visible = True
ps.Dock = DockSides.Left
End If
Catch ex As System.Exception
ed.WriteMessage("Error Creating Palette: " + ex.Message)
End Try

I hope you can see something I cant.

Re: Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.PaletteSetStyles.ShowCloseButton

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:44:04 GMT

Tony,
That worked just great. We can now hide our pallettes.
Had to modify it slightly to get it to re-appear after the command call. But you solved a big problem for us. Thanks a million.