I have pondered the same question Sean when trying to make a
floating/dockable window, unfortunately (as you say) the browser pane
implementation is flawed because you have to change the focus between your
own window in the pane and the Inventor one, which is not ideal.
The closest I came to getting something that was dockable was by using API
calls to determine the window geometry of the Inventor window itself and
setting the position of a floating window (inside an add-in DLL) accordingly
in a docked-to-the-left or docked-to-the-right position.
This was never satisfactory, unfortunately, because the window was only ever
floating on top and it never looked quite right... I would love to hear
about anyone that has had more success than me!
"Sean Dotson" wrote in message
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> You mean make a new browser pane in addition or in place of the current
> browser. I know how to make one in place of the current browser (like the
> library).
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> I'd like to know if it's possible to make it such that we could dock the
app
> and keep it visible while you still use the current browser.
>
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> > You will probably need to make a browser pane. This will require
> > creating an OCX. There is an example of one in the VB Samples and it is
> > documented in the programming help. I have done a couple that way.
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> > Kent Keller wrote:
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> > >Does anyone have a idea if it is possible to make a user form dockable?
> Or better yet
> > >has anyone been able to do it? If so ... mind sharing
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