Dockable window does not resize

[JelteDeJong]

Im creating an addin with a dockable window. It works fine but when the dockable window is floating it is not possible to rezise it anymore. (draging the edge does not work.)

i create the dockable window with the following code:

Form1 form = new Form1(inventor);

UserInterfaceManager uiMan = inventor.UserInterfaceManager;
docableWin = uiMan.DockableWindows.Add("###############", "###############", "###############");

docableWin.AddChild(form.Handle.ToInt64());
docableWin.Title = "SheetOverView";
docableWin.ShowTitleBar = true;
docableWin.DisabledDockingStates = DockingStateEnum.kDockBottom | DockingStateEnum.kDockTop;
docableWin.SetMinimumSize(200, 150);
if (!docableWin.IsCustomized)
{
    docableWin.DockingState = DockingStateEnum.kDockRight;
    docableWin.Visible = true;
}
form.Show();
docableWin.Visible = true;

any on has some idea why it does not work or what i can try to make it work.

[HideoYamada]

Hello,

The Dockable Window which is created with follow code is resizable in my enviroment.

public void Activate(Inventor.ApplicationAddInSite addInSiteObject, bool firstTime)
{
    // This method is called by Inventor when it loads the addin.
    // The AddInSiteObject provides access to the Inventor Application object.
    // The FirstTime flag indicates if the addin is loaded for the first time.

    // Initialize AddIn members.
    m_inventorApplication = addInSiteObject.Application;

    var inventor = m_inventorApplication;

    // TODO: Add ApplicationAddInServer.Activate implementation.
    // e.g. event initialization, command creation etc.

    //Form1 form = new Form1(inventor);
    Form form = new Form();
    form.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Highlight;
    form.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.None;

    UserInterfaceManager uiMan = inventor.UserInterfaceManager;
    docableWin = uiMan.DockableWindows.Add("###############", "###############", "###############");

    docableWin.AddChild(form.Handle.ToInt64());
    docableWin.Title = "SheetOverView";
    docableWin.ShowTitleBar = true;
    docableWin.DisabledDockingStates = DockingStateEnum.kDockBottom | DockingStateEnum.kDockTop;
    docableWin.SetMinimumSize(200, 150);
    if (!docableWin.IsCustomized)
    {
        docableWin.DockingState = DockingStateEnum.kDockRight;
        docableWin.Visible = true;
    }
    form.Show();
    docableWin.Visible = true;
}

If you can resize the dockable window with this code, the issue will be depending on Form1.

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Freeradical

 Hideo Yamada

[JelteDeJong]

Thank you for your reply but it did not get it to work. I used your code and created a new form (and did not change any thing on the form.) but it still does not resize. Do i need to change some properties of the form?

[HideoYamada]

Hi,

I attached the source code and binary image to this post.

Try with this files and let me know it works properly or not.

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 Hideo Yamada

[HideoYamada]

The binary was compiled for Inventor 2020.

I recompiled for Inventor 2018 and attached to this post.

[bradeneuropeArthur]

Hi?

Have you tried the dockablewindowenents in inventor?

Regards,

[bradeneuropeArthur]

Hi @JelteDeJong  I Think I found a solution for this.

Works at least for my dockableWindows.

Use the Inventor Application Events to set the Height for the Form or the Control in you DockableWindow!

 Private Sub m_AppEvents_OnActivateView(ViewObject As Inventor.View, BeforeOrAfter As EventTimingEnum, Context As NameValueMap, ByRef HandlingCode As HandlingCodeEnum) Handles m_AppEvents.OnActivateView
            m_Form.Height = My_DockableWindow.Height
        End Sub

Hope this explaining is sufficient?

Otherwise I will give you my complete code.

Regards,

[JelteDeJong]

@bradeneuropeArthurI tryed your code and I tracked when the event is triggerd but it did not seem to be triggerd when the i tryed to resize the dockable window. So no luck with that event.

@HideoYamadaThank you for sending the example addin. Your example addin was also not resizing.

i discoverd that it is possible to resize my dockable window in the following way:

• Undock the model browser
• Put the model browser and my dockable window in the same frame.
• Resize the model browser.
• switch to my dockable window.
• now its possible to resize......

that is far from how it is supposed to work. Im starting to wonder if the problem is my computer. (Also because the example of @HideoYamada does not work.) i will test this later on my job. If you have more ideas that they are still welcome. anyway i will keep you posted

[bradeneuropeArthur]

Hi @JelteDeJong 

For me also that works.

I can take the DockableWindow (Floating) also this resizes correctly...

[HideoYamada]

Hi,

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If you have more ideas that they are still welcome.

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Have you already tried empty dockable window?

public void Activate(Inventor.ApplicationAddInSite addInSiteObject, bool firstTime)
{
    m_inventorApplication = addInSiteObject.Application;
    var inventor = m_inventorApplication;

    UserInterfaceManager uiMan = inventor.UserInterfaceManager;
    docableWin = uiMan.DockableWindows.Add("###############", "###############", "###############");

    docableWin.Title = "SheetOverView";
    docableWin.ShowTitleBar = true;
    docableWin.DisabledDockingStates = DockingStateEnum.kDockBottom | DockingStateEnum.kDockTop;
    docableWin.SetMinimumSize(200, 150);
    if (!docableWin.IsCustomized)
    {
        docableWin.DockingState = DockingStateEnum.kDockRight;
        docableWin.Visible = true;
    }
    docableWin.Visible = true;
}

Or, more simply :

public void Activate(Inventor.ApplicationAddInSite addInSiteObject, bool firstTime)
{
    m_inventorApplication = addInSiteObject.Application;
    var inventor = m_inventorApplication;

    UserInterfaceManager uiMan = inventor.UserInterfaceManager;
    docableWin = uiMan.DockableWindows.Add("###############", "###############", "###############");

    docableWin.Visible = true;
}

Do you have other dockable window which you made and the client-id (first arg of Add Method) is same as test code ("###############") ?

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Freeradical

 Hideo Yamada