Re: How Do I Create Docking Effects as in Visual Studio.NET 2003?

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From: Bob Powell [MVP] (bob_at__spamkiller_bobpowell.net)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 00:23:26 +0100

This is a laborious write it yourself thing. Possibly months of work if you
start from cold, or get a third party library such as Crownwood Consulting's
Magic tools. 

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"Craig Holdheide" <CraigHoldheide@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in 
message news:8857DB84-B574-4B85-A15D-C791D9E13B33@microsoft.com...
> Hello VB Users,
>     I am about ready to start working on a small VB.NET 2003 project for 
> my
> company.  I will be creating an MDI application that will using docking
> extensivily.  So far, I was able to create a MDI application and then able 
> to
> create a small form that would dock to the left side of the parent form. 
> I
> was able to do this but my question is... How do I get the child form to
> display as it would in Visual Studio.NET 2003.  For example, the toolbox 
> in
> VS.NET 2003 is docked to the left side of the screen in the Visual Basic
> Profile but, does not display the blue frame border.  It does, however,
> display the title bar at the top of the child dialog as Toolbar with a pin
> icon to anchor the form and a x for closing the dialog.    I also notice 
> that
> when a bunch of these dialogs are put together there are then tabs created 
> at
> the bottom to flip between the different dialogs.  How can I apply this 
> same
> kind of tecnnique in my application.  Is this possible in VB.NET 2003 or 
> do I
> have to purchase some  kind of 3rd party component?  Please let me know.
> Thank you
>
> Craig Holdheide
>

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