Custom Addin: Dock a window

[canderson]

Hi,

I'm wondering if it's possible to dock a form (that's part of my addin) in the EA environment/shell.

I'm trying to build a custom report generator.

I'd like to be able to add diagrams from the project tree to a new tree in my window. Once they're in my tree I can then sort them as appropriate before building a document based on my subset.

It doesn't look like this is possible, but I just wanted an expert opinion!

Thanks.

CA.

[Frank Horn]

The online manual says you can wrap your window into an ActiveX control and then use the Repository.AddTab() method.

[canderson]

I think that's going to add my window/form to the working space though no? (Where you normally draw diagrams).

I was hoping to write a new window I could dock with the toolbox/properties/tagged values windows.

Even so, I think you've given me an alternative so many thanks.

CA.

[«Midnight»]

I think what Frank has described is the appropriate way to do just that. My read of the API documentation is that panes must be ActiveX controls - which is why you need a wrapper for C# windows - and that EA supports docking of panes.

Remember to make your add-in components visible to COM, if you've not done so already via project settings.

[Eve]

CA is correct, (in my understanding) that function adds a window where you find diagrams.

EA doesn't currently support docked windows from add-ins.