Hi there
I am noticing an obscure issue with the new version of the UltraWinDock 10.2.20102.1004 that did not occur in previous versions.
We are using an UltraDockManager in an MDI child form. The UItraDockManager is managing a number of docked panes including a DockableGroupPane/TabGroup on the form. The panes on the DockableGroupPane are quite complex in the number of controls they maintain. When focus moves to/from controls owned by panes within the DockableGroupPane to/from controls outside of the DockableGroupPane we are noticing that the controls are being moved around within the TabGroup i.e. drawing slowly. They end up in the correct position but you can see them moving and being redrawn. This movement occurs if I programmatically move focus i.e. calling Control.Focus() on some control or by user interaction with the form.
I provided an event handler for the Control.Move event for one of the System.Windows.Forms.Panel controls that was visibly drawing slowly and that handler is being hit on many occasions. It looks to me from the call stack that it is coming from a new method in current version of UltraWinDock. The protected override void VerifyChildElements(ControlUIElementBase , bool ) method in the WindowDockingAreaUIElement class in Infragistics.Win.UltraWinDock.
Now the thing is that this issue is only noticeable in this one implementation we have of the UltraWinDock i.e. in other mdi child forms we have no problem but they are also less complex.
I have also tried to replicate the problem in a test app with no luck and the app which does display the issue contains considerable proprietary code which prevents me from providing it to you.
I have tried using events on the controls to suspend/resume drawing but am having little luck in a practical solution sense.
I release that not giving you a sample with the problem makes it somewhat harder to diagnose but I am will to assist in any way.
Could you give me any tips on how to further diagnose further or workaround this problem?
Regards
Geoff
Hi Stefaniya
Yes the problem still exists, only in the WinForms 2010 Vol 2 suite, all other version of Infragistics are OK.
As I said I previously I cannot replicate outside of our main app which due to proprietary reasons I cannot send to you. I appreciate that this makes it pretty difficult for you to diagnose.
I did create a CamStudio AVI file which when played at slowest speed in VLC Media Player 1.1.0 shows the issue.
Unfortunately the maximum size for an attached file for you guys in these posts is 200kB which is too small. Please let me know how I can send you the .avi file.
Hi,
Let me know if you still experience the issue, and if so please provide me with more details.
Regards,
- Stefaniya
It is hard for me to determine what might cause the issue without a sample or steps how to reproduce it. On this base I could suggest you to check what is the difference in the settings of the forms, which components may cause the slow down. Is it possible that the reason is in any changes made in your system configuration, e.g. resolution, video cards, IDE, OS and etc? If there is no way to provide me with sample illustrating the issue, please try to make a video (via CamStudio) and attach it zipped here.
I am looking forward to your response.
Stefaniya