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WinDockManager Smart Tag

In Visual Studio 2005 (.NET Framework 2.0), each Ultimate UI for Windows Forms control/component is equipped with a Smart Tag. By simply selecting the control/component, a Smart Tag anchor appears. When you click this anchor, a pop-up panel appears, providing you with quick and easy access to the most common properties and settings of the control/component.

The WinDockManager™ Smart Tag contains the name of the component, as well as the following sections:

  • Appearance — Provides common tasks involving the appearance, and look-and-feel of the WinDockManager component.

  • Layout — Offers a property that will determine the layout of the dockable panes.

  • Serialization — Provides quick access to properties used in the IPersistComponentSettings interface (new in Visual Studio 2005).

See below for a description of the item (e.g., field, drop-down list, checkbox) in each section, as well as the item’s corresponding property in the properties grid.

ultradockmanager's smart tag
Appearance Description Corresponding Property

Show Close Button

Select the check box to display the close button in a pane’s caption.

Show Pin Button

Select the check box to display the pin button in a pane’s caption.

Caption Style

The caption in the pane can be styled like Visual Studio .NET, Windows, Visual C++ 6, Office 2003, Visual Studio 2005, and Office 2007.

Unpinned Tab Style

Select from the drop-down what style you want the un-pinned panes to have.

Window Style

Select from the drop-down menu the overall window style (e.g., VSNET, Office2003, VisualStudio2005, or Office2007) that you want to apply to the dockable panes.
Layout Description Corresponding Property

Layout Style

Select from the drop-down how you want the dockable panes to be positioned. Choose from Standard or FillContainer.
Serialization Description Corresponding Property

Save Settings

If you select this checkbox, the component will automatically load/save its property settings with the application’s settings.

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Format of Saved Settings

The component can save its settings in either binary or XML format.

Settings Key

You can specify the settings key that will be used to uniquely identify the settings' values that will be loaded/saved. By default, Visual Studio 2005 sets the settings key value based on the name of the containing form/control and the name of the component.