Class CommandBarController

The CommandBarController acts as a central point of control for the CommandBars hosted on a form.

Inheritance

System.Object

BaseComponent

CommandBarController

CommandBarControllerExt

Implements

IThemeProvider

System.IDisposable

System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize

ICBControllerDesignerInvoke

IVisualStyle

Inherited Members

BaseComponent.RaiseThemeChanged(Object, ThemeChangedEventArgs)

BaseComponent.GetActiveThemeName()

BaseComponent.OnCanApplyThemeChanged(Boolean)

BaseComponent.OnCanOverrideStyleChanged(Boolean)

BaseComponent.ThemeName

BaseComponent.CanOverrideStyle

BaseComponent.IThemeProvider.BaseThemeName

BaseComponent.CanApplyTheme

BaseComponent.ControlName

BaseComponent.IsVisualStyleEnabled

BaseComponent.ThemeNameChanged

Namespace: Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools

Assembly: Syncfusion.Tools.Windows.dll

Syntax

public class CommandBarController : BaseComponent, IThemeProvider, IDisposable, ISupportInitialize, ICBControllerDesignerInvoke, IVisualStyle

Remarks

The Essential Tools CommandBars framework implements a hosting environment that can be used for creating toolbars, statusbars and rebars similar to those that are present in the Microsoft Visual Studio.NET IDE and the Microsoft Office XP product suite. A CommandBar, similar to Win32/MFC control bars, is purely a container control that is responsible only for it's layout state and it is the client window, such as a ToolBar, StatusBar or any other Windows Forms control, that provides the CommandBar with it's functional identity.

CommandBars have two basic states - a docked state and a floating state. In the docked state, the CommandBars are usually aligned along one of the borders (left, right, top or bottom) of the host form. Depending upon the preferences set, the bar can either take up an entire row as in the case of a menu or share it's space with other bars within a particular row as with toolbars and rebars. By default, a docked CommandBar has a gripper and a drop-down button with a customizable click event. The gripper can be used to reposition the bar within a row, move it between rows and to drag it out of the frame and float as a separate window. In the docked mode, when the row width is adequate, the CommandBars are usually sized to their maximum length. However, reducing the frame width/height will, based on the user-setting, force the CommandBar to reduce in size while retaining the same height or wrap thereby increasing the bar height. The wrapping mode is particularly useful for toolbars and is fully customizable. In the floating state, the CommandBar is parented by a floating window that can dragged around the desktop. A floating CommandBar can be redocked to it's host by either double-clicking it or by dragging it over one of the edges of the host form.

The CommandBarController class, as the name implies, serves as a form-scope controller for all the CommandBars. Attributes that are common across all CommandBars within a host form, such as the EnabledDockBorders and PersistState are usually set on the CommandBarController instance. The CommandBarController implements the API and the requisite design-time support for creating and working with CommandBars.

Examples

The sample code shows how to create and initialize a CommandBarController, create a CommandBar control that is initially docked to the top border of the form and hosts a Panel control and finally add the CommandBar to the CommandBarController's collection.

private void InitializeCommandBars()
{
// Create the CommandBarController
this.commandBarController1 = new Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.CommandBarController();
((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.commandBarController1)).BeginInit();

	// Set the CommandBarController's host form
	this.commandBarController1.HostForm = this;
	this.commandBarController1.PersistState = true;

	// Create the CommandBar control
	this.commandBarAddress = new Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.CommandBar();

	// Set the CommandBar Layout/Behavior/Appearance attributes
	this.commandBarAddress.DockBorder = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.DockBorder.Top;
	this.commandBarAddress.HideDropDownButton = true;
	this.commandBarAddress.MaxLength = 400;
	this.commandBarAddress.MinHeight = 26;
	this.commandBarAddress.MinLength = 50;
	this.commandBarAddress.Name = "commandBarAddress";
	this.commandBarAddress.RowIndex = 1;
	this.commandBarAddress.RowOffset = 1;
	this.commandBarAddress.Text = "Address";

	// Create the ComboBox control and add it to the CommandBars Controls collection
	this.comboBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox();
	this.commandBarAddress.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {this.comboBox1});

	// Add the CommandBar to the CommandBarController.CommandBars collection
	this.commandBarController1.CommandBars.Add(this.commandBarAddress);

	((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.commandBarController1)).EndInit();
}</code></pre></coderef>


Private Sub InitializeCommandBars()

       &apos; Create the CommandBarController
       Me.commandBarController1 = New Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.CommandBarController(Me.components)
       CType(Me.commandBarController1, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize).BeginInit()

       &apos; Set the CommandBarController&apos;s host form
       Me.commandBarController1.HostForm = Me
       Me.commandBarController1.PersistState = True

       &apos; Create the CommandBar control
       Me.commandBarAddress = New Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.CommandBar()

       &apos; Set the CommandBar Layout/Behavior/Appearance attributes
       Me.commandBarAddress.DockState = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.CommandBarDockState.Top
       Me.commandBarAddress.MaxLength = 400
       Me.commandBarAddress.MinHeight = 26
       Me.commandBarAddress.MinLength = 50
       Me.commandBarAddress.Name = &quot;commandBarAddress&quot;
       Me.commandBarAddress.RowIndex = 1
       Me.commandBarAddress.RowOffset = 1
       Me.commandBarAddress.Text = &quot;Address&quot;

       &apos; Create the ComboBox control and add it to the CommandBars Controls collection
       Me.comboBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox()
       Me.commandBarAddress.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.comboBox1})

       &apos; Add the CommandBar to the CommandBarControllers CommandBars       // collection
       Me.commandBarController1.CommandBars.Add(Me.commandBarAddress)

       CType(Me.commandBarController1, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize).EndInit()

   End Sub</code></pre></coderef>

Constructors

CommandBarController()

Overloaded. Creates a new instance of the CommandBarController.

Declaration

public CommandBarController()

CommandBarController(IContainer)

Creates a new instance of the CommandBarController and initializes it with the container.

Declaration

public CommandBarController(IContainer container)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.ComponentModel.IContainer	container	An object implementing the System.ComponentModel.IContainer interface to associate with this instance of the CommandBarController.

Fields

alCommandBars

Declaration

protected CommandBarController.CommandBarsCollection alCommandBars

Field Value

Type	Description
CommandBarController.CommandBarsCollection

alDelayLoadBars

Declaration

protected ArrayList alDelayLoadBars

Field Value

Type	Description
System.Collections.ArrayList

alFreezeAddBars

Declaration

protected ArrayList alFreezeAddBars

Field Value

Type	Description
System.Collections.ArrayList

alFreezeRelayoutBars

Declaration

protected ArrayList alFreezeRelayoutBars

Field Value

Type	Description
System.Collections.ArrayList

alFreezeRemoveBars

Declaration

protected ArrayList alFreezeRemoveBars

Field Value

Type	Description
System.Collections.ArrayList

bBackColorSet

Declaration

protected bool bBackColorSet

Field Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

bDisableButtons

Declaration

protected bool bDisableButtons

Field Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

bInitializationComplete

Declaration

protected bool bInitializationComplete

Field Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

bLoadVisibility

Declaration

protected bool bLoadVisibility

Field Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

bPersistState

Declaration

protected bool bPersistState

Field Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

bThemesEnabled

Declaration

protected bool bThemesEnabled

Field Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

cbDockBorder

Declaration

protected CommandBarDockBorder cbDockBorder

Field Value

Type	Description
CommandBarDockBorder

clrBackColor

Declaration

protected Color clrBackColor

Field Value

Type	Description
System.Drawing.Color

CommandDockBarB

Declaration

protected CommandDockBar CommandDockBarB

Field Value

Type	Description
CommandDockBar

CommandDockBarL

Declaration

protected CommandDockBar CommandDockBarL

Field Value

Type	Description
CommandDockBar

CommandDockBarR

Declaration

protected CommandDockBar CommandDockBarR

Field Value

Type	Description
CommandDockBar

CommandDockBarT

Declaration

protected CommandDockBar CommandDockBarT

Field Value

Type	Description
CommandDockBar

focusedCBar

Declaration

protected CommandBar focusedCBar

Field Value

Type	Description
CommandBar

frmMain

Declaration

protected Form frmMain

Field Value

Type	Description
System.Windows.Forms.Form

m_office2007Theme

Colorschemes for Office2007 visual style.

Declaration

protected Office2007Theme m_office2007Theme

Field Value

Type	Description
Office2007Theme

m_office2010Theme

Colorschemes for Office2010 visual style.

Declaration

protected Office2010Theme m_office2010Theme

Field Value

Type	Description
Office2010Theme

nFreezeActivation

Need this to avoid recursive mdichild and owned forms activating. Especially issue occurs when activating mdichild form, which is in minimized state, and has some floating forms related to it's ChildBarManager.

Declaration

protected int nFreezeActivation

Field Value

Type	Description
System.Int32

nFreezeLayout

Declaration

protected int nFreezeLayout

Field Value

Type	Description
System.Int32

strmDefault

Declaration

protected MemoryStream strmDefault

Field Value

Type	Description
System.IO.MemoryStream

strPersistKey

Declaration

protected const string strPersistKey = "CommandBarInfo"

Field Value

Type	Description
System.String

tbStyle

Declaration

protected VisualStyle tbStyle

Field Value

Type	Description
VisualStyle

typeCBSerializer

Declaration

protected Type typeCBSerializer

Field Value

Type	Description
System.Type

wndMainFrm

Declaration

protected CommandBarController.AppMainFormWnd wndMainFrm

Field Value

Type	Description
CommandBarController.AppMainFormWnd

wpprCBController

Declaration

protected CBCtrlrSerializationWrapper wpprCBController

Field Value

Type	Description
CBCtrlrSerializationWrapper

Properties

BackColor

Gets or sets the background color used to draw the host form's dockable regions.

Declaration

public Color BackColor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Drawing.Color	A System.Drawing.Color that represents the background color.

Remarks

The dockable region is the area along the HostForm's border on which the CommandBars are docked. The CommandBarController uses the specified color for drawing the Form's dockable regions.

CommandBars

Returns a reference to the CommandBars that belong to this CommandBarController.

Declaration

public CommandBarController.CommandBarsCollection CommandBars { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
CommandBarController.CommandBarsCollection	A CommandBarController.CommandBarsCollection that contains the CommandBars in this CommandBarController.

CommandBarSerializer

Gets or sets the CommandBarSerializer

Declaration

public Type CommandBarSerializer { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Type

EnabledDockBorders

Gets or sets the edges of the form along which CommandBars are allowed to dock.

Declaration

public CommandBarDockBorder EnabledDockBorders { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
CommandBarDockBorder	A CommandBarDockBorder value specifying the dockable edges.

FocusedCommandBar

Declaration

protected CommandBar FocusedCommandBar { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
CommandBar

FreezeActivation

Declaration

protected bool FreezeActivation { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

FreezeLayout

Gets or sets FreezeLayout

Declaration

public bool FreezeLayout { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

HostForm

Gets or sets the host form.

Declaration

public Form HostForm { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Windows.Forms.Form	The Form that will host the CommandBars.

MetroBackColor

Gets or Sets the MetroColor

Declaration

public Color MetroBackColor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Drawing.Color

MetroColor

Gets or Sets the MetroColor

Declaration

public Color MetroColor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Drawing.Color

Office2007ColorTable

Gets colors for Office2007 visual style.

Declaration

protected Office2007Colors Office2007ColorTable { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Office2007Colors

Office2007Theme

Gets or sets colorschemes for Office2007 visual style.

Declaration

public Office2007Theme Office2007Theme { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Office2007Theme

Office2010ColorTable

Gets colors for Office2010 visual style.

Declaration

protected Office2010Colors Office2010ColorTable { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Office2010Colors

Office2010Theme

Gets or sets colorschemes for Office2010 visual style.

Declaration

public Office2010Theme Office2010Theme { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Office2010Theme

PersistenceID

Declaration

protected virtual string PersistenceID { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String

PersistState

Indicates whether the application's CommandBars state should be persisted.

Declaration

public bool PersistState { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean	When TRUE the application's CommandBars state will be persisted. The default is FALSE.

RightToLeft

Gets a value indicating whether the control's elements are aligned RightToLeft.

Declaration

public virtual RightToLeft RightToLeft { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Windows.Forms.RightToLeft

Style

Gets or sets the visual style of the CommandBars.

Declaration

public VisualStyle Style { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
VisualStyle	A VisualStyle value. Default is VisualStyle.OfficeXP.

Remarks

Note that this setting will be ignored when ThemesEnabled is turned on and themes are available in the OS.

ThemesEnabled

Indicates whether XP Themes (visual styles) should be used for CommandBars.

Declaration

public bool ThemesEnabled { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True to turn on themes; false otherwise.

ThemeStyle

Gets or sets the CommandBarControllerVisualStyle value used to customize the appearance of the CommandBarController.

Declaration

public CommandBarControllerVisualStyle ThemeStyle { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
CommandBarControllerVisualStyle

Remarks

This ThemeStyle settings will be applied only when the VisualStyleBased theme has been applied to the control.

UseBackwardCompatiblity

Declaration

public bool UseBackwardCompatiblity { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

Methods

ApplyDeserializedState(IEnumerator)

Declaration

[Obsolete("This method will be removed in a future version. Please use the more flexible ApplyDeserializedState(IList) variant, instead.")]
protected void ApplyDeserializedState(IEnumerator ebarlist)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Collections.IEnumerator	ebarlist

ApplyDeserializedState(IList)

Declaration

protected void ApplyDeserializedState(IList ebarlist)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Collections.IList	ebarlist

BeginInit()

Begins the initialization of the CommandBarController component.

Declaration

public virtual void BeginInit()

BringToFront()

Brings the CommandBar to the front of the z-order.

Declaration

public void BringToFront()

ChildControl_DockChanged(Object, EventArgs)

Declaration

protected void ChildControl_DockChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	sender
System.EventArgs	e

CreateCommandDockBar()

Declaration

protected virtual CommandDockBar CreateCommandDockBar()

Returns

Type	Description
CommandDockBar

Dispose(Boolean)

Overridden. See System.ComponentModel.Component.Dispose(System.Boolean).

Declaration

protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Boolean	disposing

EndInit()

Ends the initialization of the CommandBarController component.

Declaration

public virtual void EndInit()

GetCommandBarsList()

Gets the list of commandBars in the commandBars Collection.

Declaration

public virtual CommandBarController.CommandBarsCollection GetCommandBarsList()

Returns

Type	Description
CommandBarController.CommandBarsCollection

GetControlName(String)

Helps to override the ControlName settings in control

Declaration

public override string GetControlName(string controlName)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	controlName

Returns

Type	Description
System.String

Overrides

BaseComponent.GetControlName(String)

GetDockBar(CommandBarDockBorder)

Gets the Dock bar

Declaration

public CommandDockBar GetDockBar(CommandBarDockBorder dockstyle)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
CommandBarDockBorder	dockstyle

Returns

Type	Description
CommandDockBar

GetDockBar(CommandBarDockState)

Declaration

protected CommandDockBar GetDockBar(CommandBarDockState border)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
CommandBarDockState	border

Returns

Type	Description
CommandDockBar

GetDockBar(Point)

Declaration

protected CommandDockBar GetDockBar(Point ptscreen)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Drawing.Point	ptscreen

Returns

Type	Description
CommandDockBar

GetPersistanceData()

Declaration

protected virtual CBCtrlrSerializationWrapper GetPersistanceData()

Returns

Type	Description
CBCtrlrSerializationWrapper

HostForm_BackColorChanged(Object, EventArgs)

Declaration

protected void HostForm_BackColorChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	sender
System.EventArgs	e

HostForm_Closing(Object, CancelEventArgs)

Declaration

protected void HostForm_Closing(object sender, CancelEventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	sender
System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs	e

HostForm_ControlAdded(Object, ControlEventArgs)

Declaration

protected void HostForm_ControlAdded(object sender, ControlEventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	sender
System.Windows.Forms.ControlEventArgs	e

HostForm_ControlRemoved(Object, ControlEventArgs)

Declaration

protected void HostForm_ControlRemoved(object sender, ControlEventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	sender
System.Windows.Forms.ControlEventArgs	e

HostForm_Layout(Object, LayoutEventArgs)

Declaration

protected void HostForm_Layout(object sender, LayoutEventArgs levent)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	sender
System.Windows.Forms.LayoutEventArgs	levent

HostForm_Load(Object, EventArgs)

Declaration

protected void HostForm_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	sender
System.EventArgs	e

HostForm_RightToLeftChanged(Object, EventArgs)

Declaration

protected void HostForm_RightToLeftChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	sender
System.EventArgs	e

HostForm_SystemColorsChanged(Object, EventArgs)

Declaration

protected void HostForm_SystemColorsChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	sender
System.EventArgs	e

InitializeCBController()

Declaration

protected void InitializeCBController()

InitializeDockBars()

Declaration

protected virtual void InitializeDockBars()

LayoutDockBarsExceptBar(CommandDockBar)

Layout the bars which are docked.

Declaration

public void LayoutDockBarsExceptBar(CommandDockBar dockBarToIgnore)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
CommandDockBar	dockBarToIgnore	The dock bar which should be ignored while layouting.

LoadCommandBarState()

Overloaded. Retrieves the persisted state of the CommandBar objects from Isolated Storage.

Declaration

public bool LoadCommandBarState()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	TRUE if the load is successful; FALSE otherwise.

See Also

SaveCommandBarState(AppStateSerializer)

LoadCommandBarState(AppStateSerializer)

Retrieves the persisted state of the CommandBar objects using the specified AppStateSerializer.

Declaration

public bool LoadCommandBarState(AppStateSerializer serializer)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
AppStateSerializer	serializer	An instance of AppStateSerializer, from which to load.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	TRUE if the load is successful.

Remarks

Reads the CommandBar state information from the specified persistent store and applies the new state. This method has been provided only to allow a higher degree of control over the serialization process. For normal state storage and retrieval it is highly recommended that you use the SaveCommandBarState(AppStateSerializer) and LoadCommandBarState(AppStateSerializer) methods.

LoadCommandBarState(SerializeMode, Object)

Retrieves the persisted state of the CommandBar objects using the specified storage and location.

Declaration

[Obsolete("This method will be removed in a future version. Please use the more flexible LoadCommandBarState(AppStateSerializer) variant, instead.", false)]
public bool LoadCommandBarState(SerializeMode mode, object persistpath)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
SerializeMode	mode	A SerializeMode value describing the persistence medium.
System.Object	persistpath	The name of the IsolatedStorage/INI/XML file or registry key containing the persisted information.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	TRUE if the load is successful.

Remarks

Reads the CommandBar state information from the specified persistent store and applies the new state. This method has been provided only to allow a higher degree of control over the serialization process. For normal state storage and retrieval it is highly recommended that you use the SaveCommandBarState(AppStateSerializer) and LoadCommandBarState(AppStateSerializer) methods.

This method will be removed in a future version. Please use the more flexible LoadCommandBarState(AppStateSerializer) variant, instead.

LoadCommandBarStateFromCache(CommandBar)

Loads the command bar state from cache

Declaration

public void LoadCommandBarStateFromCache(CommandBar cbar)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
CommandBar	cbar

LoadDesignerCommandBarState()

Restores the default state of the CommandBar objects.

Declaration

public bool LoadDesignerCommandBarState()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	TRUE if the load is successful.

Remarks

Loads the state set within the designer.

OnDockBarStateChanged(CommandBarController.DockBarStateEventArgs)

Declaration

protected virtual void OnDockBarStateChanged(CommandBarController.DockBarStateEventArgs args)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
CommandBarController.DockBarStateEventArgs	args

OnProvidePresistenceID(ProvidePersistenceIDEventArgs)

Raises the ProvidePersisteceID event.

Declaration

protected virtual void OnProvidePresistenceID(ProvidePersistenceIDEventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ProvidePersistenceIDEventArgs	e	An ProvidePersistenceIDEventArgs object containing data pertaining to this event.

Remarks

The OnProvidePresistenceID method also allows derived classes to handle the event without attaching a delegate. This is the preferred technique for handling the event in a derived class.

Notes to Inheritors: When overriding OnProvidePresistenceID in a derived class, be sure to call the base class's OnProvidePresistenceID method so that registered delegates receive the event.

OnStyleChanged()

Raises the StyleChanged event.

Declaration

protected virtual void OnStyleChanged()

OnThemeNameChanged(String)

Helps to apply the ThemeName settings in control

Declaration

public override void OnThemeNameChanged(string themeName)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	themeName	ThemeName

Overrides

BaseComponent.OnThemeNameChanged(String)

OnThemesEnabledChanged()

Raises the ThemesEnabledChanged event.

Declaration

protected virtual void OnThemesEnabledChanged()

ReadDeserializedData(CommandBar)

Reads deserialized data to CommandBar.

Declaration

protected virtual void ReadDeserializedData(CommandBar commandBar)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
CommandBar	commandBar

RecalcBorderLayout(CommandBarDockState)

Declaration

protected void RecalcBorderLayout(CommandBarDockState border)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
CommandBarDockState	border

RecalcLayout(CommandBar)

Forces a layout recalculation on the specified CommandBar.

Declaration

public void RecalcLayout(CommandBar cbar)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
CommandBar	cbar	The CommandBar for which the layout is to be recalculated.

RecalcLayout(CommandBarDockBorder)

Overloaded. Forces a layout recalculation.

Declaration

public void RecalcLayout(CommandBarDockBorder style)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
CommandBarDockBorder	style	A CommandBarDockBorder value representing the CommandBar position.

Remarks

Forces a recalculation of all CommandBars occupied by the state specified by the CommandBarDockBorder value.

RemoveCommandBarData(CommandBar)

Declaration

protected virtual void RemoveCommandBarData(CommandBar commandBar)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
CommandBar	commandBar

ResetBackColor()

Resumes the back color to default value.

Declaration

public void ResetBackColor()

ResetDockBarZOrder()

Resumes the dock bar z-order to default value.

Declaration

public void ResetDockBarZOrder()

SaveCommandBarState()

Overloaded. Persists the current state of the CommandBar objects to IsolatedStorage.

Declaration

public void SaveCommandBarState()

See Also

LoadCommandBarState()

SaveCommandBarState(AppStateSerializer)

Persists the current state of the CommandBar objects using the specified AppStateSerializer.

Declaration

public void SaveCommandBarState(AppStateSerializer serializer)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
AppStateSerializer	serializer	A reference to the AppStateSerializer instance.

Remarks

Writes the CommandBar state information onto the persistence medium. This method has been provided only to allow a higher degree of control over the serialization process. For normal state storage and retrieval it is highly recommended that you use the SaveCommandBarState(AppStateSerializer) and LoadCommandBarState(AppStateSerializer) methods.

SaveCommandBarState(SerializeMode, Object)

Persists the current state of the CommandBar objects using the specified storage medium and location.

Declaration

[Obsolete("This method will be removed in a future version. Please use the more flexible SaveCommandBarState(AppStateSerializer) variant, instead.", false)]
public void SaveCommandBarState(SerializeMode mode, object persistpath)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
SerializeMode	mode	A SerializeMode value describing the persistence medium.
System.Object	persistpath	The name of the IsolatedStorage/INI/XML file or registry key in which the state information is to be persisted.

Remarks

Writes the CommandBar state information onto the persistence medium specified by the mode parameter and at the path specified by the persistpath object. This method has been provided only to allow a higher degree of control over the serialization process. For normal state storage and retrieval it is highly recommended that you use the SaveCommandBarState(AppStateSerializer) and LoadCommandBarState(AppStateSerializer) methods.

This method will be removed in a future version. Please use the more flexible SaveCommandBarState(AppStateSerializer) variant, instead.

SendToBack()

Sends the CommandBar to the back of the z-order.

Declaration

public void SendToBack()

SetBarsTransparency()

Declaration

protected void SetBarsTransparency()

SetCommandBarInitialPosition(CommandBar)

Declaration

protected void SetCommandBarInitialPosition(CommandBar cbar)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
CommandBar	cbar

SetInitialDockedPosition(CommandBar)

Declaration

protected void SetInitialDockedPosition(CommandBar cbar)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
CommandBar	cbar

SetInitialFloatingPosition(CommandBar)

Declaration

protected void SetInitialFloatingPosition(CommandBar cbar)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
CommandBar	cbar

ShouldSerializeBackColor()

Declaration

protected bool ShouldSerializeBackColor()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean

ToggleCommandBarFloatState(Boolean)

Declaration

protected void ToggleCommandBarFloatState(bool bactivate)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Boolean	bactivate

Events

DockBarStateChanged

Declaration

protected event CommandBarController.DockBarStateChangedHandler DockBarStateChanged

Event Type

Type	Description
CommandBarController.DockBarStateChangedHandler

LayoutResumed

Occurs when CommandBars' layout is internally resumed.

Declaration

public event EventHandler LayoutResumed

Event Type

Type	Description
System.EventHandler

LayoutSuspended

Occurs when CommandBars' layout is internally suspended.

Declaration

public event EventHandler LayoutSuspended

Event Type

Type	Description
System.EventHandler

ProvidePersisteceID

Lets you specify a unique ID used to distinguish the persistence information of different instances of your Form type.

Declaration

[Obsolete("ProvidePersisteceID is deprecated, please use ProvidePersistenceID instead.")]
public event ProvidePersistenceIDEventHandler ProvidePersisteceID

Event Type

Type	Description
ProvidePersistenceIDEventHandler

Remarks

The default persistence logic assumes that there will be only a single CommandBarController in an application. But that might not be the case if you have more than 1 MDI parent. In such cases, the persisted state of one MDI parent will get overridden by the other since the default logic doesn't distinguish these 2 different instances.

ProvidePersistenceID

Lets you specify a unique ID used to distinguish the persistence information of different instances of your Form type.

Declaration

public event ProvidePersistenceIDEventHandler ProvidePersistenceID

Event Type

Type	Description
ProvidePersistenceIDEventHandler

Remarks

The default persistence logic assumes that there will be only a single CommandBarController in an application. But that might not be the case if you have more than 1 MDI parent. In such cases, the persisted state of one MDI parent will get overridden by the other since the default logic doesn't distinguish these 2 different instances.

StyleChanged

Occurs when the Style property is changed.

Declaration

public event EventHandler StyleChanged

Event Type

Type	Description
System.EventHandler

ThemesEnabledChanged

Occurs when the ThemesEnabled property is changed.

Declaration

public event EventHandler ThemesEnabledChanged

Event Type

Type	Description
System.EventHandler

Explicit Interface Implementations

IVisualStyle.VisualTheme

Declaration

string IVisualStyle.VisualTheme { get; set; }

Returns

Type	Description
System.String

ICBControllerDesignerInvoke.GetCommandDockBarB()

Declaration

CommandDockBar ICBControllerDesignerInvoke.GetCommandDockBarB()

Returns

Type	Description
CommandDockBar

ICBControllerDesignerInvoke.GetCommandDockBarL()

Declaration

CommandDockBar ICBControllerDesignerInvoke.GetCommandDockBarL()

Returns

Type	Description
CommandDockBar

ICBControllerDesignerInvoke.GetCommandDockBarR()

Declaration

CommandDockBar ICBControllerDesignerInvoke.GetCommandDockBarR()

Returns

Type	Description
CommandDockBar

ICBControllerDesignerInvoke.GetCommandDockBarT()

Declaration

CommandDockBar ICBControllerDesignerInvoke.GetCommandDockBarT()

Returns

Type	Description
CommandDockBar

ICBControllerDesignerInvoke.InitializeCBController()

Declaration

void ICBControllerDesignerInvoke.InitializeCBController()

Implements

IThemeProvider

System.IDisposable

System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize

ICBControllerDesignerInvoke

IVisualStyle

See Also

CommandBar