RadDocks and State loaded from DB

[Sam]

I am loading RadDocks from SQL and state as well, I'm having trouble with RadDock.ApplyState(state)..  There has to be a loop from the database to load the controls but at the same time there has to be a loop to apply the state, does anyone have an example of this?


Here is the code I am talking about, this loop is based on the propery list of DockState

Protected Sub Page_Init(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
            Dim i As Integer = 0
            While i < CurrentDockStates.Count
                Dim dock As RadDock = CreateRadDockFromState(CurrentDockStates(i))
                RadDockLayout1.Controls.Add(dock)
                CreateSaveStateTrigger(dock)
                System.Math.Max(System.Threading.Interlocked.Increment(i),i - 1)
            End While
        End Sub

However I load the usercontrols into RadDocks with a While Loop from a datareader like this:

   Protected Sub Page_Init(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Init
        Dim RoleID As Integer
        Dim drContacts As SqlDataReader
        Dim control As New Web.UI.Control()
        Dim count As Integer = 0
        RadDockZone1.Controls.Clear()
        RadDockZone0.Controls.Clear()
        Dim state As New DockState()
        Dim Edit As String = Utilities.GetSession("Edit Layout Allowed")
        RoleID = Int32.Parse(Utilities.GetSession("PortalRoleID"))
        drContacts = PortalDataAccess.GetPortalControlsByRoleID(RoleID)
        If (drContacts.HasRows) Then
            While (drContacts.Read())
                Dim soRadDock As New RadDock()
                soRadDock.ID = drContacts("ControlID").ToString()
                soRadDock.Title = drContacts("ControlTitle").ToString()
                control = LoadControl("UserControls/" & drContacts("ControlName").ToString() & ".ascx")
                soRadDock.ContentContainer.Controls.Add(control)
                If drContacts("Zone") = 1 Then
                    CreateSaveStateTriggers(soRadDock)
                    soRadDock.ApplyState(state)
                    RadDockZone1.Controls.Add(soRadDock)

                End If

                If drContacts("Zone") = 0 Then
                    CreateSaveStateTriggers(soRadDock)
                    soRadDock.ApplyState(state)
                    RadDockZone0.Controls.Add(soRadDock)

                End If

            End While

            drContacts.Close()
        End If

    End Sub

So my problem is in order to call ApplyState(State) in Page_Init and get the correct closed , collapsed state from the DB I need to have 2 loops........ Not sure how to accomplish this. The underlying issue is the Closed and Collapsed state is being overwritten before the controls render and Im losing those 2 pieces of state.


Thanks!
Sam

[Petio Petkov]

Hi Sam,

I created for you a simple example which loads/save state in DB and RadDocks are created dynamically - please find it attached. The Dock.ApplyState method is invoked when the RadDock is created from the state.

Sincerely yours,
Petio Petkov
the Telerik team

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