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Opening a control spy for a particular control using API

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 RadControls for WinForms

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 Angel Kanchev, Telerik

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 January 24, 2007

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 Angel Kanchev, Telerik

HOW-TO
Open the Rad Control Spy for a particular control or element by using code

SOLUTION
The spy form offers the needed API for setting a control or element to spy.

To set a control you can use the SetControlToSpy() method. Here is a sample code using an instance of RadToolStrip (RadToolStrip1):

RadControlspyForm spy = new RadControlspyForm();  
spy.SetControlToSpy(this.RadToolStrip1, true);  
spy.Show();  
 

The code above will open the ToolStrip with the whole tree expanded.

You can make the control spy to open a particular element if you wish. For this purpose you can use code similar to the following (myElement is the RadElement you wish to spy):

RadControlspyForm spy = new RadControlspyForm();  
spy.SetElementToSpy(myElement);  
spy.Show(); 

 

 

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