[Solved] DockWindow contents disappear on confirm closing

[Sergi]

I want to add a confirm dialog when a user tries do close a dockwindow, I'm using the raddock as a mdicontainer, I use the DockWindowClosing event:

private void radDock1_DockWindowClosing(object sender, DockWindowCancelEventArgs e)
{
  if (RadMessageBox.Show("Are you sure", "Confirm", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, RadMessageIcon.Question, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1) == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.No) {
      e.Cancel = true;
  }
}

The problem is that when I call RadMessageBox.Show, all the contents of the radwindow disappear.

How can I fix this so that I can ask for confirmation when closing a raddock window?

Thanks in advance.

[Sergi]

I know why it fails, the mdi form that is the content of the radwindow gets closed even before the dialog is shown.

I think it's a bug because even if I cancel the event the mdi form gets closed.

Any help on how to fix it?

Thanks in advance.

[Nikolay]

Hello Sergi,

Thank you for your question.

The closing events are fired in the following order:

FormClosing of the form
FormClosed of the form
DockWindowClosing of the DockWindow that hosts your form
DockWindowClosed of the DockWindow that hosts your form.

So, in order to achieve your scenario, you should implement your logic in the FormClosing event handler of the form.

I hope that this information helps. If you have additional questions, feel free to contact me.

Greetings,
Nikolay
the Telerik team

[Sergi]

Thanks, I thought it was counterintuive that it works that way, but now I see the adventages of closing from inside out.