Load mypage.xaml into radpane?

[Randy Hompesch]

I'm just dipping my toes into the wpf water and am trying to get up to speed.

I have a RadDocking control on my main page as shown below.

I want to, in response to a button click or some other event, create a pane in code-behind that loads a page's xaml into the content of the pane.

So, for example, I have a page defined:

<Page x:Class="QI.Pages.Test"
      xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
      xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
      xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
      xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
      xmlns:local="clr-namespace:QI.Pages"
      mc:Ignorable="d"
      d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="300"
      Title="Test">

    <Grid>
        <TextBlock Text="Hello"></TextBlock>
    </Grid>
</Page>

I want to create a pane that contains the page shown above and add it to the rpgRightGroup defined below.

Can someone help me get there from here?

Thanks ... Ed

 

 

<telerik:RadDocking x:Name="radDock" HasDocumentHost="True"
                            HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"  Grid.Row="2"
                            VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
                            Grid.ColumnSpan="2"
                            RetainPaneSizeMode="DockingAndFloating" Grid.RowSpan="2"
                            >
            <telerik:RadSplitContainer Name="LeftContainer"  >
                <telerik:RadPaneGroup x:Name="rpgLeftGroup" >

                </telerik:RadPaneGroup>
            </telerik:RadSplitContainer>

            <telerik:RadDocking.DocumentHost>
                <telerik:RadSplitContainer Name="RightContainer">
                    <telerik:RadPaneGroup x:Name="rpgRightGroup"  >

                    </telerik:RadPaneGroup>
                </telerik:RadSplitContainer>
            </telerik:RadDocking.DocumentHost>
       
</telerik:RadDocking

 

[Polya]

Hello Randy,

In WPF, a Page can be hosted in Window or Frame only. It is mostly used for web-based systems like an XBAP, where you have a single browser window and different pages can be hosted in that window.
A UserControl, on the other hand is reusable control that can be added to UI element's content the same way any other control can.

That said, instead of using a page, you can host the desired content in a user control. Then, in the button click handler you can create a new RadPane and add the user control as its Content.

I've created a sample project demonstrating this approach. Please find it attached.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Polya
Telerik by Progress

[Randy Hompesch]

A 1000 thanks! Exactly what I needed. I got it working with a page but it felt like a hack and I knew there had to be a better way.

Thanks again ... Ed