Dear All,

when save the docks on page after user cusomize position and every thing on cookies using this code,,,

protected

void RadDockLayout1_LoadDockLayout(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.DockLayoutEventArgs e)

 

{

HttpCookie dockState = Page.Request.Cookies.Get(

"MyApplicationDockStates85216");

 

 

if (dockState != null)

 

{

 

string serializedList = dockState.Value;

 

 

if (serializedList != null)

 

{

 

string[] states = serializedList.Split('|');

 

 

for (int i = 0; i < states.Length; i++)

 

{

DockState state = DockState.Deserialize(states[i]);

e.Positions[state.UniqueName] = state.DockZoneID;

e.Indices[state.UniqueName] = state.Index;

}

}

}
}

and 

 

protected

void RadDockLayout1_SaveDockLayout(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.DockLayoutEventArgs e)

 

{

HttpCookie dockState = Page.Response.Cookies.Get(

"MyApplicationDockStates85216");

 

 

if (dockState == null)

 

{

dockState =

new HttpCookie("MyApplicationDockStates85216");

 

Page.Response.Cookies.Add(dockState);

}

 

List<DockState> stateList = ((RadDockLayout)sender).GetRegisteredDocksState();

 

 

StringBuilder serializedList = new StringBuilder();

 

 

for (int i = 0; i < stateList.Count; i++)

 

{

serializedList.Append(stateList[i].ToString());

serializedList.Append(

"|");

 

}

dockState.Expires =

DateTime.Today.AddMonths(1);

 

dockState.Value = serializedList.ToString();

 

}

all position saved and every thing well but closed Docks or minimze Docks not saved
i.e when close dock or minmize dock,,,,after postback the closed/minimzed docks still as first time

anyone have solution for this problem?

thanks in advanced

no any answer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello Mohammad,

Try to invoke  dock.ApplyState(state); in RadDockLayout1_LoadDockLayout handler, e.g.

void RadDockLayout1_LoadDockLayout(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.DockLayoutEventArgs e)
{
............
{

DockState state = DockState.Deserialize(states[i]);
RadDock dock = (RadDock)RadDockLayout1.FindControl(state.UniqueName);
dock.ApplyState(state);
e.Positions[state.UniqueName] = state.DockZoneID;
e.Indices[state.UniqueName] = state.Index;
}
......
}

Hope this helps.

All the best,

Petio Petkov
the Telerik team

I get an error on this "states[i]" What is states?

Thanks,
Sam

Any answer on this problem? states[i] isn't defined in your block of code.

Petio,

Can you explain what states[i] is????? I get a compile error because it's not defined.

void RadDockLayout1_LoadDockLayout(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.DockLayoutEventArgs e)
{
............
{
DockState state = DockState.Deserialize(states[i]);
RadDock dock = (RadDock)RadDockLayout1.FindControl(state.UniqueName);
dock.ApplyState(state);
e.Positions[state.UniqueName] = state.DockZoneID;
e.Indices[state.UniqueName] = state.Index;
}
......
}

List<DockState> states = RadDockLayout1.GetRegisteredDocksState() will return all registered RadDock states.
You could get a particular state with this code:   DockState state = RadDockLayout1.GetRegisteredDocksState()[0];
states[i]  is a single RadDock's state

Thanks for the reply Obi Wan,

I still get a compile error, this time is doesn't know what "i" is, when i dim it to an integer I get a new error. here is my block of code.

 

Dim states As List(Of DockState) = RadDockLayout1.GetRegisteredDocksState()

 

 

Dim state As DockState = DockState.Deserialize(states(i))

 

 

Dim dock As RadDock = DirectCast(RadDockLayout1.FindControl(state.UniqueName), RadDock)

 

dock.ApplyState(state)

e.Positions(state.UniqueName) = state.DockZoneID

e.Indices(state.UniqueName) = state.Index

here is the error when i dim it to an int.

"Error 19 Value of type 'Telerik.Web.UI.DockState' cannot be converted to 'String'."



Thanks For your help.

Anyone have an answer on this?

Dim states As List(Of DockState) = RadDockLayout1.GetRegisteredDocksState()

- states is List of DockStates

 So this is wrong:

 

Dim state As DockState = DockState.Deserialize(states(i))
because:
states(i) type is DockState  but DockState.Deserialize(STRING);


If you want to serialize a DockState, you should use:  Dim stateString As String  = stateList[i].ToString()
otherwise you should use:                                         DockState.Deserialize(stateString);

Thanks for the reply, can you post the entire block of code? Here is my code based on what I have gotten out of this forum but it won't compile.

 

 

 

 

Dim states As List(Of DockState) = RadDockLayout1.GetRegisteredDocksState()

 

 

 

Dim state As DockState = DockState.Deserialize(states(i))

 

 

 

Dim dock As RadDock = DirectCast(RadDockLayout1.FindControl(state.UniqueName), RadDock)

 

dock.ApplyState(state)

e.Positions(state.UniqueName) = state.DockZoneID

e.Indices(state.UniqueName) = state.Index

 

 

 

 

I've got it down to this but I'm right back where I was last week........ "i" is not defined. Can someone please look at this block of code and tell me how to fix it?????

Dim

 

stateList As List(Of DockState) = DirectCast(sender, RadDockLayout).GetRegisteredDocksState()

 

 

Dim stateString As String = stateList(i).ToString()

 

 

Dim state As DockState = DockState.Deserialize(stateString)

 

 

Dim dock As RadDock = DirectCast(RadDockLayout1.FindControl(state.UniqueName), RadDock)

 

dock.ApplyState(state)

e.Positions(state.UniqueName) = state.DockZoneID

e.Indices(state.UniqueName) = state.Index

"i" is not defined - because "i" is not defined.

The code should be:

Or you could use For Each:

You could read about the List class here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6sh2ey19.aspx

I got the entire code blaock to compile, I'll post it for anyone wanting the complete solution, how ever it isn't saving the collapsed or closed state....... I am pulling the controls dynamically from a database and populating the rad dock with user controls, any one know why this might be happening? Im not saving the state in the database, im using the cookie based state.

Thanks,
Sam

Code

 

Dim stateList As List(Of DockState) = RadDockLayout1.GetRegisteredDocksState()

 

 

Dim stateString As String

 

 

Dim i As Integer = 0

 

 

While i < stateList.Count

 

stateString = stateList(i).ToString()

i = i + 1

 

End While

 

 

Dim state As DockState = DockState.Deserialize(stateString)

 

 

Dim dock As RadDock = DirectCast(RadDockLayout1.FindControl(state.UniqueName), RadDock)

 

dock.ApplyState(state)

e.Positions(state.UniqueName) = state.DockZoneID

e.Indices(state.UniqueName) = state.Index

/Code

If you collapse or close a RadDock you should make an additional ajax call/postback to save its state.
You could find a simple example which illustrates how to save the state on each move/collapse/expand/close here:
http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/dock/examples/myportal/defaultcs.aspx

HI All - I was having same question and documentation is confusing at best for some of us... Here is what finally worked for me: