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Saving contents of RadPane

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Mike5 asked on 31 Jan 2012, 09:13 PM

My WPF application permits users to select from a collection of <UserControl/> at runtime.
Each <UserControl/> is loaded as content to a RadPane. Each RadPane, RadPaneGroup
and RadSplitContainer has a unique serialization tag:

internal void UserControlToRADPane(UserControl theControl, string theName)

{

RadSplitContainer leftContainer = new RadSplitContainer() { InitialPosition = DockState.DockedLeft };

RadPaneGroup group = new RadPaneGroup() { Name = "RPG" + (++_radPaneGroupId).ToString() };

RadPane aPane = new RadPane() { Header = theName, Content = theControl };

RadDocking.SetSerializationTag(leftContainer, "rsp_" + leftContainer.Name + "_tag" + (++_aStaticIntValue).ToString());

RadDocking.SetSerializationTag(group, "rpg_" + group.Name + "_tag" + (++_aStaticIntValue).ToString());

RadDocking.SetSerializationTag(aPane, "rp_" + aPane.Header + "_tag" + (++_aStaticIntValue).ToString());

group.AddItem(aPane, DockPosition.Center);

leftContainer.Items.Add(group);

MainDockingManager01.Items.Add(leftContainer);

}

I have created an event handler for ElementSaving. At the point we are saving a RadPane, I
want to serialize the contents (which is a user-selected <UserControl/> as above):

private void dockingManager01_ElementSaving(object sender, LayoutSerializationEventArgs args)

{

// Since we are accessing UI elements, we need ownership and

// the quickest way to get that is to run on the STA thread.

if (args.AffectedElement.GetType() == typeof(Telerik.Windows.Controls.RadPane))

{

var uc = ((RadPane)args.AffectedElement).Content as UserControl;

ViewModel.VMDockingManager01.Instance.ElementSaving(sender, args, uc);

}

else

ViewModel.VMDockingManager01.Instance.ElementSaving(sender, args);

}

My first question: Am I on the right track with this approach, or has Telerik implemented
some functionality that would permit a cleaner approach? I note a reference to a method
called GetPaneContent() at this link in the Silverlight forum. Is that a reference to some
user-created method... or is it a method provided by Telerik?

Saving contents of RadPane

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