Set BackGroundImage to RadDock

[bhogavalli]

How  to set background image to raddock.

Thanks
Suresh

[Emanuel Varga]

Hello Suresh,

Sorry there is no clean and nice way of doing this,

But you can use this code to add an image primitive to the dock's children collection:

var splitPanelElement = radDock1.RootElement.Children[0] as SplitPanelElement;
var imagePrimitive = new ImagePrimitive();
imagePrimitive.Image = new Bitmap(@"c:\Work\axIcon.png");
splitPanelElement.Children.Add(imagePrimitive);

Hope this helps, if you have any other questions or comments, please let me know,

Best Regards,
Emanuel Varga
Telerik WinForms MVP

[bhogavalli]

hi team,

I used the code in this way.

     SplitPanelElement i_radelemet = radDock1.RootElement.Children[0] as SplitPanelElement;
            ImagePrimitive i_imagepr=new ImagePrimitive();
            i_imagepr.Image = new Bitmap("C:\\temp\\ActiveAlarmList.png");
            i_radelemet.Children.Add(i_imagepr);


i am attaching file ,where i need a image ,but the above code does not work.Add does not display a image on raddock.

the Red color block where i need place an image.in the attached file

thanks
suresh

[Emanuel Varga]

Hello again,

There is no attached image to your last post.

Best Regards,
Emanuel Varga
Telerik WinForms MVP

[Emanuel Varga]

Hello again,

Sorry, I've just tested it again, and it is working, are you sure that is the location of your image?
You could try it with a verbatim string, but it shouldn't make a difference.

i_imagepr.Image = new Bitmap(@"C:\temp\ActiveAlarmList.png");

Please check the Image property of the i_imagepr after you set the image for null.

Hope this helps, if you have any other questions or comments, please let me know,

Best Regards,
Emanuel Varga
Telerik WinForms MVP

[bhogavalli]

Hi team,

Attached file contain the information in debug mode.the bmp  file is present in the location.

But the image is not placed on raddock.please help.

Thanks
suresh

[Emanuel Varga]

Hello again,

Which version of the telerik controls are you using?
With the Q2 version everything is working like this.

Best Regards,
Emanuel Varga
Telerik WinForms MVP

[bhogavalli]

hi team,

Exe version:RadControls_WinForms_2010_1_10_504_dev.exe

Winforms Q1 2010 sp2.

Thanks
Suresh.

[Emanuel Varga]

Could you please try updating to the latest version Q3 2010?

This should solve your problem.

Best Regards,
Emanuel Varga
Telerik WinForms MVP

[bhogavalli]

hi team,

I have only a licensed version of RadControls_WinForms_2010_1_10_504_dev.exe.

If i  need to have  Q3 i have  to buy one more licensed copy .

Please let me know the details.Thanks a lot for the help.

Thanks
suresh.

[Emanuel Varga]

Hello again,

Not even to Q2?

Best Regards,
Emanuel Varga
Telerik WinForms MVP

[Stefan]

Hello bhogavalli,

Thank you for writing.

The desired behavior cannot be achieved with your version of our WinForms suite. You need to update to our latest release in order to be able set a background image. Feel free to download our Trial version from your account and give it a try.
 
Greetings,
Stefan
the Telerik team

[nc]

Hi
I would be thankful if you send the code in VB.NET for setting the Dock Control background .

Best Regards

[Stefan]

Hello,

Thank you for writing.

Here is the requested code:

Dim lightVisualElement = New LightVisualElement
lightVisualElement.BackgroundImageLayout = ImageLayout.Stretch
lightVisualElement.BackgroundImage = New Bitmap("C:\Program Files (x86)\Telerik\RadControls for WinForms Q2 2011\Examples\QuickStart\Resources\06.png")
splitPanelElement.Children.Add(lightVisualElement)

I hope it helps.
 
Best wishes,
Stefan
the Telerik team

[Mattias Hermansson]

Hello,
is this still the right approach for applying a background image to a RadDock(want background when no DocumentWindow is shown):

var splitPanelElement = radDock1.RootElement.Children[0] as SplitPanelElement;
var imagePrimitive = new ImagePrimitive();
imagePrimitive.Image = new Bitmap(@"c:\Work\axIcon.png");
splitPanelElement.Children.Add(imagePrimitive);

Because I could not get it to work.
I'm using WinForms Q2 2012 SP2(012.2.912.40)

[Stefan]

Hello Anders,

The approach is the same, just the primitive should be added to the MainDocumentContainer:

void radButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    var imagePrimitive = new ImagePrimitive();
    imagePrimitive.StretchHorizontally = true;
    imagePrimitive.StretchVertically = true;
    imagePrimitive.Image = new Bitmap(@"C:\img.png");
    radDock1.MainDocumentContainer.SplitPanelElement.Children.Add(imagePrimitive);
}

I hope this helps.
 
Kind regards,
Stefan
the Telerik team

[Mattias Hermansson]

@Stefan

Thanks, worked perfectly!