Getting Started

Updated over 6 months ago

In order to dock your UserControls and Forms in RadDock, you just need to use the DockControl method. This method will dock a Form, a UserControl, or simply any Control. A HostWindow with DockType ToolWindow will be created to host the Control.

For example, the following code snippet will result in the screenshot shown below:

Docking a Form

C#

Form form = new Form();
form.BackColor = Color.Pink;
form.Text = "My Form";
this.radDock1.DockControl(form, DockPosition.Left);
form.Show();

VB.NET

Dim form As Form = New Form()
form.BackColor = Color.Pink
form.Text = "My Form"
Me.RadDock1.DockControl(form, DockPosition.Left)
form.Show()

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See Also

• Docking a UserControl with custom event
• Docking Singleton Forms
• Get a HostWindow by its Content