How To Embed An Application Into a Docking Library

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Configuration;
using Sofa.Container;
using Sofa.Commons;
using System.IO;
using System.Windows;
using System.Deployment.Application;
using System.Windows.Controls;


namespace CSWPFMasterDetailBinding
{
    public enum Mode
    {
        Perspectives,
        All
    }

    public class PerspectiveHelper
    {
        #region Declarations

        SofaContainer sofaContainer;
        UserControl baseWindow;

        string optionalTemplateSelection = "<Optional template selection>";

        //Used for BaseWindow menu
        public List<string> perspectivesList
        {
            get
            {
                //List all perspectives (and not templates) in the Perspective directory.
                return listPerspectives(Mode.Perspectives);
            }
        }

        string _perspectiveDirectoryName
        {
            get
            {
                if (!ApplicationDeployment.IsNetworkDeployed)
                    return string.Concat(ContainerParameter.DebugDirectoryLocation, "\\Sofa\\Perspectives");
                else
                    return string.Concat(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData), "\\Sofa\\Perspectives");
            }
        }

        #endregion Declarations

        public PerspectiveHelper(SofaContainer sofaContainer, UserControl baseWindow)
        {
            this.sofaContainer = sofaContainer;
            this.baseWindow = baseWindow;
        }

        #region Methods

        public void SaveCurrentPerspective()
        {
            if (sofaContainer.CurrentPerspective != null)
            {
                sofaContainer.SavePerspective(sofaContainer.CurrentPerspective);
            }
        }

 
        public void LoadPerspective(string perspectiveName)
        {
            SaveCurrentPerspective();
            Perspective p = sofaContainer.LoadPerspective(perspectiveName);
        }



        #endregion Methods

        #region Utils

        string getNameFromFileName(string fileName)
        {
            fileName = fileName == null ? "" : fileName;
            int p = fileName.IndexOf(".xml");
            if (p != -1) fileName = fileName.Substring(0, p);
            string[] fileNames = fileName.Split('\\');
            if (fileNames.Length >= 1) return fileNames[fileNames.Length - 1];
            else return "";
        }


        List<string> listPerspectives(Mode mode)
        {
            List<string> templatesList = new List<string>();
            //Add "<Optional template selection>"
            if (mode == Mode.All) templatesList.Add(optionalTemplateSelection);
            
            DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(_perspectiveDirectoryName);            
            FileInfo[] rgFiles = null;
            rgFiles = di.GetFiles("*.xml");

            foreach (FileInfo fi in rgFiles)
            {
                //tests should be improved, but this is an example...
                //"_XFileExplorerPerspectiveTemplate" specific template, cannot be used
                //fi.Name.Length != 36: Templates used by SofaExplorer instances, name includes SofaComponent's GUI
                if ((mode == Mode.All) | (!fi.Name.StartsWith("_") && fi.Name != "_XFileExplorerPerspectiveTemplate" && fi.Name.Length != 36))
                {
                    templatesList.Add(getNameFromFileName(fi.Name));
                }
            }
            return templatesList;
        }

        #endregion Utils

    }
}