Controls Library: Extended ListView with Column Mapping

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Drawing2D;
using System.Drawing.Text;
using System.Globalization;
using System.IO;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles;
using dwf.tool;

namespace dwf.gui
{
    public static class GuiTool
    {
		private static ToolTipWindow toolTipCache = new ToolTipWindow ();

		public static PListMouseButtons ConvertButton (MouseButtons mb)
		{
			return (PListMouseButtons)Enum.Parse(typeof(PListMouseButtons), mb.ToString());
		}

		public static ToolTipWindow ToolTip {
			get { return toolTipCache; }
		}

        public static void ClearContainer(Control menu)
        {
            if (menu is ContextMenuStrip)
            {
                ((ContextMenuStrip)menu).Items.Clear();
            }
            else
                menu.Controls.Clear();
        }

        public static IDockContainer GetDockParent(Control control)
        {
            Control c = control.Parent;
            while (c != null)
                if (c is IDockContainer)
                    return (IDockContainer)c;
                else
                    c = c.Parent;
            return null;
        }

        public static IDockContainer GetDockParent(Control control, string name)
        {
            IDockContainer c = GetDockParent(control);
            while (c != null)
                if (((Control)c).Name == name)
                    return c;
                else
                    c = GetDockParent((Control)c);
            return null;
        }
    }
}