Design Problem in winform

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Hi All,

I have to design form like
1. Left side of form contains a TreeView
2. On selection of different tree nodes, i want to open different forms on right side of the screen
Which control should i use.
Splitter control is not useful, i cannot open forms in splitter control
is there FRAMESET(Frameset tag in web debelopment) like control exist ? so that i can open forms in it
Any other way ?

Thanks in advnace
Manavya2006

Posted 18-Jul-11 1:11am

manavya

Updated 18-Jul-11 1:27am

Ramalinga Koushik

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 18-Jul-11 14:45pm

If frameset, this is NOT WinForms! I understood finally what you mean, but it was difficult. Use "Improve question" to word clearly.
--SA

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#realJSOP · Answer 1 · 2011-07-18T02:59:00

Solution 2

Use a SplitContainer. It allows you to split the form vertically or horizontally, and you can get to any control inside the splitter container from the form that contains the container.

You can then put the tree control in one panel, and something else in the other panel.

Posted 18-Jul-11 2:59am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 18-Jul-11 14:50pm

Simple and useful, my 5.
A similar idea I use more: Splitter; please see my solution.
--SA

BobJanova · Answer 2 · 2011-07-18T03:19:00

Solution 3

Don't open 'forms' on the right side, load panels (in fact you can probably just use Control). Design your right panels as user controls if you are using a visual IDE to create them, and then you can add them to the right panel of a SplitContainer and set their dock to Fill when the relevant tree node is selected.

Posted 18-Jul-11 3:19am

BobJanova

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 18-Jul-11 14:51pm

Good advice, my 5. I use a similar thing, please see my solution.
--SA

Espen Harlinn · Answer 3 · 2011-07-18T03:23:00

Solution 4

Use something like AvalonDock[^].

There are similar libraries available for Windows Forms, perhaps:
Visual Studio IDE like Dock Container[^]

Best regards
Espen Harlinn

Posted 18-Jul-11 3:23am

Espen Harlinn

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 18-Jul-11 14:49pm

Overkill! However, this is nice approach, so my 5.
By the way, I tried out AvalonDock, found performance is not good. Anything to say about it?

I put my simple solution, please see.
--SA

Espen Harlinn 18-Jul-11 17:52pm

Professionally I use the various DevExpress components, so I've got docking functionality in forms, wpf and silverlight. AvalonDock seems to be the most comprehensive open source solution for WPF, or maybe it's just the best known, I've played around with it a bit, and it seemed to perform adequately ...

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 4 · 2011-07-18T09:48:00

Solution 5

Another useful control, more flexible alternative to SplitContainer: System.Windows.Forms.Splitter. I always use this one for splitting. Also, you can develop a custom look for this component as I do, with grip "dimples".

—SA

Posted 18-Jul-11 9:48am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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Espen Harlinn 18-Jul-11 17:53pm

Yes, this can also be an elegaant solution - my 5

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 18-Jul-11 18:05pm

Thank you, Espen.
--SA

Shameel · Answer 5 · 2011-07-18T01:14:00

Solution 1

Dock your TreeView on the left side of an MDI Form's client area and open the forms inside the MDI form on the TreeView's NodeClick event.

Posted 18-Jul-11 1:14am

Shameel

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manavya 18-Jul-11 6:19am

Thanks for reply.
can i access controls of child form from MDI form ???

dan!sh 18-Jul-11 6:24am

No. And you should not controls public. Make use of properties and delegates for data transfer.

[no name] 18-Jul-11 14:50pm

You can, but you should not. But if you misunderstood my answer, the TreeView resides in the MDI form and on its NodeClick event, you show/hide the child forms.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 18-Jul-11 14:51pm

Listen to a good friendly advice: never ever use MDI. It is deprecated and discouraged even (or foremost) by Microsoft. Don't torture yourself and repel users.
--SA

[no name] 18-Jul-11 14:52pm

I haven't read anywhere that it is deprecated. Can you give me some links?

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