docking addin window in the main ide window

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Jimatinsyst - 28 Oct 2006 00:31 GMT

Hello, I'm trying to dock my addin tool window within the "main ide
window" (ie where code or designer documents normally live in tabs) but
I can't seem to make that happen.

I can use a wide variety of constants to obtain a window to link to...

Window2 w2 =
(Window2)_applicationObject.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindSolutionExplorer);

but if I try:

Window2 w2 =
(Window2)_applicationObject.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindMainWindow);

it errors out (value does not fall within the expected range).

is it possible to programatically dock addin tools in the main window?
if so, how?

(Visual Studio 2005)

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Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP] - 30 Oct 2006 10:41 GMT

See my article:

HOWTO: Understanding toolwindow states in Visual Studio
http://www.mztools.com/resources_vsnet_addins.htm

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> Hello, I'm trying to dock my addin tool window within the "main ide
> window" (ie where code or designer documents normally live in tabs) but
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Jimatinsyst - 30 Oct 2006 18:27 GMT

Thanks! I never would have guessed that setting

IsFloating = false and Linkable = false

would achieve that, but they do.

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