DockPanePlugin.CreateControlPane Method

Called to tell the plugin to create it's pane. The pane will be resized as specified by the DockPanePluginAttribute. Should be overriden in conjunction with DestroyControlPane.

Namespace: Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Plugins
Assembly: Autodesk.Navisworks.Api (in Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Overridable Function CreateControlPane As Control
C#
public virtual Control CreateControlPane()
Visual C++
public:
virtual Control^ CreateControlPane()

Return Value

A Control that contains the pane content

Examples

CopyUsage of DockPanePlugin
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Plugins;

namespace BasicDockPanePlugin
{
   [Plugin("BasicDockPanePlugin.BasicDockPanePlugin", "ADSK",
      DisplayName = "BasicDockPanePlugin",
      ToolTip = "Basic Docking Pane Plugin")]
   [DockPanePlugin(100, 300)]
   [Strings("BasicDockPanePlugin.ADSK.name")] //name of the Localisation file
   public class BasicDockPanePlugin : DockPanePlugin
   {

      public override Control CreateControlPane()
      {
         //create the control that will be used to display in the pane
         HelloWorldControl control = new HelloWorldControl();

         control.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;

         //localisation
         control.Text = this.TryGetString("HelloWorldText");

         //create the control
         control.CreateControl();

         return control;
      }

      public override void DestroyControlPane(Control pane)
      {
         pane.Dispose();
      }
   }
}

See Also

M:Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Plugins.DockPanePlugin.CreateControlPane