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Set Dock properties at run time

Set Dock properties at run time
Imports System
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.ComponentModel

Public Class MainClass
    
    Shared Sub Main()
        Dim form1 As Form = New Form1

        Application.Run(form1)


    End Sub
End Class


Public Class Form1
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "

    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()

        'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
        InitializeComponent()

        'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call

    End Sub

    'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
    Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
        If disposing Then
            If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
                components.Dispose()
            End If
        End If
        MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
    End Sub
    Friend WithEvents txtDock As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
    Friend WithEvents pnlDock As System.Windows.Forms.Panel
    Friend WithEvents Label1 As System.Windows.Forms.Label
    Friend WithEvents Label2 As System.Windows.Forms.Label
    Friend WithEvents udDockPaddingForm As System.Windows.Forms.NumericUpDown
    Friend WithEvents udDockPaddingPanel As System.Windows.Forms.NumericUpDown
    Friend WithEvents Label3 As System.Windows.Forms.Label
    Friend WithEvents Label4 As System.Windows.Forms.Label
    Friend WithEvents lstDockPanel As System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox
    Friend WithEvents lstDockTextBox As System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox
    Friend WithEvents GroupBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox
    Friend WithEvents cmdUpdate As System.Windows.Forms.Button

    'Required by the Windows Form Designer
    Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer

    'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
    'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.  
    'Do not modify it using the code editor.
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
        Me.txtDock = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox()
        Me.pnlDock = New System.Windows.Forms.Panel()
        Me.Label1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label()
        Me.Label2 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label()
        Me.udDockPaddingForm = New System.Windows.Forms.NumericUpDown()
        Me.udDockPaddingPanel = New System.Windows.Forms.NumericUpDown()
        Me.Label3 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label()
        Me.Label4 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label()
        Me.lstDockPanel = New System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox()
        Me.lstDockTextBox = New System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox()
        Me.GroupBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox()
        Me.cmdUpdate = New System.Windows.Forms.Button()
        Me.pnlDock.SuspendLayout()
        CType(Me.udDockPaddingForm, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize).BeginInit()
        CType(Me.udDockPaddingPanel, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize).BeginInit()
        Me.GroupBox1.SuspendLayout()
        Me.SuspendLayout()
        '
        'txtDock
        '
        Me.txtDock.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Left
        Me.txtDock.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Tahoma", 8.25!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte))
        Me.txtDock.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(20, 20)
        Me.txtDock.Multiline = True
        Me.txtDock.Name = "txtDock"
        Me.txtDock.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(108, 266)
        Me.txtDock.TabIndex = 0
        Me.txtDock.Text = ""
        '
        'pnlDock
        '
        Me.pnlDock.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.txtDock})
        Me.pnlDock.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Left
        Me.pnlDock.DockPadding.All = 20
        Me.pnlDock.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Tahoma", 8.25!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte))
        Me.pnlDock.Name = "pnlDock"
        Me.pnlDock.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(224, 306)
        Me.pnlDock.TabIndex = 1
        '
        'Label1
        '
        Me.Label1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(16, 36)
        Me.Label1.Name = "Label1"
        Me.Label1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(136, 20)
        Me.Label1.TabIndex = 2
        Me.Label1.Text = "Set Form's DockPadding:"
        '
        'Label2
        '
        Me.Label2.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(16, 60)
        Me.Label2.Name = "Label2"
        Me.Label2.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(136, 20)
        Me.Label2.TabIndex = 3
        Me.Label2.Text = "Set Panel's DockPadding:"
        '
        'udDockPaddingForm
        '
        Me.udDockPaddingForm.Increment = New Decimal(New Integer() {5, 0, 0, 0})
        Me.udDockPaddingForm.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(160, 32)
        Me.udDockPaddingForm.Name = "udDockPaddingForm"
        Me.udDockPaddingForm.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(52, 21)
        Me.udDockPaddingForm.TabIndex = 4
        '
        'udDockPaddingPanel
        '
        Me.udDockPaddingPanel.Increment = New Decimal(New Integer() {5, 0, 0, 0})
        Me.udDockPaddingPanel.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(160, 56)
        Me.udDockPaddingPanel.Name = "udDockPaddingPanel"
        Me.udDockPaddingPanel.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(52, 21)
        Me.udDockPaddingPanel.TabIndex = 5
        Me.udDockPaddingPanel.Value = New Decimal(New Integer() {20, 0, 0, 0})
        '
        'Label3
        '
        Me.Label3.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(16, 104)
        Me.Label3.Name = "Label3"
        Me.Label3.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(136, 20)
        Me.Label3.TabIndex = 6
        Me.Label3.Text = "Dock Panel To:"
        '
        'Label4
        '
        Me.Label4.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(16, 128)
        Me.Label4.Name = "Label4"
        Me.Label4.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(136, 20)
        Me.Label4.TabIndex = 7
        Me.Label4.Text = "Dock TextBox To:"
        '
        'lstDockPanel
        '
        Me.lstDockPanel.DropDownStyle = System.Windows.Forms.ComboBoxStyle.DropDownList
        Me.lstDockPanel.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(156, 100)
        Me.lstDockPanel.Name = "lstDockPanel"
        Me.lstDockPanel.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(92, 21)
        Me.lstDockPanel.TabIndex = 8
        '
        'lstDockTextBox
        '
        Me.lstDockTextBox.DropDownStyle = System.Windows.Forms.ComboBoxStyle.DropDownList
        Me.lstDockTextBox.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(156, 124)
        Me.lstDockTextBox.Name = "lstDockTextBox"
        Me.lstDockTextBox.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(92, 21)
        Me.lstDockTextBox.TabIndex = 9
        '
        'GroupBox1
        '
        Me.GroupBox1.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.cmdUpdate, Me.udDockPaddingForm, Me.udDockPaddingPanel, Me.lstDockPanel, Me.Label3, Me.Label4, Me.lstDockTextBox, Me.Label2, Me.Label1})
        Me.GroupBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(172, 20)
        Me.GroupBox1.Name = "GroupBox1"
        Me.GroupBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(284, 224)
        Me.GroupBox1.TabIndex = 10
        Me.GroupBox1.TabStop = False
        Me.GroupBox1.Text = "Configure"
        '
        'cmdUpdate
        '
        Me.cmdUpdate.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(160, 180)
        Me.cmdUpdate.Name = "cmdUpdate"
        Me.cmdUpdate.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(84, 24)
        Me.cmdUpdate.TabIndex = 10
        Me.cmdUpdate.Text = "Update"
        '
        'DockForm
        '
        Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 14)
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(468, 306)
        Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.GroupBox1, Me.pnlDock})
        Me.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Tahoma", 8.25!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte))
        Me.Name = "DockForm"
        Me.Text = "Docking At Work"
        Me.pnlDock.ResumeLayout(False)
        CType(Me.udDockPaddingForm, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize).EndInit()
        CType(Me.udDockPaddingPanel, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize).EndInit()
        Me.GroupBox1.ResumeLayout(False)
        Me.ResumeLayout(False)

    End Sub

#End Region

    Private Sub cmdUpdate_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdUpdate.Click

        Me.DockPadding.All = udDockPaddingForm.Value
        pnlDock.DockPadding.All = udDockPaddingPanel.Value

        Dim Converter As TypeConverter
        Converter = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(Dock.GetType)

        pnlDock.Dock = Converter.ConvertFromString(lstDockPanel.Text)
        txtDock.Dock = Converter.ConvertFromString(lstDockTextBox.Text)
    End Sub

    Private Sub DockForm_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        lstDockPanel.Items.AddRange(System.Enum.GetNames(Dock.GetType))
        lstDockTextBox.Items.AddRange(System.Enum.GetNames(Dock.GetType))
    End Sub
End Class

           
       








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