Extending a windows form question

[Skinner36]

Hi,

I have just come accross Mono.Addins and I am investigating the framework to
see if we can use it in our applications. The applications will run on
Windows and Mono but all testing is currently on Windows.

I have looked at an example that explains how to create an addin that
extends a menu and toolbar which I understand and which works OK.

I am now trying to extend the main form of the startup application by adding
a user control to it, however, I cannot figure out how to do this at all.

The user control is very simple and only displays a treeview control with no
underlying code.

If someone could tell me how to extend the main form to add a control, or
better still, point me to an example, I would very much appreciate it

Regards,

John,
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[matteo tesser]

I did something similar for Windows.Forms in the following way. I do
not know if it is the more elegant way to do it but hope it helps:

First define an interface and an extension point for the particular
type of controls I need to extended, In my case it was a toolstrip.

[TypeExtensionPoint("/YourApp/TopToolStrip")]
public interface IToolStrip
{
}

Then in the constructor of yor form, dyamically add the controls that
match the extension. In my case they were toolstrips:

foreach (TypeExtensionNode node in
AddinManager.GetExtensionNodes(""/YourApp/TopToolStrip"))
{
ToolStrip ts = (ToolStrip)node.CreateInstance();
ts.Location = new Point(SX, 0);
SX += ts.Width;

toolStripContainer1.TopToolStripPanel.Controls.Add(ts); //include
the toolstrip
}

probably you can do the same with other types of controls,

Matteo

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