Topic: Location of WPF Window in AutoCAD

[Andrey Bushman]

Windows 8 x64 Rus
AutoCAD 2013 SP1.1 Enu
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When I open WPF Window in AutoCAD, I can't set location for it, because AutoCAD ignores my settings of location. Why it happens? How can I solve it problem?

Code - C#: [Select]

1. ...
2. using WinForms = System.Windows.Forms;
3. using wpf = System.Windows;
4. using acad = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application;
5. using AcWin = Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows;
6. ...
7. const Int32 offset = 10;
8. ...
9. // Create new WPF window for using its as context menu
10. wpf.Window win = new wpf.Window();
11. wpf.Controls.StackPanel sp = new wpf.Controls.StackPanel();
12. win.Content = sp;
13.  
14. wpf.Controls.MenuItem _clear = new wpf.Controls.MenuItem();
15. _clear.Header = "Clear result";
16. _clear.Click += mi_Click;
17. sp.Children.Add(_clear);
18.  
19. wpf.Controls.MenuItem _report = new wpf.Controls.MenuItem();
20. _report.Header = "Show Report";
21. sp.Children.Add(_report);
22.  
23. win.SizeToContent = wpf.SizeToContent.WidthAndHeight;
24. win.WindowStyle = wpf.WindowStyle.None;
25. win.ResizeMode = wpf.ResizeMode.NoResize;
26. win.WindowStartupLocation = wpf.WindowStartupLocation.Manual;
27.  
28. // Below are located the both methods for location of Window,
29. // but they ain't working:
30.  
31. // 1. I have tried such method:
32. win.Left = wpf.SystemParameters.FullPrimaryScreenWidth - 30;
33. win.Top = wpf.SystemParameters.FullPrimaryScreenHeight - 30;
34.  
35. // 2. And I have tried such method:
36. // win.Left = System.Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position.X + offset;
37. // win.Top = System.Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position.Y + offset;
38.  
39. win.Deactivated += win_Deactivated;
40. acad.ShowModelessWindow(win); // Open WPF window

Through WPF Window using I try solve this problem: when the events not happens for MenuItem.Click. Through WPF Window I solved its problem, but I got other problem - with Window's location...

[Andrey Bushman]

Problem is solved. I understand, it is not clear solution, but it's working. If my variant of solution is interesting for anybody, then you can read my code below.

I have registered event of Window.Activated, and have assigned a Window's location in this code.

Code - C#: [Select]

1. using wpf = System.Windows;
2. using acad = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application;
3. ...
4. const Int32 offset_x = 0;
5. const Int32 offset_y = 40;
6. static Double _x, _y;
7. ...
8. public void Initialize() {
9.         // Create new WPF window for using its as context menu
10.         wpf.Window win = new wpf.Window();
11.         wpf.Controls.StackPanel sp = new wpf.Controls.StackPanel();
12.  
13.         wpf.Controls.MenuItem _clear = new wpf.Controls.MenuItem();
14.         _clear.Header = "Clear result";
15.         _clear.Click += mi_Click;
16.         sp.Children.Add(_clear);
17.  
18.         wpf.Controls.MenuItem _report = new wpf.Controls.MenuItem();
19.         _report.Header = "Show Report";
20.         sp.Children.Add(_report);
21.  
22.         win.Content = sp;
23.         win.SizeToContent = wpf.SizeToContent.WidthAndHeight;
24.         win.WindowStyle = wpf.WindowStyle.None;
25.         win.ResizeMode = wpf.ResizeMode.NoResize;
26.         win.WindowStartupLocation = wpf.WindowStartupLocation.Manual;
27.                                
28.         _x = System.Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position.X;
29.         _y = System.Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position.Y;            
30.  
31.         win.Activated += win_Activated;
32.         win.Deactivated += win_Deactivated;
33.         acad.ShowModelessWindow(win);
34. }
35.  
36. void win_Activated(object sender, EventArgs e) {
37.     wpf.Window win = (wpf.Window)sender;
38.     win.Left = _x - win.ActualWidth - offset_x;
39.     win.Top = _y - win.ActualHeight - offset_y;
40. }
41.  
42. void win_Deactivated(object sender, EventArgs e) {    
43.         ((wpf.Window)sender).Close();
44. }
45.  
46. void mi_Click(object sender, wpf.RoutedEventArgs e) {
47.     history.Reset();
48.     wpf.Window win = ((wpf.Window)((wpf.Controls.StackPanel)
49.         ((wpf.Controls.MenuItem)sender).Parent).Parent);
50.     win.Deactivated -= win_Deactivated;
51.     win.Close();
52. }
53.  
54. void clear_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
55.     history.Reset();
56. }
57.  

Result screen: