Using DockPanel in VS2010??

[chuckm]

I'm trying to use this control in a .NET managed C++ application. I'm having trouble getting access to the System::Windows::Controls namespace.

Any help is appreciated.

Chuck

[Eri523]

There actually is a System::Windows::Controls namespace and a DockPanel class inside it, but these are for WPF user interfaces and so I never actually came in contact with them (and needed to look them up). For Windows Forms applications, which is what's usually written in C++/CLI (IOW managed C++), you actually need the classes in the System::Windows::Forms namespace, and in there happens to be a class named Control from which all the Windows Forms control classes are derived.

Looks like (1) your approach is wrong (or at least questionable) in the first place if you actually plan to use C++/CLI and (2) you need to explain your issue in more detail...

[TheGreatCthulhu]

Yeah, I don't think C++/CLI has the facilities (in terms of IDE support and such) to work with WPF - it's probably possible to do it, but it would be really cumbersome. If you want to work with WPF, C# is the natural choice.

Anyway, the problem is (probably) that the references to the managed dlls containing the namespace an the classes are missing to work with WPF, you'll need:

PresentationCore.dll
PresentationFramework.dll

and...
WindowsBase.dll (I think)