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SStone YaBB Newbies Offline I Love MindFusion! Posts: 2 Joined: Dec 4^th, 2015	NodesExpandable not working with ControlNode Dec 4^th, 2015 at 3:09am	Print Post
	I'm new and testing features, but I can't seem to make "NodesExpandable" feature work with ControlNodes. I set "Expandable" to true on the node but never see the expand/collapse button. I don't see in the docs where it shouldn't work. I tried both empty ControlNode and one with a panel assigned to the control. No luck.


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Stoyo God Member Offline MindFusion support Posts: 13230 Joined: Jul 20^th, 2005	Re: NodesExpandable not working with ControlNode Reply #1 - Dec 4^th, 2015 at 10:04am	Print Post
	It should work with this build: https://mindfusion.eu/_temp/ctrlnodes.zip Try using CompositeNodes instead anyway, unless you need to show some complex controls. We've created them as replacement of ControlNodes and they integrate much better with other diagram features, such as hit-testing, Z order and printing. I hope that helps, Stoyan


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SStone YaBB Newbies Offline I Love MindFusion! Posts: 2 Joined: Dec 4^th, 2015	Re: NodesExpandable not working with ControlNode Reply #2 - Dec 4^th, 2015 at 5:29pm	Print Post
	I don't see how to add a "Control" class to the "CompositeNode" The ControlNode had a "Control" property. I'm guessing only your "ComponentBase" classes are allowed in a CompositeNode. Any way to have a ComponentBase derived class that has a windows handle to place standard controls in?? I've included a image of what I'm trying to do. All seems to work except the Expandable feature. Which is important. Thanks for all your help.

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Stoyo God Member Offline MindFusion support Posts: 13230 Joined: Jul 20^th, 2005	Re: NodesExpandable not working with ControlNode Reply #3 - Dec 4^th, 2015 at 5:35pm	Print Post
	Quote: Any way to have a ComponentBase derived class that has a windows handle to place standard controls in?? There's no way to do that; ComponentBase-derived objects are used as light-weight alternative of full Control objects and are not intended to open additional window handles as ContolNode-hosted controls do. Quote: I've included a image of what I'm trying to do. All seems to work except the Expandable feature. Which is important. It should work with the new build above. Alternatively you could call Expand/Collapse methods from a +/- button inside the hosted control. I hope that helps, Stoyan


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