TabbedMDIManager: Exception after press ctrl+tab where no mdi child window exist

[Michal Iwicki]

Hello,
I have problem with TabbedMDIManager.
When no mdi child window exists when user press ctrl+tab exception is thrown:

************** Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.TabbedMDIManager.ProcessCmdKey(Keys keyData, Boolean isSysKeyDown)
at Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.TabbedMDIManager.PreFilterMessage(Message& m)
***
When one or more child window exist everything work ok.

These same problem exists in Syncfusion tutorial examples (after deletion of any mdi child)

Syncfusion: Assembly Version: 4.402.0.51

Thank you for any help,

Regards

[Golda Rebecal]

Hi Michal,

I am able to see the exception being thrown on pressing Ctrl-tab when there are no tabs.

We can resolve this issue by handling the Application.ThreadException.

Application.ThreadException += new System.Threading.ThreadExceptionEventHandler(Application_ThreadException);

static void Application_ThreadException(object sender, System.Threading.ThreadExceptionEventArgs e)
{

}
Please have a look at the attached sample and let me know if you need any further assistance.

Thanks for using Syncfusion products.

Best Regards,
Golda


cs50.zip

[Michal Iwicki]

Thank you for answer.
It works :-),
but I wonder if it is possible that this exception will be catched by Syncfusion TabbedMDIManager object in next release.

Regards

[Golda Rebecal]

Hi Michal,

Thanks for the update.

I have logged a bug report regarding this issue so that it would be fixed in the future release.

We appreciate your interest in Syncfusion products.

Best Regards,
Golda

[James Sandys-Lumsdaine]

I've found you can workaround this by overriding the ProcessCmdKey() method as below. Any thoughts from the Syncfusion people?

public override bool ProcessCmdKey(Keys keyData, bool isSysKeyDown)
{
if (keyData == (Keys.Control | Keys.Tab) ||
keyData == (Keys.Control | Keys.Tab | Keys.Shift))
{
if (MdiParent.MdiChildren.Length == 0)
return true;
}

return base.ProcessCmdKey(keyData, isSysKeyDown);
}

[Golda Rebecal]

Hi jas_sl,

The issue of NullReference exception being thrown on pressing Ctrl-tab when there are no MDI tabs has been fixed in Essential Studio V5.

Could you please refer the following forum thread to obtain the beta version of Essential Studio v5?

http://www.syncfusion.com/support/forums/message.aspx?&MessageID=57573

Kindly let me know if you have any other questions.

Best Regards,
Golda

[James Sandys-Lumsdaine]

Thanks for the info - I'm not sure we're able to upgrade to v5 just yet but I'll bear that in mind.

Thanks.