In order to create view parts a third party developer will require the following steps:

• Create a view which allows viewparts
• Create one or more viewparts to define the main view content area.
  • Create a windows form user control to define the content of the viewpart
  • Create a controller class that will define the main content area of the view which must implement the AbstractViewPartController
  • Decorate the controller class with the following attributes to provide metadata informations regarding the viewparts
    • ViewPartAttribute
    • ViewPartLayoutAttribute
  • Target the viewpart location by setting the LocationByType property with the view controller type.
  • Set the Dock property to Fill
• Create the other viewparts as the content viewpart with the exception that the docking will not be of type fill.

Integrating viewpart sample

In order to create view parts and integrate them into the SDL Trados Studio views the third party developer will require the following steps:

• Create a windows form user control to define the content of the viewpart
• Create a viewpart controller class which must implement the AbstractViewPartController
• Decorate the controller class with the following attributes to provide metadata informations regarding the viewparts
  • ViewPartAttribute
  • ViewPartLayoutAttribute
• Target the viewpart location by setting the LocationByType property with the one of the view controllers defined:
  • ProjectsController
  • FilesController
  • EditorController

Integrating viewpart sample

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