Trouble Getting Dockable Window from AddIn.FromID

Question

I get a null reference when I try to get my dockable window using FromID.dock = AddIn.FromID<DockableWindow1>(ThisAddIn.IDs.DockableWindow1);

Is this the wrong way to get it? Anyone else been able to get it to work?

DavidLednik · Answer

I saw that article and I tried to implement the code on my sample.

The problem is that in this line
GazSearchDockableWindow.AddinImpl winImpl = AddIn.FromID<GazSearchDockableWindow.AddinImpl>(ThisAddIn.IDs.GazGazSearchDockableWindow);
The ThisAddIn is not recognized and I can't figure out which object I need to pass in here.

Regards,
David

ScottDavis · Answer

I wrote a post on this a while ago that may be helpful.
http://geospatialscott.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-to-get-arcgis-add-in-dockable.html

DavidLednik · Answer

Is there more code that explains this anywhere?

My setup function in UserCommand always returns null on Win7 64bit
private void SetupDockableWindow()
        {
            if (m_dockableWindow == null)
            {
                IDockableWindowManager dockWindowManager = m_application as IDockableWindowManager;
                if (dockWindowManager != null)
                {
                    UID windowID = new UIDClass();
                    windowID.Value = DockableWindowGuid;
                    m_dockableWindow = dockWindowManager.GetDockableWindow(windowID);  // here I get NULL returned
                }
            }
        }

any ideas?