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Interrogate if a dockable window is visible, invisible, docked or floating (show position) in a message box.
///<summary>Interrogate if a dockable window is visible, invisible, docked or floating (show position) in a message box.</summary>
///  
///<param name="dockableWindow">An IDockableWindow interface.</param>
///   
///<remarks></remarks>
public void ReportDockableWindowPosition(ESRI.ArcGIS.Framework.IDockableWindow dockableWindow)
{
  System.String windowStateMessage=dockableWindow.Caption + " is";
  if (dockableWindow.IsVisible())
  {
    windowStateMessage += " visible";
    ESRI.ArcGIS.Framework.IWindowPosition windowPos=dockableWindow as ESRI.ArcGIS.Framework.IWindowPosition;
    if (windowPos.State == ESRI.ArcGIS.Framework.esriWindowState.esriWSFloating)
    {
      windowStateMessage += " and floating";
      windowStateMessage += string.Format(" (Top: {0}, Left: {1}).", windowPos.Top, windowPos.Left);
    }
    else
    {
      windowStateMessage += " and docked.";
    }
  }
  else
  {
    windowStateMessage += " invisible.";
  }
  System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(windowStateMessage, "Dockable window state code snippet");
}
'''<summary>Interrogate if a dockable window is visible, invisible, docked or floating (show position) in a message box.</summary>
'''  
'''<param name="dockableWindow">An IDockableWindow interface.</param>
'''   
'''<remarks></remarks>
Public Sub ReportDockableWindowPosition(ByVal dockableWindow As ESRI.ArcGIS.Framework.IDockableWindow)
  Dim windowStateMessage As System.String=dockableWindow.Caption + " is"
  If dockableWindow.IsVisible Then
    windowStateMessage += " visible"
    Dim windowPos As ESRI.ArcGIS.Framework.IWindowPosition=CType(dockableWindow, ESRI.ArcGIS.Framework.IWindowPosition)
    If windowPos.State=ESRI.ArcGIS.Framework.esriWindowState.esriWSFloating Then
      windowStateMessage += " and floating"
      windowStateMessage += String.Format(" (Top: {0}, Left: {1}).", windowPos.Top, windowPos.Left)
    Else
      windowStateMessage += " and docked."
    End If
  Else
    windowStateMessage += " invisible."
  End If
  System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(windowStateMessage, "Dockable window state code snippet")
End Sub