I am having the following problems w/Flow Layout using the following settings:

dgSteps.RoutingOptions.CrossingCost = 10;
dgSteps.RoutingOptions.NodeVicinitySize = 5;
dgSteps.RoutingOptions.NodeVicinityCost = 10;
dgSteps.RoutingOptions.DontOptimizeLongRoutes = true;

//FlowLayout flowLayout = new FlowLayout();
//flowLayout.AutoRoute = true;
//flowLayout.LaneDistance = 10;
//flowLayout.HorizontalGroupOffset = 10;
//flowLayout.VerticalGroupOffset = 20;
//flowLayout.NodeDistance = 10;
//flowLayout.Margins = new SizeF(10, 10);
//flowLayout.Anchoring = Anchoring.Ignore;

//flowLayout.LayoutRules.PreferredRules = PreferredRules.ConnectorRules;

1. Some nodes overlap completely.
2. The flow does not run in a completely top-to-bottom direction - at some point it starts to add nodes going upward. I assume this is because I have a shared End node that is linked to by several flows of varying lengths, but I want the End node to be at the end with long links to it.
3. I can't move nodes horizontally


What should I do?

Thanks

Yes, I have.  Also, I have no nodes that I want to layout horizonally.  I want strict top-to-bottom layout.

I will email the diagram - I don't understand Layered Layout - the documentation I see doesn't tell me much about it.  What's the best way for me to learn about this?  Can you point to an example or somewhere in the documentation that would give me an idea of when and how to use it?

Actually, what seems to work best is no Layout at all.  Just using coordinates and auto-links.  So, I'm very close, now.  The only remaining things are:

1.  Sometimes, when I load my diagram, I can't scroll all the way to the bottom.  Either part of my diagram is hidden at the bottom but the vert scroll is maxed out OR I can't scroll down below the bottom to add more stuff.

2.  Sometimes, when I select a node and try to move it, I get what appears to be a copy of the node (the copy moves).  Yet, if I delete it, under the covers, my original node gets deleted (though still shows up on the diagram until I save and reload to find my node and all link info have been deleted).

Any ideas on these items?

Thanks.

I just tried that but still have the bottom nodes not displaying - tried FloatBorderGap of 10 and 20 - no difference.

Also, I have diagram.AlignToGrid = true, but when I load my objects, they are not snapped to the grid.  I assume this is because I am setting their coordinates, but is there a way I could then make them snap to the grid programmatically?

And finally, I tried to use the Ruler.dll from the VS2008 (.NET 3.5) folder, getting the MindFusion.Diagramming.WinForms.dll from the same place, and get this compile error:

Assembly 'Ruler, Version=5.2.0.34238, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=21bf4734c13246ea' uses 'MindFusion.Diagramming.WinForms, Version=5.2.0.34236, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=21bf4734c13246ea' which has a higher version than referenced assembly 'MindFusion.Diagramming.WinForms, Version=5.2.0.34079, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=21bf4734c13246ea'd:\Program Files\MindFusion\FlowChart.NET Trial Version\Bin\Ruler.dllStepFlow

Thanks.

Thanks - it works if I do ResizeToFitItems AFTER setting the diagram on the view, but not before.

As for AlignPointToGrid, I am not getting that to work either before or after. This is what I tried:

foreach (StepNode o in ActiveDiagram.Nodes)
ActiveDiagram.AlignPointToGrid(o.Bounds.Location);

Removing all dlls worked.

Thanks

That does it - thanks.