Create a tab control with nativeapi

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2 total messages Started by Gary Setter Sat, 08 Mar 2003 17:11

#17652

Author: Gary Setter
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2003 17:11

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Hi,

I want to create a dialog with a tab control (SysTabControl32). I want to
write to the native win32.  I've looked at property pages and
propertysheets. I'm puzzled that selectable pages aren't as easy as defining
a child dialog for each page and a container popup dialog. The container
dialog would have any buttons/ static text that apply to all pages, the tab
control and child controls that represent the child dialogs.

I've convinced myself that defining child controls the represent the child
dialogs is not built into the Win32 API. Was I looking for something this is
impossible? Is such a thing not useful?

Re: Create a tab control with nativeapi

#17659

Author: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2003 21:50

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Sounds like you need to read up on how TabControls and dialogs work.  You
most certainly can have dialogs embedded into the TabControl.  The
TabControl only has one display area.  When you create your dialogs using
CreateWindow/Ex(), simply set the TabControl HWND as the parent window, set
the WS_CHILD style, and make the dialogs initialy hidden (if you are going
to create them all at once, that is).  Then, when the appropriate tab is
selected by the user, use the TCM_ADJUSTRECT message to find out the
dimensions of the display area, and then position/size the dialog it
accordingly and show it normally.  Because the TabControl is set as the
parent for the dialog, the dialog will display inside of it.  Then, when the
user changes tabs, hide/destroy the current dialog and show the new one as
appropriate.

If you look in the Win32 API documentation for TabControls, there are code
examples included.  Specifically, have a look at the "Creating a Tabbed
Dialog Box" example.  Which, incidently, does include a note about "In many
cases, you can implement multiple-page dialog boxes more easily by using
property sheets."


Gambit

"Gary Setter" <setterg@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:3e6a26f6@newsgroups.borland.com...

> I've convinced myself that defining child controls the represent
> the child dialogs is not built into the Win32 API. Was I looking
> for something this is impossible? Is such a thing not useful?

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