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Raoul Watson - 26 Apr 2006 01:12 GMT

I have two combo control (dropdown combo type) on an SSTab form
eventhough the combo is disabled, it looks like it's highlighted (deep
blue)?
What settiong allows highlighting even if the field is disabled?

Also, is there a way on SSTab to prevent user to go to another tab?
(in my app if user is on tab 2, he is not allowed to tab to others.

Any advice is appreciated. T H A N K S !!

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Dean Earley - 26 Apr 2006 11:38 GMT

> Also, is there a way on SSTab to prevent user to go to another tab?
> (in my app if user is on tab 2, he is not allowed to tab to others.

This is a problem with the SSTab control.

You will need to put each tabs controls on a picturebox or frame then
show/hide them as you change tabs.

This seems to explain it fairly well:
http://www.earlsoft.co.uk/hashvb/Tabbed_dialogs

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Jan Hyde - 26 Apr 2006 13:05 GMT

Dean Earley <dean.earley@icode.co.uk>'s wild thoughts were
released on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:38:37 +0100 bearing the
following fruit:

>> Also, is there a way on SSTab to prevent user to go to another tab?
>> (in my app if user is on tab 2, he is not allowed to tab to others.
>
>This is a problem with the SSTab control.

Ah.. I read it that the OP doesn't want the user to be able
to access the other tabs.

>You will need to put each tabs controls on a picturebox or frame then
>show/hide them as you change tabs.

Just disabling them will suffice.

J

>This seems to explain it fairly well:
>http://www.earlsoft.co.uk/hashvb/Tabbed_dialogs

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Dean Earley - 26 Apr 2006 16:34 GMT

>> You will need to put each tabs controls on a picturebox or frame then
>> show/hide them as you change tabs.
>
> Just disabling them will suffice.

But I use the tabstrip which doesn't do the moving voodoo so i can
either show/hide them or disable them and set the ZOrder.

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Jan Hyde - 27 Apr 2006 10:01 GMT

Dean Earley <dean.earley@icode.co.uk>'s wild thoughts were
released on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:34:22 +0100 bearing the
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>>> You will need to put each tabs controls on a picturebox or frame then
>>> show/hide them as you change tabs.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>But I use the tabstrip which doesn't do the moving voodoo so i can
>either show/hide them or disable them and set the ZOrder.

Huh?

You were talking about the SSTab

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'This is a problem with the SSTab control.'

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Jan Hyde - 26 Apr 2006 13:04 GMT

"Raoul Watson" <WatsonR@IntelligenCIA.com>'s wild thoughts
were released on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:12:14 GMT bearing the
following fruit:

>I have two combo control (dropdown combo type) on an SSTab form
>eventhough the combo is disabled, it looks like it's highlighted (deep
>blue)?
>What settiong allows highlighting even if the field is disabled?

There isn't one. I seem to recall someone else posting about
this phenomenon.. Anyway there must be something else going
on becuase this certainly is not a common issue.

>Also, is there a way on SSTab to prevent user to go to another tab?

Disable the other tabs.

J

>(in my app if user is on tab 2, he is not allowed to tab to others.
>
>Any advice is appreciated. T H A N K S !!

Jan Hyde (VB MVP)

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Raoul Watson - 27 Apr 2006 00:49 GMT

> Disable the other tabs.

DUH! I am embarassed.. something so simple I overlooked.

Thanks for straightening me out.

The highlight baffles me because the combo is not even drawn last (i.e.
didn't
have focus at one time) --so i don't know why they're highlighted. It
doesn't do that
on regular form.

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Jan Hyde - 27 Apr 2006 10:02 GMT

"Raoul Watson" <WatsonR@IntelligenCIA.com>'s wild thoughts
were released on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 23:49:44 GMT bearing the
following fruit:

>..
>>
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
>doesn't do that
>on regular form.

Have you done a search on google groups. I definitely
remember someone else mentioning this.

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