Embedding an edit control into a tab control

Embedding an edit control into a tab control

• Tommy Williams - MSFT

  I thought I was putting it in a function that was called once. I put it in OnInitialUpdate(). I looked for InitDialog() or something similiar, but it wasn't found in the class wizard. I have a dialog of type CFormView.

   tcItem.mask = TCIF_TEXT;
   tcItem.pszText = _T("Display");
   m_tabCtrl.InsertItem(0, &tcItem);
   tcItem.pszText = _T("Sub");
   m_tabCtrl.InsertItem(1, &tcItem);
   tcItem.pszText = _T("Main");
   m_tabCtrl.InsertItem(2, &tcItem);
   tcItem.pszText = _T("1700 Series");
   m_tabCtrl.InsertItem(3, &tcItem);
   tcItem.pszText = _T("1800 Series");
   m_tabCtrl.InsertItem(4, &tcItem);

  
  

• harolds

  Ted,

  How do I resize the edit control box in my tab. When I maximize the window, I want the edit box to be resized. I am able to resize the tab with no problem.

  Thanks,

  
  

• Craig Z

  Please include more details What technology are you using What have you tried so far yourself

  Thanks,

  Ayman Shoukry

  VC++ Team

  
  
  

• jagadisha

  Thanks Ted, I didn't even think about creating a flag. I am still trying to get use to using MFC and visual C++. Anyway, I declared it to be TRUE in my constructor and created an If statement to look for the TRUE in the OnInitialUpdate() function. Once it detects that its true, then it creates the tab and sets the flag to FALSE. It works fine now. Thanks!
  

• pradjini

  I think I got it. Thanks for the assist!
  

• KrazyMGA

  Ted,

  I am trying to use your idea, but I am having a few problems. I created a dialog box of type CFormView(needed it for splitter windows) and I placed a tab there. when I execute there are no tabs. Can you lead me in the right direction.

  Thanks!

  
  

• dicksters

  The best thing to do would be to set a breakpoint in the debugger and see whether it's called twice. I'm sure it is.

  In fact I've heard sporadic reports of this happening in the past (OnIntialUpdate called twice for CFormView). One way around this is to use some kind of class member "flag" e.g. bool m_bHasBeenInitialized and set to true at the end of the first OnInitialUpdate)

  
  

• PQuintas

  Create a dialog box, add a tab control to it, add tabs to the tab control, and then add several edit controls to the dialog box, one for each tab you require.   On response to the tab control click, you can do a ShowWindow(SW_SHOW) of the edit control you wish to show, and ShowWindow(SW_HIDE) to all the other edit controls e.g.

  void CMyDialog::OnSelchange(NMHDR* pNMHDR, LRESULT* pResult) {

  if (TabControl->GetCurSel() == 0) {

  EditControl1->ShowWindow(SW_SHOW);

  EditControl2->ShowWindow(SW_HIDE);

  EditControl3->ShowWindow(SW_HIDE);

  } else // do the rest.

   

  
  

• Ahmad Jalal

  "With a tab control by itself you have a tab control within a dialog box that doesn't affect any other controls. So having an "edit control" per tab doesn't make sense, unless you write special code that hides and shows the edit controls when you click on each tab. "

  How do I do that

  
  

• AngryRichard

  In the initialization of the form view, you have to actually add the tabs to the tab control, i.e. using the InsertItem command of tab control (with TC_ITEM structure)

  
  

• nuAnonymous

  Ted,

  I got it to work, but the thing is that when I open a file it doubles my tabs. Why does it do that and how do I get rid of that

  
  

• MrZkitten

  When you say "doubles your tabs" do you mean that it has two sets of the same tabs, i.e.

  tab1/tab2/tab3/tab1/tab2/tab3

  or do you mean that you see two rows of tabs

  If the first, then it must mean that your code it getting called twice, put it in a place that only gets called once on initialization.

  
  

• Steve Clibbery

  I think you're mixing up the concepts of tab controls and property sheets.

  With a tab control by itself you have a tab control within a dialog box that doesn't affect any other controls. So having an "edit control" per tab doesn't make sense, unless you write special code that hides and shows the edit controls when you click on each tab.

  With a property sheet (and property pages), you have a tab control and separate dialog boxes for each "page" that the tabs on the tab control represent. This would be closer to what you want. You can use the CPropertySheet and CPropertyPage classes, and use AddPage to add the property pages to the property sheets. The tab control will use the title of each property page.

  
  

• Kevin Wu

  I am fairly new to Visual C++. I was able to create a tab control using MFC, but I want each tab to have an edit box.
  
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