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Topic: how to use the CXTPTablControl

Posted By: henryzc
Subject: how to use the CXTPTablControl
Date Posted: 30 June 2004 at 12:07am

i just want to use this control in my dialog application,but how?is there anyone can help me?thanks

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Posted By: ICBM
Date Posted: 04 July 2004 at 10:56pm

Isn't there a TabControl sample application ? I'm sure there is...

Posted By: garand
Date Posted: 15 July 2004 at 9:12pm

Hmmm.. doesn't look like the CodeJock people are monitoring this forum. I would also like to know about the CXTPTabControl. There is a class for it but it is barely documented and the samples all seem to be for the CXTTabControl (not the pro, but the old one). I am going to dig into it on my own, but the lack of info doesn't fill me with confidence.

Posted By: ddyer
Date Posted: 16 July 2004 at 7:07am

I use it (CXTPTabControl) extensively. What do you want to know?

Posted By: garand
Date Posted: 16 July 2004 at 12:24pm

Basically, I just want to know... can I just derive a class from CXTPTabControl and use it just like CXTTabControl or any other tab control? Or more directly -- is there some other base class that I use?

Can I give it the Excel/OneNote/.NET look with or without OneNote colors?

Posted By: ddyer
Date Posted: 16 July 2004 at 2:11pm

I derived a class from CXTPTabControl and while the APIs don't line up, it is very similar. You add a view to create a tab, etc. Don't forget you have to manually delete views if you remove them from a tab. Get to know CXTPTabManagerItem very well. You will walk and manipulate the CXTPTabControl's tabs as elements of CXTPTabManagerItem's.

Familiar APIs include:

InsertItem
SetSelectedItem
GetSelectedItem
EnsureVisible
DeleteItem //deletes the tab but your view object will still be alive, just invisible.

I never was able to roll in CXTPTabClientWnd's sexy tab groups because it is tightly intertwined with MDI and CXTPMDIFrameWnd, and Im an SDI-based app. If you are able to include tab groups, please post.

Posted By: garand
Date Posted: 16 July 2004 at 2:16pm

I got the CXTPTabConrol to work as a stand-alone tab control -- even with the fancy colors and Excel/Visual Studio/OneNote appearance. However I can't figure out how to get my parent window to be notified when the tab selection changes. It seems to send a WM_NOTIFY but I can figure out what is in the wParam and lParam values are. Any help?

Posted By: ddyer
Date Posted: 16 July 2004 at 2:37pm

Im sure there is more than one way to do that, but in my subclass, I overrode "OnItemClick", which is called whenever a tab is clicked.

My method of course then does any specific noficiations. I also override OnNavigateButtonClick to catch the user closing a tab (check out XTP_TABMANAGER_BUTON_CLOSE) .

Posted By: garand
Date Posted: 16 July 2004 at 9:11pm

Thanks, that works. Just one more question -- How do I refresh the tab control after I change appearance attributes. Calling InvalidateRect or Redraw doesn't work quite right (the tabs are out of alignment).

Posted By: ddyer
Date Posted: 19 July 2004 at 6:48am

You mean appearance attributes of the view the tab manages or the actual tabs themselves? Your redraw/invalidaterect calls may only be affecting the small rectangle that holds the tabs themselves.

To change attributes of the tabs, I stick with the APIs (SetCaption(), SetTooltip(), etc). If you are having a hard time getting an effect, try a sledge hammer and see what happens:

MyTabManager->GetParent()->Invalidate();

I went back and looked at the view code for the views I assign to the tabs and don't bother with any redraws or invalidates.