Codejock Developer Community : Request: TabControlPage Border http://forum.codejock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:15:30 +0000 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:28:33 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 forum.codejock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=13752 <![CDATA[Codejock Developer Community]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_images/codejock-logo.gif http://forum.codejock.com/ <![CDATA[Request: TabControlPage Border : Thanks Oleg, that solves question...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13752&PID=47002&title=request-tabcontrolpage-border#47002 Author: jpbro
Subject: 13752
Posted: 23 March 2009 at 10:28am

Thanks Oleg, that solves question #2. How about these (in particular #1 and #4):

1) Can the MarkupLabel control be turned into a container?
2) Can the transparency issue of the MarkupLable on a transparent TabControlPage be fixed?
3) If #2 is impossible, how about adding borders including color and outside transparency) to the TabControlPage?
4) Can the TabOffice2007* color properties be added to the TabControl.PaintManager.ColorSet object?

Otherwise solving #2 doesn't matter much since I still can't get the proper result.
]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:28:33 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13752&PID=47002&title=request-tabcontrolpage-border#47002 <![CDATA[Request: TabControlPage Border : Hi, Problem in TabControlPage...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13752&PID=46985&title=request-tabcontrolpage-border#46985 Author: Oleg
Subject: 13752
Posted: 23 March 2009 at 2:10am

Hi,
 
Problem in TabControlPage and Margins you set to 5. To fix border thing - revert Margins to 0 and Move Label to 5 pixels instead.
]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:10:43 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13752&PID=46985&title=request-tabcontrolpage-border#46985 <![CDATA[Request: TabControlPage Border : I had an idea that I could simulate...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13752&PID=46976&title=request-tabcontrolpage-border#46976 Author: jpbro
Subject: 13752
Posted: 22 March 2009 at 11:01am

I had an idea that I could simulate the TabControlPage border byputting a Transparent TabControlPage on the TabControl, and thenputting a transparent MarkupLabel on the TabControlPage. TheMarkupLabel would have a Border object with corner radius andbackground color as required. Unfortunately, I experienced someproblems:

1) The MarkupLabel isn't a container control, so regular labels andother lightweight controls get covered by it. Can the MarkupLabel bemade into a container control? I think it would be useful in a numberof cases, where you want to use Markup for a background but have othercontrols on top of it (including lightweight controls).
2) The MarkupLabel transparency seems to be grabbing the TabControl background bitmap incorrectly. See this screenshot:




Notice the light border arund the top and the dark border around the bottom of the MarkupLabel border. These seem to be getting sucked out of the edges of the TabControl instead of where the MarkupLabel is actually positioned over.

3) There doesn't seem to be any colours in the PaintManager.ColorSet to match the border of the TabControl with Office2007 appearance, so the closest that I got was that grey color (shown above). I see properties like TabExcelNormalLeftInnerBorder and TabPropertyPage2003BorderLeftHighlight, so can the equivalent TabOffice2007* colors be added?

Here's a sample project:

uploads/20090322_105556_WizardSkeleton.zip

So:

1) Can the MarkupLabel control be turned into a container?
2) Can the transparency issue of the MarkupLable on a transparent TabControlPage be fixed?
3) If #2 is impossible, how about adding borders including color and outside transparency) to the TabControlPage?
4) Can the TabOffice2007* color properties be added to the TabControl.PaintManager.ColorSet object?

Thanks.

]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:01:02 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13752&PID=46976&title=request-tabcontrolpage-border#46976 <![CDATA[Request: TabControlPage Border : No problem tobi, hope you find...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13752&PID=46975&title=request-tabcontrolpage-border#46975 Author: jpbro
Subject: 13752
Posted: 22 March 2009 at 10:48am

No problem tobi, hope you find it useful!]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:48:09 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13752&PID=46975&title=request-tabcontrolpage-border#46975 <![CDATA[Request: TabControlPage Border : Hi jpbro,thanks for your sample...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13752&PID=46974&title=request-tabcontrolpage-border#46974 Author: tobi
Subject: 13752
Posted: 22 March 2009 at 10:24am

Hi jpbro,

thanks for your sample ! It works and is really cool !
]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:24:16 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13752&PID=46974&title=request-tabcontrolpage-border#46974 <![CDATA[Request: TabControlPage Border : Here&#039;s the sample project...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13752&PID=46973&title=request-tabcontrolpage-border#46973 Author: jpbro
Subject: 13752
Posted: 22 March 2009 at 10:19am

Here's the sample project:

uploads/20090322_101743_WizardSkeleton.zip

I think I pulled everything out that wouldn't work on other computers, but if the sample isn't working, just get back to me and I will fix it.

Note that mine doesn't look as nice as the sample screenshot (above), because we can't set a border for the TabControlPage.

]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:19:31 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13752&PID=46973&title=request-tabcontrolpage-border#46973 <![CDATA[Request: TabControlPage Border : Hi tobi,I&#039;m using the TabControl...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13752&PID=46972&title=request-tabcontrolpage-border#46972 Author: jpbro
Subject: 13752
Posted: 22 March 2009 at 10:03am

Hi tobi,

I'm using the TabControl with the Office 2007 appearance to hold the wizard steps, but I'm only showing 1 tab (step) at a time. I put a GroupBox control with the Back, Next and Cancel/End buttons on the first tab, then when the user changes steps (i.e. tab pages), I use the SetParent API to move the GroupBox to the current TabControlPage.

I'll see if I can strip out some of the code from my current test project (it uses 3rd party libraries for some functions) and upload an example project for you to examine.
]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:03:34 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13752&PID=46972&title=request-tabcontrolpage-border#46972 <![CDATA[Request: TabControlPage Border : Hi jpbro,how did you do that ?...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13752&PID=46969&title=request-tabcontrolpage-border#46969 Author: tobi
Subject: 13752
Posted: 22 March 2009 at 6:55am

Hi jpbro,

how did you do that ? Looks really cool !
]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:55:07 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13752&PID=46969&title=request-tabcontrolpage-border#46969 <![CDATA[Request: TabControlPage Border : Something like this: ]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13752&PID=46965&title=request-tabcontrolpage-border#46965 Author: jpbro
Subject: 13752
Posted: 21 March 2009 at 6:14pm

Something like this:


]]> Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:14:23 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13752&PID=46965&title=request-tabcontrolpage-border#46965 <![CDATA[Request: TabControlPage Border : I would like to be able to add...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13752&PID=46964&title=request-tabcontrolpage-border#46964 Author: jpbro
Subject: 13752
Posted: 21 March 2009 at 6:04pm

I would like to be able to add a border to the TabControlPage control (ideally, I could set it to Office2007 style which would paint it in the correct color). Bonus points if the border could have rounded corners (to match the TabControl in Office 2007 mode) with the area outside the rounded corner transparent and the inside portion set to a color (for example, vbWindowBackground).

]]> Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:04:38 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13752&PID=46964&title=request-tabcontrolpage-border#46964