Codejock Developer Community : invisible controls over tabControl OCX http://forum.codejock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:00:25 +0000 Sat, 16 Dec 2006 11:48:03 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 forum.codejock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=5780 <![CDATA[Codejock Developer Community]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_images/codejock-logo.gif http://forum.codejock.com/ <![CDATA[invisible controls over tabControl OCX : I got the controls number problem...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5780&PID=18289&title=invisible-controls-over-tabcontrol-ocx#18289 Author: gaudetm
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Posted: 16 December 2006 at 11:48am

I got the controls number problem on my frmOptions probabely same as your's then i made a switch to separate each tab in a different form without borders and resized to the tab size then the form open instantly in a multiple thread weay in VB6! so much faster event on a P3 733Mhz with windows XP and 256 Megs RAM
 
no flicters at all!
 
]]> Sat, 16 Dec 2006 11:48:03 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5780&PID=18289&title=invisible-controls-over-tabcontrol-ocx#18289 <![CDATA[invisible controls over tabControl OCX : Let ME decide what&#039;s a big...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5780&PID=18270&title=invisible-controls-over-tabcontrol-ocx#18270 Author: pxpx
Subject: 5780
Posted: 15 December 2006 at 12:41pm

Let ME decide what's a big deal. Altought you are right in some situations, this is not the case. I'll explain better: we have the configuration form that consists of 19 tabs, with about a total of 300 control (labels, textboxes, comboboxed, checkboxes, frames, pictureboxes). adding 19 picturebox would make it even slower (it is ALREADY slow: actually when i change tab i can see the flickering controls becoming visible one at time, and my machine is not a p3-800mhz...). Then, apart from speed, memory usage will increase (autoredraw = true?). I solved it this way, ok, luckily i needed it just for a couple of label+textboxes.. but this is a workaround! in the end i think this IS a bug. i was just pointing it out.
]]> Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:41:31 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5780&PID=18270&title=invisible-controls-over-tabcontrol-ocx#18270 <![CDATA[invisible controls over tabControl OCX : always use a picturebox or a form...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5780&PID=18236&title=invisible-controls-over-tabcontrol-ocx#18236 Author: gaudetm
Subject: 5780
Posted: 14 December 2006 at 2:52pm

always use a picturebox or a form to be child of the tab easier to manage code and best results as you can set the background color according to the theme the tab use
 
that not a big deal
 
]]> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:52:52 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5780&PID=18236&title=invisible-controls-over-tabcontrol-ocx#18236 <![CDATA[invisible controls over tabControl OCX : Hi everyone,let&#039;s see what...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5780&PID=18157&title=invisible-controls-over-tabcontrol-ocx#18157 Author: pxpx
Subject: 5780
Posted: 13 December 2006 at 9:35am

Hi everyone,

let's see what happens with this new vb6 exe project:

 - add on the form a tabControl with 2 tabs (no properties modified)

 - on 2nd tab add two commandbutton

 - command1 code:
    command2.visible = not command2.visible

now press F5. It happens that, when you click the 2nd tab, both commndbuttons appear (OK!)... then i click the 1st commandbutton. the 2nd disappears (OK!). BUT, if i go to the 1st tab and back to the 2nd, both commandbuttons appear (WRONG!).

what's the deal? we used this in our configuration form. we have solved it by placing a label and a textbox (the controls that must be hidden) inside a picturebox with no border, and hiding them (not the picturebox). looks like only the first level of child controls is put back to visible after a tab change.

i hope i've been understandable, i'm not english :)

thank you
dany
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