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TabControl and grouped OptionButtons

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Topic: TabControl and grouped OptionButtons

Posted By: Jean
Subject: TabControl and grouped OptionButtons
Date Posted: 10 January 2007 at 8:31am

I like to put several OptionButton groups on a TabControl/TabControlPage.
To build groups of OptionButtons, I have to place them on frames.

If I don't group my OptionButtons, then it looks fine, but it doesn't work correct.
If I group my OptionButtons by placing them on non-visible Frames, there's a color problem.
Left side: without frames. Right side with frames.

Other example from Windows 2k how I like to use TabControl with grouped OptionButtons:

-VB6 SP6 on Win2k SP4

-TabControl 10.4 with TabControlPages
-WinXP.Luna.cjstyles file from CodeJock samples

What am I doing wrong? How does this work?

Replies:

Posted By: dentor
Date Posted: 10 January 2007 at 9:26am

Hello,

I think that is better to group options buttons in a picture box instead of a non visible frame (because a frame has not a hwnd property).

For me it solve the problem.

Hope it will help.

Posted By: Jean
Date Posted: 10 January 2007 at 10:24am

Remark: The frames of my samples are not invisible, I just set the BorderStyle property to 0=none.

Even if I use a PictureBox, it doesn't look good. Look at the new screenshot.

SourceCode:
Private Sub Form_Load()
TabControl1.Color = xtpTabColorWinXP

   SkinFramework1.ApplyWindow Me.hWnd
   SkinFramework1.ApplyOptions = SkinFramework1.ApplyOptions Or xtpSkinApplyMetrics
   SkinFramework1.LoadSkin App.Path & "\WinXP.Luna.cjstyles", "Normalblue.ini"
End Sub

Visible Frames are very important to group the controls on a TabControlPage. Look at the Windows 2000 folder options screenshot above.
And it doesen't makes a difference if the frame is visual or not. The OptionButtons on the Frame on the TabControlPage on the TabControl are not drawn correct!

In the sample SkinMDISample on frmProperties I looks like it works. But there's a cheat: The OptionButtons are drawn on the TabControlPage itself and not on the frame. With this method you can not have multiple independent OptionButton groups on one TabControlPage.

Is there a solution?

Posted By: tknijff
Date Posted: 10 January 2007 at 11:54am

Try using Innovasys FramePlus ActiveX Control 1.0

http://www.innovasys.co.uk/products/freeware.asp - http://www.innovasys.co.uk/products/freeware.asp

Posted By: Jean
Date Posted: 12 January 2007 at 2:46am

I don't want to install and deploy more controls as needed. And a question is, if SkinFramework can adapt a new styles (e.g. WinVista) on the Innovasys FramePlus control. I would prefer a solution with CodeJock controls.

Is this not possible with the CodeJock TabControl and SkinFramework?

If it's not possible now, will this it be possible in further releases?