That or you could try to make your own control inheriting from the tab
control, "K's Tab Control"
Just add that functionality and display some interface for disabling
tabs....
You're right it's a pain and like most things I've found in .net, is a
standard expectation that should have been implemented in the original
control. (guess they want to make sure you go with 3rd part vendors and not
put them out of business or something.) Still there is lots of room for 3rd
party controls and I agree with you that things like this are just bare
minimum expected behaviors.
Removing the tab does seem to be a lot easier. I suggest that route unless
you want to make your own reusuable control--which shouldn't be too hard....
;) maybe.
Shane
"KMiller" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:01cd01c3da09$9ca20310$a401280a@phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Thanks for the responses to all..
>
> Seems like a lot of trouble to execute a very simple
> change. We purchases the Infragistics UltraDev suite a
> while back, which includes a tab control, but we had not
> been using it. I just checked it out and sure enough, it
> grays-out the text by simply disabling the tab. I may
> just swap out by MS tab for this one.
>
> K
>
>
>[color=green]
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi K,
> >
> >wow, I see your point.
> >
> >I thought I had it fixed in my app too but my titles[/color]
> aren't disabled either.[color=green]
> >
> >You can do ownerdrawn fixed and change the color of the[/color]
> font easy enough.[color=green]
> >
> >Private Sub TabControl1_DrawItem(ByVal sender As Object,[/color]
> ByVal e As[color=green]
> >System.Windows.Forms.DrawItemEventArgs) Handles[/color]
> TabControl1.DrawItem[color=green]
> > Dim tp As TabPage
> > Dim layoutrct As New RectangleF(e.Bounds.Left,[/color]
> e.Bounds.Top,[color=green]
> >e.Bounds.Width, e.Bounds.Height)
> > Dim sf As New StringFormat[/color]
> (StringFormatFlags.FitBlackBox)[color=green]
> > sf.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center
> > sf.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center
> >
> > tp = TabControl1.TabPages(e.Index)
> > If Not tp.Enabled Then
> > 'for some reason not printing the 3-d part--tried[/color]
> to print twice[color=green]
> >with offset but no luck
> > e.Graphics.DrawString(tp.Text, e.Font,[/color]
> SystemBrushes.ControlLight,[color=green]
> >layoutrct)
> > layoutrct.Offset(2, 2)
> > e.Graphics.DrawString(tp.Text, e.Font,[/color]
> SystemBrushes.ControlDark,[color=green]
> >layoutrct) 'SolidBrush(e.BackColor), layoutrct)
> > Else
> > e.Graphics.DrawString(tp.Text, e.Font,New[/color]
> SolidBrush(e.BackColor),[color=green]
> >layoutrct)
> > End If
> >End Sub
> >
> >This works if items are not enabled. But there must be[/color]
> an easier way--also[color=green]
> >they shouldn't even be able to click on the tab.
> >
> >I haven't found out how to avoid that.
> >
> >this is a really big pain for something simple--but it[/color]
> seems that most of[color=green]
> >the control included are lacking in very bacic features[/color]
> and require lots of[color=green]
> >extra coding to just do standard things.
> >
> >I hope you find an answer--I would also like to know.
> >
> >Shane
> >
> >
> >"KMiller" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in[/color]
> message[color=green]
> >news:00c601c3d9f4$1ea7d8f0$a301280a@phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
> >> At the time the form is assembled, I DO NOT know.
> >> However, shortly thereafter (during the loading[/color][/color]
> process),[color=green][color=darkred]
> >> I DO know whether they have access or not to the
> >> particular tab. It's at this time when I'm attempting[/color][/color]
> to[color=green][color=darkred]
> >> disable (gray-out) the tab text, but nothing works.
> >>
> >> I've tried setting the enabled property to false for the
> >> tab, but doing that does nothing to the tab text[/color][/color]
> display,[color=green][color=darkred]
> >> and users have no way of knowing they DO NOT have access
> >> to the tab other then by clicking into it and finding[/color][/color]
> out[color=green][color=darkred]
> >> that nothing works because all the controls have been
> >> disabled. Leaving the functionality this way is
> >> inadequate and out of spec.
> >>
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >I assume you don't know before loading the form which[/color][/color]
> to[color=green][color=darkred]
> >> enable/disable? If
> >> >so a contructor passed a tabindex would work fine.
> >> >
> >> >I also assume that you have tried setting the enabled
> >> property for the
> >> >particular tab page that you want disabled...
> >> >
> >> >Is this true?
> >> >
> >> >Shane
> >> >"KMiller" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote[/color][/color]
> in[color=green][color=darkred]
> >> message
> >> >news:05e801c3d94b$eed72e80$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> >> >> I would like to control entry into one or more of the
> >> tabs
> >> >> > I have set up on my Tab control based on set rules.
> >> Does
> >> >> > anyone know how to grey-out the text so that a user
> >> will
> >> >> > see that they do not have access to that particular
> >> tab?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I tried setting the enabled = false for the given[/color][/color]
> tab,[color=green][color=darkred]
> >> >> but
> >> >> > it only seems to work in the form assembly section
> >> (that
> >> >> > is, if I do it after the form is loaded through a
> >> >> > function, it doesn't seem to work), and doing that
> >> >> > disables the controls on the tab, but does not grey
> >> out
> >> >> > the text of the tab display itself.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thanks
> >> >> >
> >> >> > K
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >.
> >> >[/color]
> >
> >
> >.
> >[/color][/color]
