C#-APP: Not able to get values of controls in TabPage

[vavc1980]

Hello,

I'm working on a windows application with C#, I reorganized a screen using the TabControl with 3 TabPages.

Here's my problem, when I want to do something (printing, reading, etc) with a control in any TabPage that has not been opened (clicked on), I got nothing, the controls at this point have not been created, not until I click (manually or programatically) on the TabPage. Right now I have it working going through all tabpages programatically then back to the one that was open originally, but you can see the tabs changing, and this is kind of annoying.

How can I use the controls in the whole screen without having to open the tabs one by one?.

The controls are data binded by the way.

Hope you can help me with this one.

Thanks.

[Frinavale]

Instead of dragging your controls onto your page, declare them in your C# code.
In your Page Load control make sure you place the controls into the appropriate tabs and also make sure that these controls are properly instantiated.

When you call your print function, use the controls that you've declared in your C# code to create your report (they should already be loaded by this point).

-Frinny

[cloud255]

Instead of dragging your controls onto your page, declare them in your C# code.
In your Page Load control make sure you place the controls into the appropriate tabs and also make sure that these controls are properly instantiated.

Hey,

Is there any major difference when doing this? I always believed that controls were created when the InitializeComponent function was called, is this correct?
If so, doesn't that mean that the controls are created before OnLoad?

Sorry if this is crazy talk, but i always thought that it worked like this...

[Frinavale]

Hey,

Is there any major difference when doing this? I always believed that controls were created when the InitializeComponent function was called, is this correct?
If so, doesn't that mean that the controls are created before OnLoad?

Sorry if this is crazy talk, but i always thought that it worked like this...

You're right cloud.
I only made the suggestion because the OP is having problems with accessing data in their controls.

-Frinny