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App with forms as tabsI'd like to create a new VB 2005 app that looks like the VS 2005 IDE -
in other words, an app that has multiple forms, but instead of displaying them seperately or in an MDI main from, I'd rather display them in tabs across the screen. I might have functions that are available to the app in the tree view on the left, then as they select functions it would open them in a new tab... again, almost exactly as the VB IDE does. My question therefore really is: Can we display Windows Forms forms in tabs? Tom -- You would want to make user controls, and put those in the tabs.
Show quoteHide quote "Tom" <tom@nospam.com> wrote in message news:ezGesUztGHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > I'd like to create a new VB 2005 app that looks like the VS 2005 IDE - > in other words, an app that has multiple forms, but instead of > displaying them seperately or in an MDI main from, I'd rather display > them in tabs across the screen. I might have functions that are > available to the app in the tree view on the left, then as they select > functions it would open them in a new tab... again, almost exactly as > the VB IDE does. > > My question therefore really is: Can we display Windows Forms forms in > tabs? > > Tom > -- > Marina: Unfortunately, that isn't really what I 'want' to do. I want to
convert an application I already coded over to this 'Visual Studio IDE' type format. This app has 50 or so already coded forms - I really don't want to try to convert EVERY one of those forms over to a user control!! That would take awhile and probably cost too much for our company to 'approve'. Isn't there any way to display an already-created form in a tab? How does the VS IDE do it? Tom -- Show quoteHide quoteMarina Levit [MVP] wrote: >You would want to make user controls, and put those in the tabs. > >"Tom" <tom@nospam.com> wrote in message >news:ezGesUztGHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>I'd like to create a new VB 2005 app that looks like the VS 2005 >>IDE - in other words, an app that has multiple forms, but instead of >>displaying them seperately or in an MDI main from, I'd rather >>display them in tabs across the screen. I might have functions that >>are available to the app in the tree view on the left, then as they >>select functions it would open them in a new tab... again, almost >>exactly as the VB IDE does. >> >>My question therefore really is: Can we display Windows Forms forms >>in tabs? >> >>Tom >>-- I'm sure it's the same in vb2005, in vb2003 you do :
dim myform as new frmToGoOnTab frm.toplevel=false tabpage1.controls.add(frm) frm.dock=DockStyle.Fill ' Expands the form to fill the tabpage frm.show hth Simon -- Show quoteHide quoteSimon Verona "Tom" <tom@nospam.com> wrote in message news:u4EwroztGHA.148@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Marina: Unfortunately, that isn't really what I 'want' to do. I want to > convert an application I already coded over to this 'Visual Studio IDE' > type format. This app has 50 or so already coded forms - I really don't > want to try to convert EVERY one of those forms over to a user > control!! That would take awhile and probably cost too much for our > company to 'approve'. > > Isn't there any way to display an already-created form in a tab? How > does the VS IDE do it? > > Tom > -- > > > > Marina Levit [MVP] wrote: > >>You would want to make user controls, and put those in the tabs. >> >>"Tom" <tom@nospam.com> wrote in message >>news:ezGesUztGHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>>I'd like to create a new VB 2005 app that looks like the VS 2005 >>>IDE - in other words, an app that has multiple forms, but instead of >>>displaying them seperately or in an MDI main from, I'd rather >>>display them in tabs across the screen. I might have functions that >>>are available to the app in the tree view on the left, then as they >>>select functions it would open them in a new tab... again, almost >>>exactly as the VB IDE does. >>> >>>My question therefore really is: Can we display Windows Forms forms >>>in tabs? >>> >>>Tom >>>-- "Simon Verona" <nom***@nomail.zzz> schrieb: .... but this could cause focus/tab order problems.> I'm sure it's the same in vb2005, in vb2003 you do : > > dim myform as new frmToGoOnTab > frm.toplevel=false > tabpage1.controls.add(frm) > frm.dock=DockStyle.Fill ' Expands the form to fill the tabpage > frm.show -- M S Herfried K. Wagner M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/> V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/> Herfried,
I use this technique pretty regularly without any noticeable issues (except a little screen flickering sometimes as it loads the form). What sort of focus/tab order issues can occur? I find that once you click into the form on the tab, the tab order in the "sub-form" is as would be expected, though of course it won't tab back through the hosting form without you clicking elsewhere. Nevertheless, it's a useful way of hosting a form on a tabpage (also works for panels etc) - I use this technique quite extensively to dynamically load "forms" into panels and tabcontrols depending on logic within the code. Usercontrols obviously work better if coding from scratch.. Something else I didn't mention in my original reply is that it looks better if you hide the controlbox, and the title bar on the form when it's displayed - it looks a bit stupid otherwise! Regards Simon -- Show quoteHide quoteSimon Verona "Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message news:%23MnNBY0tGHA.1288@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > "Simon Verona" <nom***@nomail.zzz> schrieb: >> I'm sure it's the same in vb2005, in vb2003 you do : >> >> dim myform as new frmToGoOnTab >> frm.toplevel=false >> tabpage1.controls.add(frm) >> frm.dock=DockStyle.Fill ' Expands the form to fill the tabpage >> frm.show > > ... but this could cause focus/tab order problems. > > -- > M S Herfried K. Wagner > M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/> > V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/> Hi
I came across the following yesterday funnily enough - looks like it's exactly what you're looking for - I've downloaded the source but not had a chance to look over it as of yet but looks quite promising (The developer also has a template you can download called something like "Application Explorer" which looks like it goes even further towards what you're trying to achieve. http://www.cflashsoft.com/progs/mdiwinman/ Hope it helps Martin Simon Verona wrote: Show quoteHide quote > Herfried, > > I use this technique pretty regularly without any noticeable issues (except > a little screen flickering sometimes as it loads the form). > > What sort of focus/tab order issues can occur? I find that once you click > into the form on the tab, the tab order in the "sub-form" is as would be > expected, though of course it won't tab back through the hosting form > without you clicking elsewhere. > > Nevertheless, it's a useful way of hosting a form on a tabpage (also works > for panels etc) - I use this technique quite extensively to dynamically load > "forms" into panels and tabcontrols depending on logic within the code. > Usercontrols obviously work better if coding from scratch.. > > Something else I didn't mention in my original reply is that it looks better > if you hide the controlbox, and the title bar on the form when it's > displayed - it looks a bit stupid otherwise! > > Regards > Simon > > -- > Simon Verona > > "Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message > news:%23MnNBY0tGHA.1288@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > "Simon Verona" <nom***@nomail.zzz> schrieb: > >> I'm sure it's the same in vb2005, in vb2003 you do : > >> > >> dim myform as new frmToGoOnTab > >> frm.toplevel=false > >> tabpage1.controls.add(frm) > >> frm.dock=DockStyle.Fill ' Expands the form to fill the tabpage > >> frm.show > > > > ... but this could cause focus/tab order problems. > > > > -- > > M S Herfried K. Wagner > > M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/> > > V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/> I use a similar technique using a toolbar on the MDI parent, which
dynamically loads up the mdi children as you click the buttons. The software link you gave me does the same thing but using "tabs". If you wanted to have a "tabbed" control which hosted sub-forms, then this might do the trick for the OP. I have a suspicion that it would... Regards Simon -- Show quoteHide quoteSimon Verona "Pritcham" <dontwanttogivemyn***@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1154684987.354791.142920@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... > Hi > > I came across the following yesterday funnily enough - looks like it's > exactly what you're looking for - I've downloaded the source but not > had a chance to look over it as of yet but looks quite promising (The > developer also has a template you can download called something like > "Application Explorer" which looks like it goes even further towards > what you're trying to achieve. > > http://www.cflashsoft.com/progs/mdiwinman/ > > Hope it helps > Martin > > Simon Verona wrote: >> Herfried, >> >> I use this technique pretty regularly without any noticeable issues >> (except >> a little screen flickering sometimes as it loads the form). >> >> What sort of focus/tab order issues can occur? I find that once you >> click >> into the form on the tab, the tab order in the "sub-form" is as would be >> expected, though of course it won't tab back through the hosting form >> without you clicking elsewhere. >> >> Nevertheless, it's a useful way of hosting a form on a tabpage (also >> works >> for panels etc) - I use this technique quite extensively to dynamically >> load >> "forms" into panels and tabcontrols depending on logic within the code. >> Usercontrols obviously work better if coding from scratch.. >> >> Something else I didn't mention in my original reply is that it looks >> better >> if you hide the controlbox, and the title bar on the form when it's >> displayed - it looks a bit stupid otherwise! >> >> Regards >> Simon >> >> -- >> Simon Verona >> >> "Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message >> news:%23MnNBY0tGHA.1288@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> > "Simon Verona" <nom***@nomail.zzz> schrieb: >> >> I'm sure it's the same in vb2005, in vb2003 you do : >> >> >> >> dim myform as new frmToGoOnTab >> >> frm.toplevel=false >> >> tabpage1.controls.add(frm) >> >> frm.dock=DockStyle.Fill ' Expands the form to fill the tabpage >> >> frm.show >> > >> > ... but this could cause focus/tab order problems. >> > >> > -- >> > M S Herfried K. Wagner >> > M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/> >> > V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/> > Why would it take a long time? A usercontrol is really just a form that
can't be displayed on a form, but needs to be in another container. I would imagine in most cases it should be trivial to convert. In any case, it sounds like the other solution proposed will work for you. Show quoteHide quote "Tom" <tom@nospam.com> wrote in message news:u4EwroztGHA.148@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Marina: Unfortunately, that isn't really what I 'want' to do. I want to > convert an application I already coded over to this 'Visual Studio IDE' > type format. This app has 50 or so already coded forms - I really don't > want to try to convert EVERY one of those forms over to a user > control!! That would take awhile and probably cost too much for our > company to 'approve'. > > Isn't there any way to display an already-created form in a tab? How > does the VS IDE do it? > > Tom > -- > > > > Marina Levit [MVP] wrote: > >>You would want to make user controls, and put those in the tabs. >> >>"Tom" <tom@nospam.com> wrote in message >>news:ezGesUztGHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>>I'd like to create a new VB 2005 app that looks like the VS 2005 >>>IDE - in other words, an app that has multiple forms, but instead of >>>displaying them seperately or in an MDI main from, I'd rather >>>display them in tabs across the screen. I might have functions that >>>are available to the app in the tree view on the left, then as they >>>select functions it would open them in a new tab... again, almost >>>exactly as the VB IDE does. >>> >>>My question therefore really is: Can we display Windows Forms forms >>>in tabs? >>> >>>Tom >>>-- Try the DockPanel Suite at
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=110642 It's free and works pretty good. -- Show quoteHide quote------------------------------------------------------------------------ George Shubin Custom Software Development dX Software Systems Database Applications Ph: 503-981-6806 Fax: 503-982-0120 www.dxonline.com geo***@dxonline.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Tom" <tom@nospam.com> wrote in message news:ezGesUztGHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > I'd like to create a new VB 2005 app that looks like the VS 2005 IDE - > in other words, an app that has multiple forms, but instead of > displaying them seperately or in an MDI main from, I'd rather display > them in tabs across the screen. I might have functions that are > available to the app in the tree view on the left, then as they select > functions it would open them in a new tab... again, almost exactly as > the VB IDE does. > > My question therefore really is: Can we display Windows Forms forms in > tabs? > > Tom > -- > Thanks to everyone for their suggestions! I tried the original code
snippet by Simon and it does work well... However, am going to look at this DockPanel and MDIWinMan suites - they look like exactly what I was looking for! Thanks again! Tom -- Show quoteHide quoteGeorge Shubin wrote: >Try the DockPanel Suite at >http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=110642 > >It's free and works pretty good. 
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