[RESOLVED] Hiding Tabpages

[Quasar6]

Hello all.

I need to hide a few tab pages in a tab control (Visual C# 2005 Express), but keep the controls in them active.

More specifically, I have a large set of of databound labels that I have been using as 'shortcuts' in code to access the data they display. They are kept in a few seperate tab pages called "HiddenData1", "HiddenData2", etc, which are all inaccessable to the user.

This data access technique has worked quite well for me so far, but the visible "HiddenData" tabs are an aesthetic nightmare (even though they're not accessable, they're still visible). Unlike most controls, tab pages seem not to have a simple "Visible" property.

Any ideas to fix this little problem would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Qu.

[Techno]

hmm. is there a reason why you want to do this?

[Quasar6]

That was fast. Thanks, I'll try that.

[Techno]

sorry i updated my post. after checking, the hide and show methods do not seem to work... can i ask what the reason is for you doing this?

[Techno]

after further investigation the only way is to remove those tab pages and re-add them later on.

[Quasar6]

Sadly, that didn't work.

The help file on Hide() says that it is equivilent to simply setting the Visible property to false, and since Tab pages don't have a Visible property, I assume that's why it didn't work...

Thanks for the suggestion, though.

Any other ideas?

[Quasar6]

Oh, sorry: You'd already answered. Disregard my last.

I'll try removing and re-adding, and see what effect that has on the databound labels (I mentioned those in the OP).

[Quasar6]

Awesome! I got it working: apparently you can still access a tab page's controls even after said tab page has been removed from it's parent tabcontrol.

Thanks for your help, Techno. Thread resolved.

[Techno]

no worries, glad I could help

[Quasar6]

Oh no, I was wrong! I got confused by the fact that the DataGridView on the hidden pages was still working, and the databound labels were working before it was hidden, but not after (meaning that the first item showed properly, but all the others didn't).

Turns out it doesn't work after all! *sigh* Oh well, I'll keep looking for a way to get it working. Thanks anyway.