Disabling a Tab sheet

[Clark]

$Form1 = GUICreate("Entity Tracker", 606, 425, 500, 241,-1, $WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES)

$Tab1 = GUICtrlCreateTab(0, 0, 625, 441)

$TabSheet1 = GUICtrlCreateTabItem("Tracker")

I was hoping to to be able to disable (i.e. prevent a user from activating the tabsheet) by:

GUICtrlSetState($TabSheet1, $GUI_DISABLE)

But this doesn't work. (Or at least I can't get it to work).

I've checked the help files and searched but can't seem to see an obvious and easy solution to this, but I'm sure one must exist.

Hoping someone might know how to do this.

[JLogan3o13]

I believe you would need to move up a level, and disable the tab ($Tab1), not the tab item ($TabSheet1).

[Clark]

Unfortunately that seems to disable all tabsheets, rather than let me specificy which tab sheets I wish to disable.

[johnmcloud]

You can't disable, but you can avoid from clicking

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

Global $afTabSheets[3] = [True, False, False]

$Gui = GUICreate("Tab",450, 300)
$Tab1 = GUICtrlCreateTab(20, 24, 425, 201)
$TabSheet1 = GUICtrlCreateTabItem("Tab1")
$TabSheet2 = GUICtrlCreateTabItem("Tab2")
$TabSheet3 = GUICtrlCreateTabItem("Tab3")
GUISetState()

While 1
    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            ExitLoop
        Case $Tab1
            If $afTabSheets[GUICtrlRead($Tab1)] = False Then
                _Lock_Tab()
            EndIf
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Func _Lock_Tab()
    For $i = 0 To 3
        If $afTabSheets[$i] = True Then
            GUICtrlSetState($TabSheet1 + $i, $GUI_SHOW)
            Return
        EndIf
    Next
EndFunc

[Clark]

Thanks.

It looks like I will have to just prevent them from clicking in there like you say.

Perhaps by using some conditional colouring I can make it look like it is disabled.

[Melba23]

Clark,

by using some conditional colouring I can make it look like it is disabled

Then you might find this of interest.

M23

[Clark]

Thanks Melba