Simple Tab question

[Kovacic]

I am looking to have a tab control with no buttons, and no tabs sticking out. I know there has to be a control to handle this, I just don't know what it is. The reason behind this is, in my full GUI, I have an image BG which hides the tab buttons, and so I want to make my own buttons to control the tabs...

here is an example I made and have been playing with:

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#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <GuiTab.au3>


global $muhval = 0
    GUICreate("My GUI Tab", 450, 350)
    $butt = Guictrlcreatebutton("SET",10,10,50,20)
    $skroll = Guictrlcreatebutton("skroll",10,30,50,20)
    $bup = Guictrlcreatebutton("up",200,40,50,20)
    $bdown = Guictrlcreatebutton("down",200,70,50,20)
    $inp = Guictrlcreateinput("0x0000",70,10, 209, 28)
    $tab = GUICtrlCreateTab(100, 100, 200, 100)
    $tab0 = GUICtrlCreateTabItem("tab0")
    GUICtrlCreateLabel("label0", 30, 80, 50, 20)
    $tab1 = GUICtrlCreateTabItem("tab1")
    GUICtrlCreateLabel("label1", 30, 80, 50, 20)
    $tab2 = GUICtrlCreateTabItem("tab2")
    GUICtrlCreateLabel("label2", 30, 80, 50, 20)
    GUISetState()
    
    ;_GUICtrlTab_SetCurFocus($tab, 1)
    ;_GUICtrlTab_SetCurSel($tab, 1)
        
    While 1
       Switch GUIGetMsg()
            Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
                ExitLoop
            Case $butt
            change()
            Case $skroll
            skroll()
            case $bup
            up()
            case $bdown
            down()
                        
        endswitch
    WEnd
func change()
Guictrlsetstyle($tab, guictrlread($inp))
guictrlsetdata($skroll, guictrlread($inp))
endfunc


func skroll()


do
$MuhVal +=1
$blah  = 0x & $muhval
Guictrlsetstyle($tab, $blah)
guictrlsetdata($skroll, $blah)
sleep(100)
until $MuhVal = 9999


endfunc


func up()
$MuhVal +=1
$blah  = 0x & $muhval
Guictrlsetstyle($tab, $blah)
guictrlsetdata($skroll, $blah)
endfunc

Func down()
$MuhVal -=1
$blah  = 0x & $muhval
Guictrlsetstyle($tab, $blah)
guictrlsetdata($skroll, $blah)
endfunc

Thanks!!

[Melba23]

Kovacic,

I would suggest using child GUIs which you hide/show as required.

M23

[Kovacic]

Kovacic,

I would suggest using child GUIs which you hide/show as required.

M23

 

I did that with my last inventory app, but this time I was kind of hoping to keep it simple, also I already have so many controls on each tab exactly where I want them. The only other option would be to put a group, or some other clear control overtop the tab buttons, or move the tab control to the top and let the buttons sit off screen. Good call on the multi GUIs though.. My inventory app worked well and looked awesome using multiple GUIs. 

[Melba23]

Kovacic,

You might be able to do something with an owner-drawn tab control - funkey has one here. Or perhaps you could use my GUIExtender UDF (the link is in my sig) which allows you to open and close sections of a GUI.

M23

[Kovacic]

Kovacic,

You might be able to do something with an owner-drawn tab control - funkey has one here. Or perhaps you could use my GUIExtender UDF (the link is in my sig) which allows you to open and close sections of a GUI.

M23

 

That pretty darn cool actually, somewhat reminiscent of what you might see with a .NET app!  I am most deff saving that... What I ended up doing was moving the tab control up to bring it off the screen slightly, then just made the buttons... It turned out nice and was fairly easy, each button turns a slight color while the tab is active.

[Melba23]

Kovacic,

Glad you like the UDF.

M23

P.S. If you were referring to funkey's excellent code, then please do not reply and let me keep my illusions.