TabStrip problem

-->frame array located on the second tab strip, right?
There is only one tabstrip box on the form.  Help me out here, should there be 2?

jdvh

It should work this way :
(... however I don't have VB at this PC to test my suggestion ... )


Private Sub TabStrip1_Click()

     Frame1(TabStrip1.SelectedItem.Index -1).Zorder 0

     ' frame index 0 ... n
     ' tabstrip index 1 ... n+1
End Sub

BrianBender:
As I mentioned, I am using frames inside the tabstrip box as containers.  I think you may have hit on something though...  I dont think my form is designed correctly....
I removed the frame1(X) control array, added a frame1 and a frame2 control (not an array), and used this code;

Private Sub TabStrip1_Click()
If TabStrip1.SelectedItem.Index = 1 Then
    Frame2.Visible = False
    Frame1.Visible = True
ElseIf TabStrip1.SelectedItem.Index = 2 Then
    Frame1.Visible = False
    Frame2.Visible = True
   
End If
End Sub

and it seems to be working.  Can I not use an array of frames in the tabstrip control?

NiniBini:
The MSDN document said not to use Zorder because hot keys from hidden frames would still be active, it said to use the hide/show method instead.

jdvh

try this:

Private Sub TabStrip1_Click()
   dim i as integer

   for i=lbound(frame1) to ubound(frame1)
      if (TabStrip1.SelectedItem.Index -1)=i then
          frame1(i).visible=true
      else
           frame1(i).visible=false
      end if
   next i

     ' frame index 0 ... n
     ' tabstrip index 1 ... n+1

End Sub

Check that you do not have one frame inside another.

if so when one frame is made invisible then the whole lot dissapears

Both frames should be children of the form and not each other

delloro:
that is my problem...  when I create a frame array, the 2nd frame (frame1(1)) is placed inside of the 1st frame (frame1(0) and it won't let me move it outside of the other frame.  How do I tell VB not to do this?

jdvh

Delete the Frame inside the other Frame,

Click on the Form where the first Frame exists and then Drag a New Frame onto the Form.

Ok, it works now...  it seems like, if the coordinates of the 2nd frame reside within the 1st frame when you copy and paste it, then 2nd frame becomes part of 1st frame.

I guess it was a form design problem, thanks for all of your help!

I will give points to brianbender, since he was first to mention a form design problem.  Anyone object to that?

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