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Tab Controls in Win32

darkchrono4 · 2003-12-02T13:20:27

I would like to add a tab strip to the program I''m working on. But everything I find is in MFC. I want to do it the hard way and reinvent the wheel. Is there any kind of tutorials on tab strips for Win32?

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Started by darkchrono4 November 29, 2003 03:21 AM

12 comments, last by darkchrono4 20 years, 4 months ago

Colin Jeanne

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December 01, 2003 10:56 PM

There aren''t separate handles for each tab. You change what controls are displayed when you receive TCN_SELCHANGE.

Colin Jeanne | Invader''s Realm

darkchrono4

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December 02, 2003 12:28 AM

I''m using a NMHDR struct in the WM_NOTIFY message so that I know when a tab has changed. I check the .code parameter to see if a tab has actually changed. I gather from MSDN that .idFrom is the ID of the actual tab that has focus. But when I try to get this info it always comes up as a zero when I switch tabs. Is there a little more that I''m supposed to do?

Colin Jeanne

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December 02, 2003 01:55 AM

You are supposed to use TabCtrl_GetCurSel() to find out which tab is selected now.

Colin Jeanne | Invader''s Realm

darkchrono4

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December 02, 2003 01:20 PM

Thanks! I got it figured out.

case WM_NOTIFY:     lpnmhdr = (LPNMHDR)lParam;     if (lpnmhdr->code == TCN_SELCHANGE)     {          i = TabCtrl_GetCurSel(g_hwndTab);		/* Update display for new tab */     }     return 0;