RichS
Wed Jan 26 06:57:03 CST 2005
Oh well, thanks for the response.
I originally started with my own TabControl, but decided to try to exploit
the WindowsForms TabControl hoping that it would be better.
I know that the use of my TabControl is going to be very limited so may I
can hack together something pretty quick.
regards,
Rich.
"Mick Doherty" wrote:
> With the amount of work involved and the limitations you are going to face,
> I would suggest recreating the TabControl from scratch, i.e. do not inherit
> from TabControl. It's something I've started to do several times, but I keep
> getting distracted by other projects.
>
> If you really want to play around with the TabControl, then you'll find an
> example of working with the HitTest method on my site. I have only used it
> in the designer, but you can use the same method in the control itself. It
> will need a little work to be used as you wish to use it, but I do not know
> of any other example.
>
http://dotnetrix.co.uk/tabcontrols.html --> TabControl using custom
> tabpages.
>
> When taking full responsibility for drawing the tabcontrol, you will find
> that the tabitemstrip does not resize in proportion to the font. For this
> reason you may want to handle the message TCM_ADJUSTRECT so that you can
> modify the size of the tabpage to give you more Non-Client Area. You could
> send a WM_SETFONT message to the tabcontrol so as to change it's font size
> internally, but you will find the method to be unreliable due to differences
> between System.Drawing.Font and Win32 LogFont. This is the method I used in
> the TabControlEX that is available from my Controls section.
>
> --
> Mick Doherty
>
http://dotnetrix.co.uk/nothing.html
>
>
> "RichS" <RichS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3EBD4FD6-1202-45D0-A725-58A050497688@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > [ BTW I'm using C# ]
> >
> > I am trying to create a custom style tab control. I've managed to code it
> > so far so that I can custom draw the TabPage dividers ( the buttons at the
> > top of the TabControl that select the TabPage ).
> >
> > My ultimate goal is to have fancy style TabPage dividers which overlap.
> > I've created a Polygon ( GraphicsPath ) to draw these, but cant work out
> > how
> > to perform the HitTest of overlapping dividers ( the standard control
> > works
> > off rectangles only - which is useless for my overlapping dividers!! ).
> >
> > Can I intercept the HitTest message - so that I can test against my
> > Polygon
> > ( GraphicsPath ) and then set the SelectedTab myself ? If so a bit of
> > sample
> > could would be great.
> >
> > regards,
> > Rich.
> >
> >
>
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