Tab Control Defines

[Paul_Knight_Lockheed_Mart]

I have two tab controls on my main panel, both are loaded with the same uir which gets the same controls and callback functions.

When I execute the same callback from the different tab controls i get

panel = 4 control = 93 from the 1st tab control and

panel = 13 control = 93 from the 2nd tab control.

This is what I was expecting.

The control is defined in the .h file for the uir as  #define  LASER_SEED_ENABLE                93

My question is are there define constants that I can use for the panels (4 and 13)? 

How does the tab control determine the panel number?  Is there an include file or is the panel number determined at runtime?

[Wolfgang]

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@Paul_Knight_Lockheed_Mart wrote:
 

My question is are there define constants that I can use for the panels (4 and 13)? 

How does the tab control determine the panel number?  Is there an include file or is the panel number determined at runtime?

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Hi,

you should better not use constants because every time you edit the UI you are at risk that the assignment of control/panel id's is changed. At run time, you can obtain the panel handle of tab panels using

GetPanelHandleFromTabPage ( main_panel_handle, PANEL_TAB, 0, &tabpanel_1_handle );

Note that control ids are not unique, only the combination of panel id / control id is.

In the UI editor, you can use the menu View / Preview User Interface Header File.

Hope it helps.

[Paul_Knight_Lockheed_Mart]

Wolfgang,

That is my worry that the panel numbers will change from 4 and 13 depending on editing the UI.  I need to make a decision based on whether the panel is from 1st tab control or the 2nd tab control.  I don't want to code if(panel == 4).   I want to code something like if(panel == TAB1PANEL).  That way if UI is changed, I don't have to change the code.

[Wolfgang]

Yes

But why don't you like using GetPanelHandleFromTabPage? It can tell you the tab panel handles for all your tab panels at run time; call it when your program starts up, after loading the UI. You can then use if ( panel == tabpanel_1_handle ) as requested...

[Paul_Knight_Lockheed_Mart]

The values I get from GetPanelHandleFromTabPage are 113930140 and 1600061440.  How do they compare with 4 and 13 from the panel variable in the callback function?

[Paul_Knight_Lockheed_Mart]

Does it make any deference that I am using easytab.fp to create the tabs?

[Wolfgang · Accepted solution]

yes, it does... Sorry, I have assumed you're using the native tab controls. Let me suggest moving your code...

[Paul_Knight_Lockheed_Mart]

I used to do the native code, then I from the easytab.  Let me convert it.

[Paul_Knight_Lockheed_Mart]

Wolfgang,

Moving the code back to the native tab controls work.

Thanks for your help.

Paul

[Wolfgang]

You're welcome!