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CTabCtrl is a Windows user interface control for managing a set of tab windows or tab panes. The class appears in a number of different window frame works such as MFC, WTL, and others.

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Which is preferred CTabCtrl vs. CPropertySheet in MFC?

I don't know how to use both of them. So a sample code with pros and cons is perfect. Which one is preferred? Why?
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How to change CTabCtrl tab colors?

Hello and happy new year, (it is acceptable to say it until Thursday) I am trying to change the color of the tabs in the CTabCtrl class. I am trying to create my own ReskinCTablCtrl so that I can just call it in separate classes and easily use it…
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Why is CTabCtrl background white, not the colour of the dialog

Within Visual Studio 2017 I created an MFC dialog-based application from scratch. In the dialog editor I dropped a Tab Control on then used Add Variable... to create a data member of type CTabCtrl and added a couple of lines in OnInitDialog() to…
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How to use a CTabCtrl in a MFC dialog based application?

I need to do something which i expected to be was simple - create a tab control which has 2 tabs, implying 2 modes of operation for my app. When user clicks on Tab1, he'll be presented with some buttons and textboxes, and when he clicks Tab2, some…
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How to get extra data from MFC Tab Control (TabCtrl)?

I have created an MFC dialog based application to study tab control. In a tab control it is possible to set application specific data to each tab. I am trying to understand how to set/retrieve the data for individual tabs of the tab control. Here is…
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win32 CTabctrl: Drawing "child" windows in the active tab

I have a resizable dialog that contains a CTabCtrl, the tab control has 4 tabs that when clicked on displays one of four different CTreeCtrls. I have derived a class from CTabCtrl, which keeps track of its "child" controls like so: ... class…
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CTabCtrl SetItemRect?

I want to change the size of the tabs. We have added a closing cross to our tabs, but it conflicts spaciously with the text of the tab. So far I have realized the following: GetItemRect(int i, RECT* rc) gives me the rect. What I really would like…
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Controlling Inner CTabControl Items with TAB and Arrow Keys

I have an issue Controlling CTabControl Inner tab items with TAB and Arrow keys. here is my code and a few screenshots: OnInitDialog() method of the main dialog window: BOOL PressetsDlg::OnInitDialog() { CDialogEx::OnInitDialog(); // AUTO…
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classic look of windows tab control in unicode MFC program?

I am working on an MFC dialog based program with CTabCtrl (VS2017, W10). Everything works as expected, apart from the way tabs look (convoluted story, don't ask). I need them to look like on the right, but when I created a new project with a…
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MFC: How do you Paint a CTabView Background When no tabs exist?

I what to display some text, probably using DrawText() on to the CTabView client area when no tabs exist to explain why they don't exist. However, CTabView::OnPaint() is not called except once at the app startup. Also when all tabs hidden the…
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ChildWindowFromPoint unable to get button/text hwnd inside a tab dialog - MFC

I am working on how to get the window handle by using the mouse cursor pointing on the window. The problem is I cannot get the button/text which is inside a tab dialog. I used Spy++ to get the hierarchy, there are 3 layers to reach the desired…
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Setting the bar of a CTabCtrl to transparent

I have a CTabCtrl and I am using WindowsBlinds to skin my computer GUI. This is a MFC CDialog object. Is there anything I can do in code so that the grey area renders transparent? I tried setting the transparent resource property but it did not…
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MFC CListCtrl does not appear after minimise-restore

Let me say at outset that I'm using old technology by today's standards! This happens in MFC on Visual Studio 2005 and running under WinXP. (If it 'aint broke.... ;-) ) I have a dialog based app which has a CTabCtrl with two tabs. Each contains a…
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How to draw Focus Border to a specific Tab in MFC TabControl

I was trying to Manually Set Focus border to Tabs selected using SetCurSel() API. But While doing so i also wanted to set the Keyboard Focus(Dotted Border Focus around the Tab as shown in Picture). All I could achieve is Tab selection using…
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MFC: Adding CListView tab to a CTabView (CBCGPTabView) on request doesn't call CMyListView::OnInitialUpdate()

I have a CMyTabView derived from CBCGPTabView (CTabView) that I want to add tabs to on the fly. The tab being added will be a CMyListView derived from CListView. If I add the tab during CMyTabView::OnCreate() it works fine. If I try to do it via…
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