How do I create a TabControl having a number of tabs, but a single TabSheet? I want to change the contents of the single TabPage according to the selected tab.

That's not really the way the TabControl works, as I suspect you have found.

If you really want to do this then your best bet might be to simply have a groupbox with a selection of toggle buttons in, rather than trying to use the TabControl.

/- Sam Judson : Wrox Technical Editor -/

Thanks Sam. I am new to Visual C# from Borland C++ Builder. I was looking for something similar to the Builder TTabControl which is convenient for displaying a variety of datasets in using a single datagrid, the contents of which is changed according to the selected tab. The tab format makes it suitable for dynamic configuration (i.e. adding or removing tabs).

The equivalent to the .Net TabControl in Borland is the TPageControl I believe.

/- Sam Judson : Wrox Technical Editor -/

There's nothing to stop you from replicating that behavior with a tab control, but it will involve dropping separate datagrids onto each tab. You'll be using multiple controls to mimic the effect of having one control that displays different behavior depending on the tab selected.

As Sam said, the more functional way to solve the problem in .NET is to use a different control to manipulate the datagrid results, typically a form component. That's the more elegant solution in .NET unless you really like using the tab interface, in which case, yes, you're sort of trying to horseshoe that functionality into your application. Or you could try doing some custom component building. :D I think it's fun, but then I'm a geek so what do you expect.

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