Hi,

i am new to SWT and am trying to build a form with two tabs. the problem i am having is how to display certain information depending on which tab is picked. for example if they choose TAB1 then they get a button saying Open and a label saying "enter first name". however if they pick TAB2 it will display a button saying Close and a label saying "enter address". but when i put in the label code the "enter first name" label gets displayed no matter what tab i select and it also places the label inside the button making the button huge. can anyone please help me. i have attached the code i am using now.

thanks in advanced

scoobie

Code ***********************

import org.eclipse.swt.*;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.*;
public class BuildTimeLine
{
public static void main (String [] args)
{
     Display display = new Display ();
    final Shell shell = new Shell (display);
    final TabFolder tabFolder = new TabFolder (shell, SWT.BORDER);

    /* TAB 1 AND CONTENT */
    Label label1 = new Label(tabFolder, SWT.BORDER);
    label1.setText("Enter first name");
    label1.setSize(100,20);
    label1.setLocation(100,450);
    TabItem item1 = new TabItem (tabFolder, SWT.NONE);
    item1.setText ("TAB1");
    Button button1 = new Button (tabFolder, SWT.PUSH);
    button1.setText ("Open");
    item1.setControl (button1);

    /* TAB 2 AND CONTENT */
    Label label2 = new Label(tabFolder, SWT.BORDER);
    label2.setText("Enter address");
    label2.setSize(100,20);
    label2.setLocation(50,500);
    TabItem item2 = new TabItem (tabFolder, SWT.NONE);
    item2.setText ("TAB2");
    Button button2 = new Button (tabFolder, SWT.PUSH);
    button2.setText ("Close ");
    item2.setControl (button2);

    tabFolder.pack ();

    shell.pack ();
    shell.setText("TEST");
    shell.setSize(1200, 650); // setSize(w, h)
    shell.open ();
    while (!shell.isDisposed ()) {
    if (!display.readAndDispatch ()) display.sleep ();
    }
    display.dispose ();
}// end main method
}// end class

Got it to work.