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Re: converting TabPanel to PagePanel (was Re: Parenting by inference is

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Subject: Re: converting TabPanel to PagePanel (was Re: Parenting by inference is unsatisfying)
From: Dr Gerard Hammond <g dot hammond at garvan dot org dot au>
Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 09:52:16 +1000
At 4:17 PM -0400 4/30/02, James Sentman wrote:

Replacing the tabpanel with a page panel required the following steps:

make the window REALLY big so that I can drag the controls off of the
various pages of the tabpanel into their own space.
...

James, please back up a step. Did you try just changing the super of your TabPanel to "PagePanel"? Why didn't this work for you? That's the intended conversion path -- dragging controls around and rebuilding your UI in a new control is (as you found) a nightmare.


Thanks for this tip, Joe.
Crikeys wish I had known that earlier
--

Cheers,

Dr Gerard Hammond
Bioinformatic Analyst
Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia.

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