Create Tabbed MDI Interface

I am using C# 2005 to develop an Windows application. I am planning to use a Tab Container to display the child forms. I have used a Menu Strip to display the menu and have set IsMDIContainer = true property of the MainMenu form. The MainMenu form also contains a Tab Control and I plan to display all child forms as Tap Pages in the Tab Control.
Till now I have been able to add Tab Pages when the user chooses a menu option. But I don't know how to display the child form itself within the Tab Page.
I have used the following code in the menu click event.

 

frmPurchaseEntry PurchaseEntry = new frmPurchaseEntry;
PurchaseEntry.MdiParent = this;
PurchaseEntry.TabCtrl = tabControl1;

TabPage tpPurchaseEntry = new TabPage();
tpPurchaseEntry.Parent = tabControl1;

tpPurchaseEntry.Text = "Purchase Entry";
tpPurchaseEntry.Show();

PurchaseEntry.TabPag = tpPurchaseEntry;
PurchaseEntry.Show();
tabControl1.SelectedTab = tpPurchaseEntry;

How can I display the child form properly in the Tab Page?? I don't want a File -> New type of application, where menu click event displays the same (blank) form. My menu options should each display a unique/distinct form.
Thank You.
Lalit Kumar Barik

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Mikhail16y ago
I use the WinControl for this purpose. Download it's source and DLL from wincontrol.rapidscada.ru
David Azzopardi17y ago
Hi,

Try the below code to add a form to a tab page.

Form1 frm = new Form1();

frm.TopLevel = false;
frm.Visible = true;
frm.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.None;
frm.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;

tabControl1.TabPages[0].Controls.Add(frm);

Hope this helps.

Cheers
Dave