converting activeX tabs to dotNet tabs in maxScript (repost)
This is an other repost from an old blog.. i figure i transfer it over 🙂
Ok, so i started updating some scripts that I’ve used tabs for, this is what i have found so far.
the dot net controller syntax for tabs is..
dotNetControl axList "System.Windows.Forms.Tabcontrol"
this makes a tab controller with the variable name of axList
the previous activeX controller would make the tab group and give you one default tab, this is not the same for dotNet tabs. in dotNet Tabs you have to create each tab your self.
adding new tabs is very easy, here’s the syntax to add tabs….
Tab = axList.tabPages.add "myAwsomeTab"
tab information can be access through “tabPages”, for example to query how many tabs there are in the tab controller you can do this…
numberOfTabs = axList.tabPages.count
to query individual tabs you have to use add “.Item” and then the index of the node you want to acess, (keep in mind that dot net controller arrays start at 0 and not at 1 like activeX and maxscript arrays)
firstTab = axList.tapPages.item[0]
this will store the first tab in the tab controller to in the variable first Tab.
if you need to query the or change the selected node there are now two methods to do this
selectedIndex = axlist.selectedIndex selectedTab = axlist.selectedTab
the last thing i found out is some simple way of changing the appearance of your tabs.
tabStyle = dotNetClass "System.Windows.Forms.TabAppearance"
this give you a dot net class from which you can apply 1 of the the following 3 styles
apClass.buttons apClass.flatButtons apClass.normal
this is how you apply the flatButtons style to your tab controller.
tabStyle = dotNetClass "System.Windows.Forms.TabAppearance" axlist.Appearance = apClass.flatButtons
this is what I’ve run into today, i don’t like how the tab’s are highlighted by default when selected i don’t think it is obvious enough. i will play around and see if a can find some good methods of changing that, i might play around with changing the color of selected nodes or something until then, good luck and good night.
cheers,
Los.