Changing color on tabs within a form

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On Aug 4, 2011 2:02 PM, "bw2868bond" <bwalker@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hmm - didnt think of overlaying the tab with another control - of course
it is probably impossible to place anything there....
>
> I ended up setting the background color of the panel and then
showing/activating it or closing it depending on the condition.
>

How about a lower tech solution? Why not add a asterisk to the tab name when
there's a comment?

Mark W.


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I have been given a request to add a new tab under the Comments tab in Part Maintenance called General. That part is done. Now the user is asking if I can change the color on the tab itself if comments have been entered.

I know the color of the entire sheet can be changed, but I don't see a way to affect the tab.

Has anyone ever done this?
3
You can probably do it with the Rule Wizard, if you use a custom action.

Just get an instance of the tab and change the color. Should be fairly
trivial

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On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 12:07 PM, subzerovi <MKSubZero82@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> I have been given a request to add a new tab under the Comments tab in Part
> Maintenance called General. That part is done. Now the user is asking if I
> can change the color on the tab itself if comments have been entered.
>
> I know the color of the entire sheet can be changed, but I don't see a way
> to affect the tab.
>
> Has anyone ever done this?
>
>
>


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In V8, getting an instance of the tab is not a trivial thing...
I too, searched for a way to just alter the tab portion of the panel/sheet and was unable to come up with one. If anyone has has come up with a way, could you share with the group?

bw

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Jose Gomez <jose@...> wrote:
>
> You can probably do it with the Rule Wizard, if you use a custom action.
>
> Just get an instance of the tab and change the color. Should be fairly
> trivial
>
> *Jose C Gomez*
> *Software Engineer*
> *
> *
> *checkout my new blog <http://www.usdoingstuff.com> *
> *
> *T: 904.469.1524 mobile
> E: jose@...
> http://www.josecgomez.com
> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/josecgomez> <http://www.facebook.com/josegomez>
> <http://www.google.com/profiles/jose.gomez> <http://www.twitter.com/joc85>
> <http://www.josecgomez.com/professional-resume/>
> <http://www.josecgomez.com/feed/>
> <http://www.usdoingstuff.com>
>
> *Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?*
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 12:07 PM, subzerovi <MKSubZero82@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > I have been given a request to add a new tab under the Comments tab in Part
> > Maintenance called General. That part is done. Now the user is asking if I
> > can change the color on the tab itself if comments have been entered.
> >
> > I know the color of the entire sheet can be changed, but I don't see a way
> > to affect the tab.
> >
> > Has anyone ever done this?
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
5
Actually I just looked into it a bit, the control doesn't expose that
property even if you could get a hold of it. The only way to do it is to
override the OnPaint method. Which frankly is too much.

only thing I can recommend is maybe making a little square label and put it
on top of the tab on the corner and have it change colors.. That would work.


*Jose C Gomez*
*Software Engineer*
*
*
*checkout my new blog <http://www.usdoingstuff.com> *
*
*T: 904.469.1524 mobile
E: jose@...
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<http://www.google.com/profiles/jose.gomez> <http://www.twitter.com/joc85>
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<http://www.usdoingstuff.com>

*Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?*



On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 1:26 PM, bw2868bond <bwalker@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> In V8, getting an instance of the tab is not a trivial thing...
> I too, searched for a way to just alter the tab portion of the panel/sheet
> and was unable to come up with one. If anyone has has come up with a way,
> could you share with the group?
>
> bw
>
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Jose Gomez <jose@...> wrote:
> >
> > You can probably do it with the Rule Wizard, if you use a custom action.
> >
> > Just get an instance of the tab and change the color. Should be fairly
> > trivial
> >
> > *Jose C Gomez*
> > *Software Engineer*
> > *
> > *
> > *checkout my new blog <http://www.usdoingstuff.com> *
> > *
> > *T: 904.469.1524 mobile
> > E: jose@...
> > http://www.josecgomez.com
> > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/josecgomez> <
> http://www.facebook.com/josegomez>
> > <http://www.google.com/profiles/jose.gomez> <
> http://www.twitter.com/joc85>
> > <http://www.josecgomez.com/professional-resume/>
> > <http://www.josecgomez.com/feed/>
> > <http://www.usdoingstuff.com>
> >
> > *Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?*
>
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 12:07 PM, subzerovi <MKSubZero82@...> wrote:
> >
> > > **
> > >
> > >
> > > I have been given a request to add a new tab under the Comments tab in
> Part
> > > Maintenance called General. That part is done. Now the user is asking
> if I
> > > can change the color on the tab itself if comments have been entered.
> > >
> > > I know the color of the entire sheet can be changed, but I don't see a
> way
> > > to affect the tab.
> > >
> > > Has anyone ever done this?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>


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Hmm - didnt think of overlaying the tab with another control - of course it is probably impossible to place anything there....

I ended up setting the background color of the panel and then showing/activating it or closing it depending on the condition.

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Jose Gomez <jose@...> wrote:
>
> Actually I just looked into it a bit, the control doesn't expose that
> property even if you could get a hold of it. The only way to do it is to
> override the OnPaint method. Which frankly is too much.
>
> only thing I can recommend is maybe making a little square label and put it
> on top of the tab on the corner and have it change colors.. That would work.
>
>
> *Jose C Gomez*
> *Software Engineer*
> *
> *
> *checkout my new blog <http://www.usdoingstuff.com> *
> *
> *T: 904.469.1524 mobile
> E: jose@...
> http://www.josecgomez.com
> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/josecgomez> <http://www.facebook.com/josegomez>
> <http://www.google.com/profiles/jose.gomez> <http://www.twitter.com/joc85>
> <http://www.josecgomez.com/professional-resume/>
> <http://www.josecgomez.com/feed/>
> <http://www.usdoingstuff.com>
>
> *Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?*
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 1:26 PM, bw2868bond <bwalker@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > In V8, getting an instance of the tab is not a trivial thing...
> > I too, searched for a way to just alter the tab portion of the panel/sheet
> > and was unable to come up with one. If anyone has has come up with a way,
> > could you share with the group?
> >
> > bw
> >
> >
> > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Jose Gomez <jose@> wrote:
> > >
> > > You can probably do it with the Rule Wizard, if you use a custom action.
> > >
> > > Just get an instance of the tab and change the color. Should be fairly
> > > trivial
> > >
> > > *Jose C Gomez*
> > > *Software Engineer*
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *checkout my new blog <http://www.usdoingstuff.com> *
> > > *
> > > *T: 904.469.1524 mobile
> > > E: jose@
> > > http://www.josecgomez.com
> > > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/josecgomez> <
> > http://www.facebook.com/josegomez>
> > > <http://www.google.com/profiles/jose.gomez> <
> > http://www.twitter.com/joc85>
> > > <http://www.josecgomez.com/professional-resume/>
> > > <http://www.josecgomez.com/feed/>
> > > <http://www.usdoingstuff.com>
> > >
> > > *Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?*
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 12:07 PM, subzerovi <MKSubZero82@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > **
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I have been given a request to add a new tab under the Comments tab in
> > Part
> > > > Maintenance called General. That part is done. Now the user is asking
> > if I
> > > > can change the color on the tab itself if comments have been entered.
> > > >
> > > > I know the color of the entire sheet can be changed, but I don't see a
> > way
> > > > to affect the tab.
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone ever done this?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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You cn place a contorl there I did it, it looks kid of funky but if you do a
small enough say a 4 by 4 pixel square its probably ok

*Jose C Gomez*
*Software Engineer*
*
*
*checkout my new blog <http://www.usdoingstuff.com> *
*
*T: 904.469.1524 mobile
E: jose@...
http://www.josecgomez.com
<http://www.linkedin.com/in/josecgomez> <http://www.facebook.com/josegomez>
<http://www.google.com/profiles/jose.gomez> <http://www.twitter.com/joc85>
<http://www.josecgomez.com/professional-resume/>
<http://www.josecgomez.com/feed/>
<http://www.usdoingstuff.com>

*Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?*



On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 2:02 PM, bw2868bond <bwalker@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Hmm - didnt think of overlaying the tab with another control - of course it
> is probably impossible to place anything there....
>
> I ended up setting the background color of the panel and then
> showing/activating it or closing it depending on the condition.
>
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Jose Gomez <jose@...> wrote:
> >
> > Actually I just looked into it a bit, the control doesn't expose that
> > property even if you could get a hold of it. The only way to do it is to
> > override the OnPaint method. Which frankly is too much.
> >
> > only thing I can recommend is maybe making a little square label and put
> it
> > on top of the tab on the corner and have it change colors.. That would
> work.
> >
> >
> > *Jose C Gomez*
> > *Software Engineer*
> > *
> > *
> > *checkout my new blog <http://www.usdoingstuff.com> *
> > *
> > *T: 904.469.1524 mobile
> > E: jose@...
> > http://www.josecgomez.com
> > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/josecgomez> <
> http://www.facebook.com/josegomez>
> > <http://www.google.com/profiles/jose.gomez> <
> http://www.twitter.com/joc85>
> > <http://www.josecgomez.com/professional-resume/>
> > <http://www.josecgomez.com/feed/>
> > <http://www.usdoingstuff.com>
> >
> > *Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?*
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 1:26 PM, bw2868bond <bwalker@...> wrote:
> >
> > > **
> > >
> > >
> > > In V8, getting an instance of the tab is not a trivial thing...
> > > I too, searched for a way to just alter the tab portion of the
> panel/sheet
> > > and was unable to come up with one. If anyone has has come up with a
> way,
> > > could you share with the group?
> > >
> > > bw
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Jose Gomez <jose@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > You can probably do it with the Rule Wizard, if you use a custom
> action.
> > > >
> > > > Just get an instance of the tab and change the color. Should be
> fairly
> > > > trivial
> > > >
> > > > *Jose C Gomez*
> > > > *Software Engineer*
> > > > *
> > > > *
> > > > *checkout my new blog <http://www.usdoingstuff.com> *
> > > > *
> > > > *T: 904.469.1524 mobile
> > > > E: jose@
> > > > http://www.josecgomez.com
> > > > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/josecgomez> <
> > > http://www.facebook.com/josegomez>
> > > > <http://www.google.com/profiles/jose.gomez> <
> > > http://www.twitter.com/joc85>
> > > > <http://www.josecgomez.com/professional-resume/>
> > > > <http://www.josecgomez.com/feed/>
> > > > <http://www.usdoingstuff.com>
> > > >
> > > > *Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?*
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 12:07 PM, subzerovi <MKSubZero82@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > **
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I have been given a request to add a new tab under the Comments tab
> in
> > > Part
> > > > > Maintenance called General. That part is done. Now the user is
> asking
> > > if I
> > > > > can change the color on the tab itself if comments have been
> entered.
> > > > >
> > > > > I know the color of the entire sheet can be changed, but I don't
> see a
> > > way
> > > > > to affect the tab.
> > > > >
> > > > > Has anyone ever done this?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>


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