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[grahamwebb]

Hi, I'm writing a program that will have two buttons persistent on the GUI 'next' and 'back', so the user can go forwards or backwards through a series of settings pages.

What's the best way of implementing this?!

I am considering showing and hiding the pane decorations for each each page, when the next/back buttons are pressed, perhaps using the booleans to increment or decrement the page number (and the associated indices for all the decorations). .. putting it all in a display consumer loop as part of an event driven producer consumer structure.

Just wondered if there's a better way.

Thanks

Graham

[nathand · Accepted solution]

I'd use a tab control, with the tabs hidden. When the user clicks the back or next button, move to the next or previous tab.

[grahamwebb]

Thanks. I didn't use a tab control because they have a lip around the edge that's not always easy to blend with surrounding decorations, but I made the tab larger than the displayed window, so that doesn't matter. Works a treat!

[stevem181]

> Thanks. I didn't use a tab control because they have a lip around the edge that's not always easy to blend

> with surrounding decorations, but I made the tab larger than the displayed window, so that doesn't matter.

> Works a treat!

Glad your problem is solved. If you need a borderless Tab Control in the future, you can:

- Start with a Tab Control from the Classic pallette

- Using the Paint tool, right-click on the border

- Press the "F" key - a white box outline will appear in the rectangle (lower left area of the Color Selection dialog)

- Select the "T" in the upper right corner

No more border.

steve