C#

Latheesan wrote:

I have an array of tabpages and shtbs because, i want to be able to many many instances of tabs with richtextboxes inside them, dynamically on demand.

private void AddTabs ( int tabNumber )
{
    System.Windows.Forms.TabPage tabPage = null ;
    System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox shtb;

    tabControl.SuspendLayout() ;

    tabControl.Controls.Clear() ;

    for (int i = 0; i < tabNumber; i++)
    {
        // Create a new tab
        tabPage = new System.Windows.Forms.TabPage();
        tabPage.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(4, 22);
        tabPage.Name = "tabPage" + i.ToString();
        tabPage.Padding = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(3);
        tabPage.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(403, 386);
        tabPage.TabIndex = i;
        tabPage.Text = "tabPage " + i.ToString();
        tabPage.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;

        // Create a new RichTextBox inside the tab
        shtb = new System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox();
        shtb.Name = "shtb" + i.ToString();
        shtb.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0);
        shtb.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill;

        // Add Tab and RichTextBox Control
        tabPage.Controls.Add(shtb);
        tabControl.Controls.Add(tabPage);

        // Reset of tabControl
        tabPage.SuspendLayout();
        tabPage.ResumeLayout(false);
    }

    this.Text = "TabText1 - " + tabPage.Text;

    tabControl.SelectedIndex = tabControl.Controls.Count - 1;

    tabControl.ResumeLayout() ;
}

for (int i = 0; i < tabNumber; i++)<br />
            {<br />
                // Create a new tab<br />
                tabPages[i] = new TabPage();<br />
                tabPages[i].Location = new System.Drawing.Point(4, 22);<br />
                tabPages[i].Name = "tabPage" + i.ToString();<br />
                tabPages[i].Padding = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(3);<br />
                tabPages[i].Size = new System.Drawing.Size(403, 386);<br />
                tabPages[i].TabIndex = i;<br />
                tabPages[i].Text = "tabPage " + i.ToString();<br />
                tabPages[i].UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;<br />
<br />
                // Create a new RichTextBox inside the tab<br />
                shtb[i] = new SyntaxHighlightingTextBox();<br />
                shtb[i].Name = "shtb" + i.ToString();<br />
                shtb[i].Location = new Point(0, 0);<br />
                shtb[i].Dock = DockStyle.Fill;<br />
<br />
                // Add Tab and RichTextBox Control<br />
                tabPages[i].Controls.Add(shtb[i]);<br />
                tabControl.Controls.Add(tabPages[i]);<br />
                <br />
                // Reset of tabControl<br />
                tabPages[i].SuspendLayout();<br />
                tabPages[i].ResumeLayout(false);<br />
                int counter = tabControl.Controls.Count;<br />
                tabControl.SelectedIndex = counter - 1;<br />
                this.Text = "TabText1 - " + tabPages[i].Text;<br />
            }

Christian Graus wrote:

Just create a new user control in the wizard