A highly configurable MDI tab control from scratch

Eduardo Oliveira

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4 Jul 2011CPOL5 min read

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A completely configurable tab control to use as tabbed MDI forms.

mditabcontrol.zip
- MdiTabControl
  - _UpgradeReport_Files
    - UpgradeReport.css
    - UpgradeReport.xslt
    - UpgradeReport_Minus.gif
    - UpgradeReport_Plus.gif
  - Backup
    - MdiTabControl.sln
    - MdiTabControl
      - ControlButton.Designer.vb
      - ControlButton.vb
      - MdiTabControl.vbproj
      - MdiTabControl.vbproj.user
      - My Project
        
        Application.Designer.vb
        
        Application.myapp
        
        AssemblyInfo.vb
        
        Resources.Designer.vb
        
        Resources.resx
        
        Settings.Designer.vb
        
        Settings.settings
      - TabControl.Designer.vb
      - TabControl.resx
      - TabControl.vb
      - TabPage.Designer.vb
      - TabPage.vb
    - MdiTabControlTest
      - Detail.designer.vb
      - Detail.resx
      - Detail.vb
      - MainForm.designer.vb
      - MainForm.resx
      - MainForm.vb
      - MdiTabControlTest.vbproj
      - MdiTabControlTest.vbproj.user
      - My Project
        
        Application.Designer.vb
        
        Application.myapp
        
        AssemblyInfo.vb
        
        Resources.Designer.vb
        
        Resources.resx
        
        Settings.Designer.vb
        
        Settings.settings
      - Resources
        
        Close.png
        
        CloseDisabled.png
        
        CloseHot.png
      - SearchForm.designer.vb
      - SearchForm.resx
      - SearchForm.vb
  - design.png
  - LastChanges.txt
  - MdiTabControl.png
  - MdiTabControl.sln
  - MdiTabControl
    - bin
      - Debug
        
        MdiTabControl.dll
    - ControlButton.Designer.vb
    - ControlButton.vb
    - MdiTabControl.vbproj
    - MdiTabControl.vbproj.user
    - My Project
      - Application.Designer.vb
      - Application.myapp
      - AssemblyInfo.vb
      - Resources.Designer.vb
      - Resources.resx
      - Settings.Designer.vb
      - Settings.settings
    - obj
      - Debug
        
        TempPE
    - TabControl.Designer.vb
    - TabControl.resx
    - TabControl.vb
    - TabPage.Designer.vb
    - TabPage.vb
  - MdiTabControlTest
    - bin
      - Debug
        
        MdiTabControl.dll
        
        MdiTabControlTest.exe
        
        MdiTabControlTest.vshost.exe
        
        MdiTabControlTest.vshost.exe.manifest
        
        MdiTabControlTest.xml
    - Detail.designer.vb
    - Detail.resx
    - Detail.vb
    - MainForm.designer.vb
    - MainForm.resx
    - MainForm.vb
    - MdiTabControlTest.vbproj
    - MdiTabControlTest.vbproj.user
    - My Project
      - Application.Designer.vb
      - Application.myapp
      - AssemblyInfo.vb
      - Resources.Designer.vb
      - Resources.resx
      - Settings.Designer.vb
      - Settings.settings
    - obj
      - Debug
        
        TempPE
    - Resources
      - Close.png
      - CloseDisabled.png
      - CloseHot.png
    - SearchForm.designer.vb
    - SearchForm.resx
    - SearchForm.vb
  - UpgradeLog.XML
mditabcontrol1.zip
- New Text Document.txt

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<SettingsFile xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2004/01/settings" CurrentProfile="(Default)" UseMySettingsClassName="true">
  <Profiles>
    <Profile Name="(Default)" />
  </Profiles>
  <Settings />
</SettingsFile>

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Eduardo Oliveira

Software Developer (Senior)

Canada

Eduardo Oliveira graduated in Computer Systems Analysis in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil in 1990.
He has been working as Programmer Analyst since.
In 2001 immigrated to Canada and today lives in Calgary and works with .NET and SQL server, developing desktop and web applications.

A highly configurable MDI tab control from scratch

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