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Wed, 02/10/2010 - 07:17 am

Hi,

I am working on a panel where I'm using tabs. Is there a way to use the /FLT=1 in the NewPanel command. I would like to have the Tab panel and the floating option in the same time.

Thanks
Maybe I've misunderstood something- tabs are a type of control. You can put a tab control (or more than one!) into any control panel, including floating panels.

Floating panels behave a little bit strangely with regard to editing, so you might want to develop your panel as a non-floating panel, then convert to floating when the panel is stable.

John Weeks
WaveMetrics, Inc.
support@wavemetrics.com

February 10, 2010 at 12:59 pm - Permalink

Hello,

Thank you for the reply. So, when I do :

NewPanel /K=1 /W=(500,500,940,800) as " Spec Import Control " ---> all compiles OK!

when I use:

NewPanel /K=1 /FLT=1 /W=(500,500,940,800) as " Spec Import Control " --> I get all the time an error, each time when I try to change in between tabs. The change is anyway done but the error is there. Error: "There are no graph or panels or the specified window does not exist ".

If you are saying it should work in the same way for floating or non-floating windows, I'll try more to get the error.

Best, T

February 10, 2010 at 02:27 pm - Permalink

NewPanel /K=1 /W=(500,500,940,800) as " Spec Import Control "


By the way, that command doesn't explictly set a panel *name*, only a *title*.

Here's a quick demo of floating panels and tabs:

#pragma rtGlobals=1     // Use modern global access method.

Macro CreateTabbedFloatingPanel()

    DoWindow SpecImportPanel
    if( V_Flag )
        KillWindow SpecImportPanel
    endif
   
    Variable flt=1  // 0 for development
    Variable initialTabNum= 0
   
    NewPanel/N=SpecImportPanel/K=1 /FLT=(flt) /W=(500,500,940,800) as " Spec Import Control "
    TabControl tab0,pos={15,12},size={406,270},proc=SpecTabProc,tabLabel(0)="Tab 0"
    TabControl tab0,tabLabel(1)="Tab 1",value= initialTabNum
    Button button0inTab0,pos={101,71},size={115,21},proc=Tab0ButtonProc,title="This button is in Tab 0"
    Button button0inTab1,pos={102,71},size={115,21},proc=Tab1ButtonProc,title="This button is in Tab 1"
    CheckBox checkboxInTab0,pos={105,107},size={92,14},title="Checkbox in Tab 0"
    CheckBox checkboxInTab0,value= 0
   
    if( flt )
        SetActiveSubwindow _endfloat_
    endif
    SpecTabProc("",initialTabNum)
End

StrConstant ksControlsInTab0= "button0inTab0;checkboxInTab0;"  
StrConstant ksControlsInTab1= "button0inTab1;" 

Function SpecTabProc(ctrlName,tabNum) : TabControl
    String ctrlName
    Variable tabNum

    Variable disabled = (tabNum == 0) ? 0 : 1
    ModifyControlList ksControlsInTab0, win=SpecImportPanel, disable=disabled

    disabled = (tabNum == 1) ? 0 : 1
    ModifyControlList ksControlsInTab1, win=SpecImportPanel, disable=disabled

    return 0
End

Function Tab0ButtonProc(ctrlName) : ButtonControl
    String ctrlName

    DoAlert 0, "This button is in Tab 0"

End

Function Tab1ButtonProc(ctrlName) : ButtonControl
    String ctrlName

    DoAlert 0, "This button is in Tab 1"

End




--Jim Prouty
Software Engineer, WaveMetrics, Inc.

February 10, 2010 at 07:30 pm - Permalink