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Brad Pears - 19 Dec 2006 15:59 GMT

I am completley new to vb .net 2005. I think I want to use the panel control
but I want to do the following and I am not sure if this is the best control
to use or not...

I have a split panel control on screen. On the left panel I have menu items.
As the user selects various menu items, I want the panel on the right to
display the appropriate data pertaining to the selected menu item - similiar
to the way a tabbed control would work. What would the best way to do this
be?? Would I use a separate additional panel control for each menu item that
I have and add to each one the appropriate controls?? What would be the best
way to go about getting this done??

Thanks, Brad

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RobinS - 19 Dec 2006 16:54 GMT

You would use a separate additional panel control
for each menu item that you have and add to each one the
appropriate controls.

There's a great example of this in Tim Patrick's
"Start-to-Finish VB2005" book, which is also a great book
for learning VB2005. In it, you build an entire application,
while learning a lot about VB2005.

Robin S.
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>I am completley new to vb .net 2005. I think I want to use the panel
>control but I want to do the following and I am not sure if this is the
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> Thanks, Brad

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RobinS - 19 Dec 2006 18:39 GMT

Oh, one other thing -- when they click on a menu item,
set all the panels (visible = false) and set the one
panel you want to see (visible = true).

Robin S.
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> You would use a separate additional panel control
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>> Thanks, Brad

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Brad Pears - 20 Dec 2006 00:07 GMT

Great. I have gone ahead and ordered it already. I am so fresh to vb .net
it's sickening!! :-)

Thanks, Brad

> You would use a separate additional panel control
> for each menu item that you have and add to each one the
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>> Thanks, Brad

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RobinS - 20 Dec 2006 00:12 GMT

Well, look at the bright side -- it gives you a lot of opportunities
to learn. ;-) I have read about 3/4 of this book, and am amazed at
how much material it covers. The entertaining thing is, Mr. Patrick
doesn't talk a lot about his UI design (you build the app by inserting
code snippets mostly), it's sort of matter-of-fact, but I really like
how he's built his app, and how it works, and the design of it all.
To me, it was like a bonus on top of all the VB information in
the book. :-D

Robin S.
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> Great. I have gone ahead and ordered it already. I am so fresh to vb
> .net it's sickening!! :-)
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>>> Thanks, Brad

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