Tabs and Sub-Tabs

[lebrocoli]

Hi!

In an area of my app I test, there are tabs that I want to select. These tabs do not have accelerator keys. Fo now, let's assume that I do not want to select the tabs with my mouse.

I was trying to use this example stated on your web site:

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//Initialise constants
Let>TCM_GETCURSEL=4875

//Get the handle of the Display Properties Window
GetWindowHandle>Display Properties,hwnd

//Find the handle of the SysTabControl32 (Tab Control) object
LibFunc>User32,FindWindowExA,tabctrl,hwnd,0,SysTabControl32,

//Send the TCM_GETCURSEL message to retrieve the selected tab index
LibFunc>user32,SendMessageA,tabindex,tabctrl,TCM_GETCURSEL,0,0

//Display the result
MessageModal>Selected Tab: %tabindex%
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Question 1: Now that I have my tab index, how, inside my script, do I select the tab ?

Question 2: The tab has also sub-tabs. What do I need to change in the script given on your website so I can get the index of the sub-tab instead ?

Thanks for all your patience.

[Marcus Tettmar]

Use CTRL+TAB to move from one tab to the next. So once you know which tab is already selected you then know how many times you need to send CTRL+TAB:

Press CTRL
Press Tab
Release CTRL

If by sub tabs you mean another tab control that is a child of a main tab control then you would need to use another FindWindowExA call to get the handle. FindWindowEx gets the handle of a control, belonging to a parent, relative to another.