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How do I reference a control within a tab control

Referencing Controls

How do I reference a control within a tab control

by  jgoodman00  Posted    (Edited  )
It seems logical to reference a control that is contained within a tab control by including the name of the tab control.

However, from many frustrating error messages, it appears that the correct way of referencing a tab control is to omit the name of the tab control.
e.g
Main form is called [color blue]frmMain[/color]
Tab control on main form is called [color blue]tab1 [/color](Imaginative name!)
Target control on tab control is called [color blue] txtExample[/color]

So it seems logical to believe the reference to the control would be:
[color blue]
[Forms]![frmMain]![tab1]![txtExample]
[/color]

However, this will result in an error message.
So, the correct reference for this is:
[color blue]
[Forms]![frmMain]![txtExample]
[/color]






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