<CiaranODonn...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I dont know about the richtextbox issue you describe but the way you are
> accessing the richtextbox is bad design. You should at least expose real
> properties to enable you to get at it properly. One better is to put an undo
> method on the child form so you can just call it. then that does the same as
> the child forms button. or have a set of static events for undo etc which the
> child form can subscribe to.
>
> --
> Ciaran O''Donnellhttp://wannabedeveloper.spaces.live.com
>
>
>
> "Jenbo" wrote:
> > I have a richtextbox sitting on a tab control on a child form under
> > the MDI parent. I have undo, redo, cut etc controls on a toolbar on
> > the same tab control, I can code these no problem as the richtextbox
> > text property is not blanking so the canundo method is fine to use. I
> > have these methods also on the MDI parent as well so that the user
> > should be able to undo, redo, edit the action, text from the main
> > menu, but when I do the following
>
> > MPCE.Child_Forms.Policy policyWin = new MPCE.Child_Forms.Policy();
> > TabControl tabControlPolicy =
> > (TabControl)policyWin.Controls["tabControlPolicy"];
> > TabPage policyPage = (TabPage)tabControlPolicy.Controls["policyPage"];
> > RichTextBox rtbMain =
> > (RichTextBox)policyPage.Controls["richTextBoxMain"];
>
> > rtbMain.Undo();
>
> > the richtextbox text property is being blanked out. I have noticed in
> > some of the forum's that there was/is a bug in the richtextbox control
> > that is fixed as of XP SP2 which is what I am running, it had to do
> > with the text property blanking and methods not being correct because
> > of this, is this what is happening here, or is it something to do with
> > the way I am referencing the richtextbox itself, is that not done
> > correctly?
>
> > Any help welcome.
>
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On Jan 31, 1:54 pm, "Jenbo" <eamonnjenni...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> So what's good design, this is the way the designer has put the
> controls on the form, the child form contains the tab control and this
> contains the richtextbox, should I go and modify the designer file to
> have the richtextbox added to the upper level form instead of the tab
> control? But it is part of the tab control so is that the right way it
> should sit?
>
> What do you mean by real properties, and how would that help, do you
> mean that is should be a user control or something like that? But
> again the designer will add it to the tab control by default?
>
> Static events for undo - this is like application undo event?
>
> Thanks
>
> EJ
>
> On Jan 31, 1:16 pm, Ciaran O''Donnell
>
>
>
> <CiaranODonn...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > I dont know about the richtextbox issue you describe but the way you are
> > accessing the richtextbox is bad design. You should at least expose real
> > properties to enable you to get at it properly. One better is to put an undo
> > method on the child form so you can just call it. then that does the same as
> > the child forms button. or have a set of static events for undo etc which the
> > child form can subscribe to.
>
> > --
> > Ciaran O''Donnellhttp://wannabedeveloper.spaces.live.com
>
> > "Jenbo" wrote:
> > > I have a richtextbox sitting on a tab control on a child form under
> > > the MDI parent. I have undo, redo, cut etc controls on a toolbar on
> > > the same tab control, I can code these no problem as the richtextbox
> > > text property is not blanking so the canundo method is fine to use. I
> > > have these methods also on the MDI parent as well so that the user
> > > should be able to undo, redo, edit the action, text from the main
> > > menu, but when I do the following
>
> > > MPCE.Child_Forms.Policy policyWin = new MPCE.Child_Forms.Policy();
> > > TabControl tabControlPolicy =
> > > (TabControl)policyWin.Controls["tabControlPolicy"];
> > > TabPage policyPage = (TabPage)tabControlPolicy.Controls["policyPage"];
> > > RichTextBox rtbMain =
> > > (RichTextBox)policyPage.Controls["richTextBoxMain"];
>
> > > rtbMain.Undo();
>
> > > the richtextbox text property is being blanked out. I have noticed in
> > > some of the forum's that there was/is a bug in the richtextbox control
> > > that is fixed as of XP SP2 which is what I am running, it had to do
> > > with the text property blanking and methods not being correct because
> > > of this, is this what is happening here, or is it something to do with
> > > the way I am referencing the richtextbox itself, is that not done
> > > correctly?
>
> > > Any help welcome.
>
> > > EJ- Hide quoted text -
>
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