"jay" <jjay@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:B7Odnd8oHY8RnRbbnZ2dnUVZ_gWdnZ2d@giganews.com...
> Why do I have to do the following to get a value from a tabPage?
> Me.TabControl1.SelectedTab = tpOrderHeader
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> Me.Refresh()
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> The tpOrderHeader contains numerous values from comboBoxes that are filled
> when I open an order. The values are there, but unless I switch to that
> tabPage, the values don't exist. Am I missing something that is really
> obvious? All this moving from one tab to another is really distracting,
> since there does not appear to be any way to hide this activity from the
> user.
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