How to add controls into a new tab page which is dynamically created?

Question

I am developing a windows form application in C# which has a tab control with dynamically created tab pages. I want to add same layout and controls (ComboBoxes, TextBoxes, Buttons & DataGridView) from ComboSet Item 1 to a newly created tab page (ComboSet Item 2 in this case). How can I do that and how to name the controls?

New tabs will be generated from 1,2,3... n. So 'n' number of DataGridViews will be also added under the new tabs. Is there a way to bind these DataGridViews and is it possible to do so?

Any help will be very much appreciated!

Answer 1

Create a new user control->Place all controls into user control->create the properties for all controls. then you just have to manage only your user control.

void AddTab()
{
    TabPage tbp = new TabPage();
    tbp.Name=TabControl1.TabPages.Count.ToString();
    MyUserControl cnt = new MyUserControl();
    cnt.Name="Cnt" + tbp.Name;
    cnt.Dock=DockStyle.Fill;
    tbp.Controls.Add(cnt);
}

If you cannot place your code into the user control then you can create events for each control. for example ProductName_SelectedValueChange for ProductName combobox, Validating for Discount value and handle it into AddTab() method.

Answer 2

TabPages are normal container like Panel. You can use the tabpage.controls.add() method to add some new items. If you want to name a item use the myitem.Name = "Test" Property. If you want a fix set of items on more pages you should create a Usercontrol for it.

Answer 3

As you want to add more controls to the tab page, I suggest to create an own UserControl for the content in the tabe page.

Arrange the controls in the UserControl as you need it (DockStyle, Anchor...).

When you create a new tab just create a new UserControl and add it to the tab page as mentioned by Sebi. Additionally you should set the DockStyle to Fill. That should so the trick.