designating tabpage based on name. "toString" not possible.

I am trying to figure out how to change the tab selected in a tabcontrol and tell the program which tab to select based on its' name. The problem is that the tab would be added programmatically in runtime. The error report says

"Value of type 'String' cannot be converted to 'System.Windows.Forms.TabPage'. "

What can I do?

Code:

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Private Sub CatBtn_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles CatBtn1.Click
        TC2.SelectedTab = Me.Text
    End Sub

    Private Sub Button4_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button4.Click
        y = y + 24

        Dim NTP As New TabPage()
        TC2.Controls.Add(NTP)
        NTP.Width = 75

        Dim NCB As New CatBtn()
        NCB.Location = New Point(0, y)

        Panel1.Controls.Add(NCB)


        Dim NLV As New ListView()
        NLV.Dock = DockStyle.Fill
        NLV.Items.Add("item 1")
        NLV.Items.Add("item 2")


        Label2.Text = y

        NTP.Text = TextBox2.Text
        NCB.Text = TextBox2.Text
        TextBox2.Text = ""
    End Sub

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BTW, I failed to mention this in my last post. I know I went on a long hiatus. I was designing someone's website with flash cs5.

You're going to have to loop through all the tabpages inside the Tabcontrol, and then test the name property

Something like :

Code:

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      For Each tb As TabPage In TabControl1.TabPages
            If tb.Name = TextBox1.Text Then
                TabControl1.SelectedTab = tb
            End If
        Next

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The names might be case sensitive. This may be an option to you :)

BTW, I took a hiatus a while back - it's incredible how you miss this place when you're gone :lol: :)

Code:

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TC2.SelectedTab = TC2.TabPages(Me.Text)

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by Mur16

Code:

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TC2.SelectedTab = TC2.TabPages(Me.Text)

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:thumb:

Seems like I was under the influence when I posted. :blush: :p Good job !