Xtratab control change tab pages according to menu option in C# winforms

Question

I created one xtratab control.I created two tab pages in that named entry and reports. I created one more windows form and in that I created menu. in that menu I created two option bars name entry and report. when I click on entry in menu than that xtra tab page should come with entry tab selected. If I click on report in menu than that xtratab report page should open.

I searched in net but they told how to specify tab page in form while form is loading like Tab.SelectedTabPage = xtraTabPage2; But this is not suitable for my condition.

Answer 1

The easiest way to achive your goal is to set your XtraTabControl's and it's tab member modifier to public. Then at your Another Form's constructor, pass your First Form as a parameter.

Your AnotherForm should look like this:

private readonly Form1 _form1;

public AnotherForm(Form1 form1)
{
    _form1 = form1;
    InitializeComponent();
}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    _form1.xtraTabControl1.SelectedTabPage = _form1.xtraTabPage1;
}

private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    _form1.xtraTabControl1.SelectedTabPage = _form1.xtraTabPage2;
}

Now call AnotherForm from your main form: new AnotherForm(this).ShowDialog();

If you don't want to set xtraTabPage's modifier to public you can simply use SelectedTabPageIndex which is integer type.