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I can't hide one tab in a dialog with did -h.
All tabs disapears instead of the one I want.
Using mIRC 6.12

Any ideas?

The help file says "You can use /did -fu to set het focus on a specific tab, and /did -vh to show/hide the entire tab control".

Apparently what you're trying to do is impossible.

I'm pretty sure it means what it says, that the entire tab should be hidden. Not all tabs.
Anyway, it works as I expect in 6.03.

I used this dialog,

dialog x {
size -1 -1 100 100
tab "one" 1, 5 5 90 90
tab "two" 2
}

and the command "/did -h x 1" did hide both tabs even on v6.03.

Yeah, it does mean what it says, show/hide the entire tab control. There is only one tab control, it includes ALL tab "pages" you define.

Compare the result of this code in 6.03 and 6.12 and you'll see what I mean.

Code:

dialog test {
  title "This is a test"
  size -1 -1 100 100
  option dbu

  tab "Tab 1", 1, 2 0 296 225
  tab "Tab 2", 2

  button "OK", 681, 130 227 40 12, Cancel

  box " A box here ",100, 4 16 92 68, tab 1
  check "click if you want", 101, 20 30 65 10, tab 1

  box "Another box", 102, 4 21 92 34, tab 2
  edit "", 103, 5 30 50 10, tab 2 center autohs
  check "check here", 104, 5 43 50 9, tab 2
  check "is this unchecked?", 105, 40 43 55 9, tab 2
}

On *:dialog:test:*:*:{
  if ( $devent == init ) {
   ; did -h $dname 2
  }
}

Try both with and without the comment.

Ok, after testing some I found the difference between 6.03 and 6.12.
In 6.03 the info on tab1 is used if the tabs are hidden, but in 6.12 you have to
supply un-tabbed info for it to be displayed.
This is going to be a pain to recover from since it can't be duplicate id's. The script has to be rewritten to take that into account.

Yes, after testing your code I also came to that conclusion, and in my opinion the way it works now is better. Btw, I strongly suggest using a dialog editor for the table design (if you don't use one already).

Ok in 6.03
Bring tab 2 to the foreground and then hide tab 2. The controls on tab2 now are left in view. :tongue:

IMHO the bug is in 6.03 for leaving remnants of the tab control when it is hidden.