I have an app that uses separate dialogs to form the contents of tabs on a
tab control. I create the dialogs with no title bar or border and I make the
tab control their parent. I do it this way to circumvent the limit of 256
controls being allowed on a single dialog.

This all works fine except for two small problems.

1) I cannot use the tab key to move between controls on the child dialogs.
2) I cannot click on the child dialog to activate my app when another app is
active - I have to click within the limit of my base dialog but outside the
area used by the child dialog.

I appreciate that I could have used Property Sheets and Pages and probably
avoided this but I am too far down the line to change horses now.

Can anyone tell me how to solve these two problems?

TIA.

Simon.

Try giving your dialogs the WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT style.

Dave
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