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I have Winform app I am writing in C#. On my form, I have a TabControl with seven pages, each full of elements (TextBoxes and DropDownLists, primarily). I pull some information in with a DataReader, populate a DataTable, and use the elements' DataBindings.Add method to fill those elements with the current values. The user is able to enter data into these elements, press "Save", and I then set the parameters of an UPDATE query using the elements' Text fields. For instance: updateCommand.Parameters.Add("@CustomerName", SqlDbType.VarChar, 100).Value = CustomerName.Text; The problem I have is that

I have just discovered that UserControls in a TabControl will not load until the parent TabPage is selected. Is there a way to prevent this delay loading? I need to initialize the UserControls when the main form loads. The TabControl does not treat its controls specially, in fact it is normal under all circumstances for the Load event on a UserControl to occur immediately before the control is displayed for the first time. The TabPage is responsible for showing the control, therefore it will only be 'loaded' when first selected. To overcome this (perfectly normal) Windows Forms behaviour, you

I'd like to enable user to rearrange TabPages order by dragging and dropping. Moreover it'd be cool to enable user to drag TabPages from one TabControl to another. Both the way like in Firefox and Total Commander. How to achieve this? reordering TabPages with drag and drop - by Ludwig B. inspired by http://dotnetrix.co.uk/tabcontrol.htm#tip7 private void tc_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) { // store clicked tab TabControl tc = (TabControl)sender; int hover_index = this.getHoverTabIndex(tc); if (hover_index >= 0) { tc.Tag = tc.TabPages[hover_index]; } } private void tc_MouseUp(object