Question

I have a program that I want each person to have their own tab, each tab would be identical, however I would like to remove a tab if I need to.

private void addPerson(string name) {   TabPage tmp = new TabPage();   ListView tmpList = new ListView();   Button tmpButton = new Button();   this.SuspendLayout();   this.tabFrame.SuspendLayout();   tmp.SuspendLayout();   tmpList.SuspendLayout();   tmpButton.SuspendLayout();   ...   //build the controll itself   tmp.Controls.Add(tmpButton);   tmp.Controls.Add(tmpList);   tmp.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(4, 22);   tmp.Name = name.Replace(' ', '_');   tmp.Padding = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(3);   tmp.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(284, 240);   tmp.TabIndex = 3;   tmp.Text = name;   tmp.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;   //add it to frame   this.tabFrame.Controls.Add(tmp);   tmpButton.ResumeLayout(true);   tmpList.ResumeLayout(true);   tmp.ResumeLayout(true);   this.tabFrame.ResumeLayout(true);   this.ResumeLayout(true); { 

Name will be in the form ‘Scott Chamberlain’ so I remove the spaces and use underscores for the name field. I can add tabs fine, they show up correctly formated, however when I try to remove the tab using the code:

private void removePerson(string name) {   this.SuspendLayout();   this.tabFrame.SuspendLayout();   this.tabFrame.Controls.RemoveByKey(name.Replace(' ', '_'));   this.tabFrame.ResumeLayout(true);   this.ResumeLayout(true); } 

The tab does not disappear from my program. What am I missing to remove a tab?

Answer 1

_{(source: codinghorror.com)}

Creating a simple TabPage with a specific Name and adding it to Controls or TabPages works and so does removing it with RemoveByKey on both Controls and TabPages.

Is there any code that might later change the name?