Disabling a tab

[Pete]

Thanks Marty. Sometimes the obvious just slips by me!
Pete

On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Marty Knapp <martyknapp at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hey Pete,
> Using "disable menuItem 2 of btn "Tab Menu" seems to work.
>
> Marty Knapp
>
>  I have a tab control and I'm using the method of revealing data on each
>> tab
>> by having groups with the same name as each tab which are hidden/shown
>> when
>> a tab is clicked.
>>
>> Depending on data conditions, I need to disable one of the tabs, meaning
>> that clicking ion it has no effect.  Right now, I'm doing this in a
>> selectionChanged handler that checks the data condition, beeps if the use
>> clicks on a disallowed tab, and leaves the original tab/group displayed.
>>
>> That works OK but there is no visual indication that the tab is not
>> available.  Ideally, I'd like the text in the tab heading to be greyed
>> out,
>> kinda like a disabled menu item.  Any ideas how to do that?
>>
>>
>>
>
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