Dynamic Content in Tab

[John]

I would like to set the URL of another XAML page that should be the content of the tab control.

How do I setup the control to diaplay a page, instead of inline content?

How do I change the URL of the content to another XAML user control at runtime?

Thanks

[Miroslav]

Hi John,

We are currently working on a control that will make loading external pages easier.

For the time being this logic is application-specific. For example, loading only xaml (no code-behind) can be done with the XamLReader:

var myContent = (FrameworkElement)XamlReader.Load("My xaml string");

where the xaml string can be loaded from various sources: web service, resources, external .xap, etc.

If you want to change the content to a UserControl (page) then you need to create an instance of the page once you know its type:

var typeToInstantiate = typeof(Page);
var myContent = (Page)Activator.CreateInstance(typeToInstantiate);

The application logic may involve downloading an external .xap file, browsing through its contents for an assembly, then loading it with AssemblyPart and finally instantiating one of its types.

Changing the contents of the currently selected TabItem will change the contents of the TabControl

If the items of the TabControl are TabItems, you can access them through the items property, otherwise you can use the container generator:

   RadTabItem tabitem = tabControl.ItemContainerGenerator.ContainerFromIndex(tabControl.SelectedIndex) as RadTabItem;
   tabitem.Content = ...

Hopefully you will be able to achieve what you need.

Come back to us if you have any more questions,

Best wishes,
Miroslav
the Telerik team

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