How do I save the tabpages of my tabcontrol for next launch? C#

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I need to save the tabs of my TabControl, so when the user next launches, it will have the original tabs opened. (Like Notepad++, but in C#)

If I can, I'd like to write the TabControl to a file and re-load it at next launch.

Thanks :)

What I have tried:

I tried to create an App Setting in the Properties menu, and I thought it "worked", but when I attempted to run it, it throws an error stating it doesn't know how to "get" the TabControl's values. I assume it's because the App Setting area isn't meant for a TabControl? Or am I doing something wrong?

Posted 25-Mar-20 14:59pm

The Magical Magikarp

Updated 25-Mar-20 18:40pm

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2020-03-25T18:41:00

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You cannot save the control itself. That doesn't even make sense. You can, however, save the information you used to create that tab. When the app launches again, load the information and recreate the tabs as you did before.

Posted 25-Mar-20 18:41pm

Dave Kreskowiak

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The Magical Magikarp 27-Mar-20 19:03pm

Hmm? Could you elaborate some more? :D I guess I don't fully understand

The Magical Magikarp 27-Mar-20 19:10pm

Could I write my TabControl to an XML file, or, better yet, an XML Schema file? It seems logical, at least from my point of view :D

Dave Kreskowiak 28-Mar-20 23:04pm

Again, you cannot save the controls themselves.

You created the tab pages in your code, did you not? You supplied some method somewhere in your code the information it needed to create that tab page, did you not? You save that information to a file and just read that data back later and supply it to the method that created the tab pages.

The Magical Magikarp 30-Mar-20 17:37pm

That makes sense.. I'll try it out!