Tab control with ActiveX container

[m3nth]

Just thought I'd post this for general knowledge... I ran into it awhile ago and NI knows it exists.

If:

• There's an ActiveX container on a tab control
  
• The tab with the ActiveX container is selected (ie, the ActiveX container is visible)
  
• The Tab control visibility is set from True to False
  

...then the ActiveX container will remain visible instead of disappearing with the tab control.

If:

• The tab control visibility is then set from False back to True
  
• The user changes to a different tab (ie, the ActiveX container is not visible)
  
• The tab control visibility is set from True to False
  

...then the ActiveX container will remain not visible.

Possible workarounds include:

• Programmatically changing the active tab to a different page than the one with the ActiveX container before setting the tab visibility to false
  
• Setting the ActiveX container visibility to True/False in conjunction with the Tab control visibility