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Tab Control won't move on Block Diagram with ActiveX Container inserted

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Previously I had not used the f1/f2 patches - not sure how I missed these. However, I have just installed the 2016 f2 patch and the controls behave in the same way. Given that the locking was not observed by Jeff, I'm uncertain what my installation/settings/configuration is unhappy with. I'll keep playing with it, but it's interesting to know it seems to only affect me - not others. I had really hoped that the CWDataSocket control would both demonstrate the problem and be more accessible than the ActiveX control I'm working with, but I guess not.

 

More pessimistically, this probably also means my other ActiveX control is fine - but at least I now know several work-arounds.

 

With regards to the other observations of Jeff (I was a bit unsure of what he means by 'Add a sub BD around the terminal of the tab container', so I probably didn't do that, but:

  • I also saw this when moving only the label of the Tab terminal label
  • I also saw just one when moving the Graph control terminal label
  • I don't think that I saw the artifact when 'live-dragging' the graph terminal, assuming that live-drag means just click-hold and move.
  • I also didn't observe artifacts when not click-holding, i.e. when selecting, releasing the mouse, then dragging.
  • I also observed point 5 (and I think this has been observed for one control by everyone who has tried it)
  • Point 6 regarding XY coordinates is pretty interesting. Perhaps I can use this to find out why sometimes focus flicks to the front panel when moving on the BD.
  • I also saw flickering with moving the FP label of the tab container
  • I also saw that when I reduced the size of the block diagram to put the edge under the place where an artifact appeared, it appeared half in, half out of the BD and covering the scrollbar.

 

These were all observed (or not) using 2016 f2 32 bit, and two CWGraph ActiveX Container controls in a Tab Control.


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observations of Jeff (I was a bit unsure of what he means by 'Add a sub BD around the terminal of the tab container', so I probably didn't do that, but:

 

Sorry I was unclear, Any Structure that places a sub diagram. I put a For Loop around the terminals While loops, and disable or sequence structures of any flavor would (Hopefully) act consistently.  This let me "Move" terminals with Make/Unmake Space dependant on direction and terminal placement while watching the artifacts "Live Drag" (Ctrl |Ctrl+ Alt)+RClick hold+move without toggling Live-Drag On/Off via Spacebar.  [ini token to normally disable live drag defaulted]  

 

***Another one of those "Don't ask me to explain what I just did--Here Watch this!" moments.  its easier to do than explain


"Should be" isn't "Is" -Jay
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