How to set Me.DisplayName to change the Screen Name tab text?

Question

I read on the forum that is should be possible:

If I manually set the display name I can do that (Me.DisplayName="Updated Name"), it works, using IPropertyNotifyChanged.

In debug mode I see that the Empty (Me.DisplayName = "").

Can you help me with the exact way to code this in VB? 

Answer 1

It would have been helpful to have included a link to the post that you're referring to. I don't understand what you need, you already have the VB code to change the tab's Display Name.

Me.DisplayName="Updated Name"

You'd put this in the screen's InitializeDataWorkspace method.

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Answer 2

Sorry it isn't working becouse I use the MinimalShell! In the standard shell it works fine.

Thanks!

Answer 3

Sorry it isn't working becouse I use the MinimalShell! In the standard shell it works fine.

Thanks!

Unfortunately Microsoft does not share the source code to the Default Shell so I am unable to determine how they are able to allow you to dynamically alter the name of the tab :(

When I created the Minimal Shell I fixed a number of issues to make sure that it works under normal circumstances.

However, it was not tested for programmatic manipulation.

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Answer 4

Where are you trying to use that line of code? In the screen's InitializeDataWorkspace method? Or in the screen's Created method? Or somewhere else?

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