How do I programmatically select a tab on a .NET CF TabControl?

Question

With the .NET Framework 2.0/3.5 TabControl, I can programmatically select a tab using the SelectedTab property as shown in the code below:

//toggles between tabPage1 and tabPage2
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (tabControl1.SelectedTab == tabPage1)
        tabControl1.SelectedTab = tabPage2;
    else
        tabControl1.SelectedTab = tabPage1;
}

The .NET Compact Framework TabControl doesn't have a SelectedTab property like its .NET Framework counterpart. So, how do I select a tab programmatically?

Solution

TabControl.SelectedIndex

Comments

[Lazy]

WPF and the Compact framework don't mix, don't they...? (Or did I miss something?)

[Lazy]

Plus, this is exactly what the question says does not work: a working alternative was called for.

[Mark Kadlec]

Sorry, I did miss the Compact statement but I believe SelectedValue will work in the compact framework, it is missing SelectedTab.

[Andrew Barber]

This question was not about .NET 4; it was about .NET CF.

[Neil Dunlop]

I found that when the TabControl is selected, it does not display correctly. It seems that after selecting a TabControl it is useful to Refresh it, so, where the TabControl is called TabForm and has mutliple Tabs, this might be: ` Me.TabForm.SelectedIndex = 0 Me.TabPg0.Refresh 'Where TabPg0 is the name of the Tab at Index 0`

[Christian Larsson]

What worked for me was to set "IsSelected" on the newest TabItem and then use UpdateLayout() on the TabControl:((TabItem)tabControl.Items[tabControl.Items.Count - 1]).IsSelected = true; tabControlCode.UpdateLayout();