diff --git a/redo/windows/control.c b/redo/windows/control.c
index 6308d6bf..d6113cf6 100644
--- a/redo/windows/control.c
+++ b/redo/windows/control.c
@@ -167,3 +167,30 @@ uiControl *uiWindowsNewSingleHWNDControl(uintmax_t type)
 	setSingleHWNDFuncs(c);
 	return c;
 }
+
+// TODO migrate these to the system set up above
+
+char *uiWindowsControlText(uiControl *c)
+{
+	HWND hwnd;
+	WCHAR *wtext;
+	char *text;
+
+	hwnd = (HWND) uiControlHandle(c);
+	wtext = windowText(hwnd);
+	text = toUTF8(wtext);
+	uiFree(wtext);
+	return text;
+}
+
+void uiWindowsControlSetText(uiControl *c, const char *text)
+{
+	HWND hwnd;
+	WCHAR *wtext;
+
+	hwnd = (HWND) uiControlHandle(c);
+	wtext = toUTF16(text);
+	if (SetWindowTextW(hwnd, wtext) == 0)
+		logLastError("error setting control text in uiWindowsControlSetText()");
+	uiFree(wtext);
+}
diff --git a/redo/windows/tab.c b/redo/windows/tab.c
index 1cf5743e..168d6d9f 100644
--- a/redo/windows/tab.c
+++ b/redo/windows/tab.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static void showHidePage(struct tab *t, LRESULT which, int hide)
 		return;
 	page = ptrArrayIndex(t->pages, struct tabPage *, which);
 	if (hide)
-//TODO		uiControlContainerHide(page->control);
+;//TODO		uiControlContainerHide(page->control);
 	else {
 //TODO		uiControlContainerShow(page->control);
 		// we only resize the current page, so we have to do this here