TabControl appearance

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   What properties do you need to set so that the TabControl will skin as the standard TabStrip does?  Setting "Appearance" to 0, and "Color" to 1 gets closest, but still nowhere near what I expect.  I can email screen shots if that would help explain things.

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rdmeyers Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 11 December 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 22	Post Options Post Reply Quote rdmeyers Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: TabControl appearance Posted: 11 December 2008 at 6:12pm
	What properties do you need to set so that the TabControl will skin as the standard TabStrip does? Setting "Appearance" to 0, and "Color" to 1 gets closest, but still nowhere near what I expect. I can email screen shots if that would help explain things.

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 December 2008 at 1:14am
	Hello, Yes this is closest look. There is no closer.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

rdmeyers Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 11 December 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 22	Post Options Post Reply Quote rdmeyers Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 December 2008 at 11:30am
	I have managed to get a little closer by setting the TabControl "Appearance" property to 0, then using the following code to flip between skin colors or turn skinning off completely: Private Sub mnuSkinBlue_Click() SkinFramework1.LoadSkin App.Path & "\Office2007.cjstyles", "NormalBlue.ini" TabControl1.Color = xtpTabColorWinXP End Sub Private Sub mnuSkinNone_Click() SkinFramework1.LoadSkin App.Path & "", "" TabControl1.Color = xtpTabColorDefault End Sub Private Sub mnuSkinSilver_Click() SkinFramework1.LoadSkin App.Path & "\Office2007.cjstyles", "NormalSilver.ini" TabControl1.Color = xtpTabColorWinXP End Sub OK, so how about a slightly associated question? I thought about using the TabControlPage because it properly reflects the skinning when placed directly on the form, yet it does absolutely nothing when placed on the TabControl itself. What gives? Does it become transparent when placed on the TabControl? If so, can we have a "Transparent" property to turn off this behaviour when needed?

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 December 2008 at 2:22pm
	Hi, if you don't wnat this transparency just don't add TabControlPage. Actually I not sure what you see and what need.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS