HOWTO: Use the ActiveX Control SS Tab Object Properties

ID: Q157761

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0

SUMMARY

The SS Tab control is very similar to the PageFrame control, although there are some important differences. Some properties of the SS Tab control cannot be accessed at design time but can be changed at run time.

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The PageFrame control has a separate property sheet for each page. The SS Tab control has only one property sheet. If different tabs are selected, the Tab property changes number. At run time the different tabs may be accessed by setting the tab number as follows:


   * OleControl1 is the default name of the control.
   ThisForm.OleControl1.Object.Tab = 1

There is a Picture property that cannot be accessed via a property sheet. If the property is double-clicked, a dialog box appears but a picture cannot be selected. A picture can be assigned to a tab at run time by using the LoadPicture function. Pictures cannot be assigned to pages of a PageFrame.

The following code placed in the Init event of the form assigns the Fox.bmp to the tab area of the second tab. Tabs are numbered starting with 0 (zero):


   * The name of the control was changed to sstab.
   ThisForm.Olecontrol1.Object.Tab = 1
   ThisForm.Olecontrol1.Object.Picture = LoadPicture(Home()+"fox.bmp")

One reason you may want to use the SS tab control instead of the PageFrame is the TabOrientation property. The tabs of the SS tab control can be placed at the bottom, or on the left or right sides.

Like the PageFrame the tabs can spread across the entire length of the object or can be shortened. The Style property offers two choices: Windows 95 or Microsoft Office. These are the equivalent of the PageFrame choices of unjustified or justified under the TabStyle property. If you choose Windows 95 for the SS Tab control, the tab strip area not occupied by a tabs has the same BackColor as the control instead of the BackColor of the form. This looks messy, but you can change it easily by issuing the following command in the Init of the form. (The BackColor of form is assumed to be green here.)


   ThisForm.Olecontrol1.Object.BackColor=RGB(0,255,0)

The BackColor of the SS Tab control is not available at design time.

Each of the pages within a PageFrame control has its own setting for BackColor and ForeColor, so they can be set individually. BackColor and ForeColor in the SS Tab control apply to the whole control and cannot be set individually for the separate tabs. ForeColor, like BackColor is not available at design time.

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