INFO: Tab Keyword Cannot Be Used as Object Type in Visual Basic

• Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 6.0
• Microsoft Visual Basic Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions, 32-bit only, for Windows, version 4.0

SUMMARY

The TabStrip control contains an object, Tab, which supports the various properties of a tab in the control. The word Tab cannot be used in a declaration to dimension an object. This is because Tab is a keyword in Visual Basic.

STATUS

This is by design. Since Tab is a keyword in Visual Basic, it cannot be used in a declaration without employing one of the workarounds documented below.

WORKAROUND

There are several ways to dimension a Tab object, which is part of the TabStrip control:

• Preface the object with the library in which it is contained. In the case of Tab:

  
     Dim x As ComctlLib.Tab 

  Later in the code, x has to be set to the correct tab object. For example:

  
     Set x = New TabStrip1.Tabs(0) 



-or-


• Use late binding, and dimension the Tab as a generic object:

  
     Dim x As Object
  
     Set x = New TabStrip1.Tabs(0) 

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Create a new project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default. Add a TabStrip control to a form.



2. In the Form_Load event place the following code:

   
         Private Sub Form_Load()
   
      Dim x As Tab
   
      End Sub 




3. Run the project by pressing F5. Visual Basic will correctly highlight the dimension statement and report a Syntax Error.

Additional query words: kbVBp400 kbVBp600 kbVBp kbdsd kbDSupport kbControl

Keywords : kbGrpVB
Version : WINDOWS:4.0,6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
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