FIX: Selected Tab Changes After Removing Tab in Tabstrip

• Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

When removing a tab from a Tabstrip control at run-time, the first Tab in the Tabstrip is not selected. This behavior is not consistent with Visual Basic 4.0. In Visual Basic 4.0, the first Tab in the Tabstrip is always selected when a Tab is removed at run-time.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2.

For more information on the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q170365 INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why

Q171554 INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a new Standard EXE project in Visual Basic 5.0.



2. Choose Components from the Project menu and select "Microsoft Windows Common Controls 5.0."



3. Add a Tabstrip control to Form1.



4. Add a CommandButton to Form1.



5. Type the following code in the module for Form1.

   
         Option Explicit
   
               Private Sub Command1_Click()
                  TabStrip1.Tabs.Remove 1
               End Sub
   
               Private Sub Form_Load()
                  TabStrip1.Tabs(1).Caption = "Tab1"
                  TabStrip1.Tabs.Add , , "Tab2"
                  TabStrip1.Tabs.Add , , "Tab3"
                  TabStrip1.Tabs.Add , , "Tab4"
                  TabStrip1.Tabs.Add , , "Tab5"
               End Sub 




6. Run the project.



7. Select Tab3.



8. Click Command1.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbVBp500 kbVS97sp2fix kbGrpVB VBKBAX VBKBComp VBKBCtrl kbvbp500sp2fix
Version : 5.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug