TabControl Colour Effect

First off, I'm not refering to the 'xp style/manifest' issue. I have a manifest and my tabs are the new style e.t.c and look like they should as such.

I have noticed a slight difference though. I actually want my tabcontrol to look exactly like the other ones in XP. For instance:

If you have Windows XP, right click 'My Computer' and select 'Properties'. You'll see 7 tab pages/panes, look at the colour of these, the actual panes they display not the tab part at the top, it's like a slight off white colour at the top fading to a sligthly darker, almost light grey nearer the bottom.

When you add a tabcontrol to your form, the top tabs are the same but the actual pane part is like the standard greyish colour, no matter what colour I pick I cant get this kind of colour effect.

Anyone know?

Thanks

This article will help:

Get the real XP look with Tab Pages

Forgot to mention: the above article is in C#. I am sure you can convert it to VB.NET.

You've hit the nail on the head there, that's exactly what I was refering to.

Wow, I've had a look and that's way beyond me, the C# stuff just loses me, wish someone new a VB.NET way of doing this.....

Anyone?