tab controls for VB 6

I know of the SSTab control but I really don't like its appearance and was wondering if anyone knew of any other free Tab Controls for VB 6?

thanks

Well there is always the TabStrip, but I prefer SSTab myself.
http://vivisimo.com/search?query=tab...Mozilla-search

Would any of these be what you were looking for?

Cheers,

RyanJ

Like agmorgan said, you have the TabStrip control, but it does not act as a container, so you have to do some coding to get it working, and group your controls into frames or pictureboxes.

is Tabstrip free?

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Originally Posted by Some0ne

is Tabstrip free?

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Yes, it ships with VB.

Oh. Where is it then? I cant find it anywhere :S

Projects/Components - Microsoft Windows Common Controls 6.0 (SP.X) Where X is whatever service pack you are running.

thanks a lot

One final thing, if you are not familiar with how to use the TabStrip control, here are some links that you might find useful.

the VB6 tabstrip control demonstration which i obtained from that link indirectly says i dont have a certain OCX file required for it to run. but shouldn't i have it because it comes with VB?

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Originally Posted by Some0ne

the VB6 tabstrip control demonstration which i obtained from that link indirectly says i dont have a certain OCX file required for it to run. but shouldn't i have it because it comes with VB?

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What OCX file does it say you are missing (and yes, you should have everything.)

"Component 'vbalIml6.ocx' or one of its dependencies not currently registered: a file is missing or invalid"

That's the vbAccelerator TabStrip you're trying to use. That's another one than the Microsoft TabStrip. :) The vbAccelerator control has some nice features (such as the ability to display icons on the tabs), I happen to use it myself, too. Anyway, that demonstration needs another OCX control to function, the imagelist. The demonstration download page provides download links to both other dependencies (the TabStrip OCX and the ImageList).

its now saying

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Run-time error '429':

ActiveX component can't create object

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any ideas?

i forgot to add, another message comes up after saying:

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Run-time error '372':

Failed to load control 'TabControl' from vbalTab6.ocx. Your version of vbalTab6.ocx may be outdated. Make sure you are using the version of the control that was provided with your application.

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what other versions are there? i thought i got the latest version from the vbaccelerator site.

hope someone can help

thanks

Did you register the OCX? To do so, copy the vbaltabstrip.ocx (or something like that) file to your windows\system32 directory. Then go to Start > Execute and type 'regsvr32 vbaltabstrip.ocx'. :)

i did that but it still doesnt work. i get the same error described above.

thanks for your help