Re: Have u succesfully changed the SSTAB backcolor ?
It can be done with Subclassing, but I didn't know exactly how to subclass this control so i made this based on this MSFlexgrid Subclassing Submission to PSC made by a member of VBF:Link
It's nice to see that subclassing that way you can intercept WM_PAINT in many controls that can't access to it directly.
The version for SSTAB is attached. It shows 2 SSTABs , the first has a color as background and the other has a Picture. Each one needs its Picturebox to work.