Dear Eduardo,


Here are the steps for a sample test. To be sure they are fully correct, I did this same test in 3 separate new projects. Confirmed that the results are the same every time. Hoping still that I have not gone wrong anywhere and committed any mistake anywhere. If so, kindly bear with me.


Note: using sst and cbr as short for SSTabEx and Coolbar, resp., in the following steps. Have used sstabex (latest ocx) and krool's coolbar (from latest vbccr17.ocx) for the following basic test.


- open a new project (with default form, Form1).
- in Form1:
- have one sst with 3 tabs. UNTICK 'ChangeControlsBackcolor' in 'Property Pages'.
- in all 3 tabs, have a cbr (say cbr1, cbr2, cbr3)
- in the form also (i.e. outside of the sstabex), have a cbr (cbr100)


- keep the 2nd tab of sst highlighted.
- save the project, create an exe and run
- all 4 cbrs get displayed normally


- come back to the form.
- have one cbr (cbr11) inside cbr1, in cbr1's first band. i.e by opening the 'Property Pages' of cbr1, ensure that cbr11 has been selected as the child in band1
- have one cbr (cbr33) inside cbr3, in cbr3's first band. i.e by opening the 'Property Pages' of cbr3, ensure that cbr33 has been selected as the child in band1
- have one cbr (cbr101) inside cbr100 in cbr100's first band. ensure the same.


- keep the 2nd tab of sst highlighted.
- save the project, create an exe and run
- cbr100 gets displayed correctly, along with cbr101 inside it
- cbr2 gets displayed normally in tab2
- but if you change focus to tab1 or tab3, nothing gets displayed


- come back to the form.


- keep the 1st tab of sst highlighted.
- save the project, create an exe and run
- cbr100 gets displayed correctly, along with cbr101 inside it
- cbr2 gets displayed normally in tab2
- cbr1 gets displayed correctly, along with cbr11 inside it
- but, if you change focus to tab3, nothing gets displayed


- come back to the form.


- keep the 3rd tab of sst highlighted.
- save the project, create an exe and run
- cbr100 gets displayed correctly, along with cbr101 inside it
- cbr2 gets displayed normally in tab2
- cbr3 gets displayed correctly, along with cbr33 inside it
- but, if you change focus to tab1, nothing gets displayed


- come back to the form.
- change TabSelBackColor to white color (i.e. 'Highlight Text' color)


- keep the 2nd tab of sst highlighted.
- save the project, create an exe and run
- cbr100 gets displayed correctly, along with cbr101 inside it
- cbr2 gets displayed normally in tab2
- but if you change focus to tab1, a plain rectangular box (in gray color; i.e. 'Button Face' color) gets displayed in place of cbr1
- similarly, if you change focus to tab3, a plain rectangular box (in gray color; i.e. 'Button Face' color) gets displayed in place of cbr3


Kind Regards.


N.B. the 'ChangeControlsBackcolor' in 'Property Pages' of sst is ticked by default. Any special reason that it is kept ticked by default? If no special reason, can it be kept unticked by default, please? Thanks.