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Tabs Controller (TabStrip Replacement)
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Author : Nick Gisburne
Email : nick@gisburne.com
Web : www.gisburne.com / www.karaokebuilder.com
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Purpose:
Replacement for much of the functionality of the
standard TabStrip control
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Limitations:
I didn't set out to create an all-singing all-dancing
tabs control. This is a simple control which displays
tabs in a particular way, and is flexible enough for
many purposes. If you want more, extend it yourself!
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Using the TabStrip supplied by Microsoft, I soon realised
I wasn't getting much value for the 1-Mb overhead needed
by the common controls ActiveX. I also wanted the look
and feel you see here, which I couldn't find elsewhere.
I looked at other replacements for TabStrip, but they
used quite a lot of resources (images, text boxes, etc)
which all put a drain on Windows. This control just uses
a totally empty control and draws on it. It's as simple
as I could make it.
I also added a PropertyPage - I've not used them before
but it was surprisingly straightforward. Very useful
for administering the various tabs and their captions.
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This control will be used in my commercial software, so
if I think it's good enough I hope you do too! Enjoy!
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Bio:
Self-employed sub-contractor, specialising in web design, VB coding, and back-end Internet 'stuff' (ASP, PHP, MySQL, Perl... you name it). Have also developed 2 applications marketed via gisburne.com - GisburneDB Database ActiveX (which provides simply but powerful database functions to languages which are otherwise not database-enabled, ie Toolbook and Director), and Karaoke Builder, a CD+G Karaoke production tool. One mad dog (Springer Spaniel), one English man, not much chance of the midday sun round these parts. Formula 1 crazy (brummmm!) and partial to heavy metal, long hair and and cult TV sci-fi. So not the stereotypical programmer then?!