Including right ocx

[OttSens]

Hi All

I'm getting a problem with using the tab strip control.
What I want to do is create and add tabs at runtime
(as in the msdn example). However my project complains
about the type "Tab"
Dim tabX As Tab
This gives me a "Expected: New or type name" message.

I assume this is because the proper reference is not
included in the project.
I've tried adding
MSCOMCTL.OCX
MSCOMCTL2.OCX
COMCTL332.OCX
which are the ocx files I see associated with the components
on my toolbar. Adding any of these gives me a "conflicts
with existing module" message.

I'm using the sstab elsewhere in the project. Perhaps this
is a problem?
Any Ideas what's going on here?

 

[balves]

The Tab Strip control is in MSCOMCTL.OCX. If you've checked this component, you'll see the Tab Strip in the Toolbox.

Then

Dim X as TabStrip

 

[MrMoocow]

OttSens,
You may want to try running the package and depolyment wizard . Its located in the tools folder of the visual studio/basic folder. It will locate all nessacary files and ocx's. Brad,
Hey! email me any time! Bradsvb@yahoo.com

 

[OttSens]

Thats fine but the problem arises when I try to
create tabs to populate the tab strip.

1. I have put a tab strip on the form at design time.
2. I want to add tabs dynamically at runtime.
3. When I add the code "Dim tabX As Tab" the I get a
compiler error "Expected: New or type name".
4. Adding MSCOMCTL.OCX under project -> references produces
"Name conflicts with existing module, project or object
library" (which tells me that it's already included.)

The question is what do I need to do to get vb to find the
type "Tab", which it is not now? Hence the compiler error.

 

[OttSens]

I got around it. I just use
Set tabX = TabStrip1.Tabs.Add()
tabX.Caption = "Tab2"
No need to dim a tab variable.

 

[strongm]

Is it safe to assume that you are not using Option Explicit?

 

[balves]

The reason you cannot Dim X as Tab is because Tab is a reserved word to VB.

 

[OttSens]

Well then why does the online VB programers guide use
the word tab

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...us/vbcon98/html/vbconusingtabstripcontrol.asp

 

[balves]

This suppor article says otherwise. Perhaps a documentation bug:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q150185

 

[strongm]

The VB Programmers Guide is incorrect.

Unfortunately, so is the knowledgebase article that balves mentions - mainly becuase it is out of date.

The correct syntax for dimensionin a Tab object for a Tabstrip is currently:
[tt]
Dim X As msComctlLib.Tab