colors for Tab Control

[JR]

There has got to be a method to set the color of the pages
on a tab control other than using the users pallet.

Somewhere somehow the form designer needs to be able to
specify a pallet or color scheme for the controls they are
using.

I know that control buttons and now tab controls don't
have background color as a variable in their properties
drop down.

This is a serious design flaw when you are designing
an "application" to be used by many users who may have
different color schemes on their computer and you, as the
application designer, want to control the appearance of
the control. - what happens, for instance if the users
color scheme makes the background the same color as the
fore color and your text disappears!??

Anyone out there have a solution to this? Like perhaps a
macro that temporarially changes the host computer's color
scheme while the tab control is being used and then
changes it back to the user's settings when the tab
control or application is closed?

 

[Cheryl Fischer]

You might want to take a look at Stephen Lebans' enhancements to the tab
control at:

http://www.lebans.com/tabcolors.htm