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TitleProgrammatically select a tab in a TabStrip
Keywordstab, tab strip, tabstrip, select tab
CategoriesControls
 
Set the TabStrip's SelectedItem property to one of its Tab objects.
 
' Note that the TabStrip numbers tabs starting
' with 1 not 0.

' The index of the selected frame.
Private SelectedTab As Integer

Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim i As Integer

    ' Move all the frames to the same position
    ' and make them all invisible.
    For i = 1 To ChoiceFrame.UBound
        ChoiceFrame(i).Move _
            ChoiceFrame(0).Left, _
            ChoiceFrame(0).Top, _
            ChoiceFrame(0).Width, _
            ChoiceFrame(0).Height
        ChoiceFrame(i).Visible = False
    Next i

    ' Select the first tab.
    SelectedTab = 1
    TabStrip1.SelectedItem = TabStrip1.Tabs(SelectedTab)
    ChoiceFrame(SelectedTab - 1).Visible = True
End Sub

Private Sub optTab_Click(Index As Integer)
    TabStrip1.SelectedItem = TabStrip1.Tabs(Index + 1)
End Sub

Private Sub TabStrip1_Click()
    ChoiceFrame(SelectedTab - 1).Visible = False
    SelectedTab = TabStrip1.SelectedItem.Index
    ChoiceFrame(SelectedTab - 1).Visible = True
    optTab(SelectedTab - 1).Value = True
End Sub
 
 
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