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Tab Controls - General			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
CTreePropSheetEx – an extended version of CTreePropSheet Updated: 7 Apr 2005   CTreePropSheetEx is an extension of CTreePropSheet offering new features such as resizing, skipping empty pages, and new property frames such as Office 2003 option sheet. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Yves Tkaczyk	4.85
CTreePropSheet - A Netscape/Visual Studio .NET like Preferences Dialog Updated: 6 Mar 2003   This framework introduces a property sheet, based on the original Windows property sheet (derived from CPropertySheet) which uses a tree control to browse the pages instead of a tab control VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Sven Wiegand	4.78
CCustomTabCtrl - MFC Tab Control Updated: 17 May 2006   An MFC tab control - a clone of the Excel tab sheet control. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Andrzej Markowski	4.77
PropertyViewLib Updated: 5 Aug 2005   A control for easy property control. VC6, VS6, Windows, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Jesper Knudsen	4.74
Folder Tab Control for Windows MFC (like MS Excel) Updated: 5 Oct 2003   Folder Tab control for Windows MFC (like MS Excel). VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Lynn McGuire	4.68
CMDITabs Updated: 19 Oct 2001   A CTabCtrl control to switch comfortably between MDI views VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Christian Rodemeyer	4.68
Free size and extended styles in CPropertySheets Updated: 23 Feb 2000   How to use extended styles and make Property Sheets of any size. VC6, NT4, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Antonio Tejada Lacaci	4.67
CTabCtrlSSL - An easy to use, flexible extended tab control Updated: 2 Oct 2003   An extended tab control that allows tab pages to be added from dialog resources VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Derek Lakin	4.67
OutlookTabCtrl, like CBCGPOutlookBar (in Mode2003) Updated: 15 Oct 2007   Control with modern design for multiple uses VC6, VC7.1, VC8.0, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Borodenko Oleg	4.66
CResizableSheet and CResizablePage Updated: 27 Oct 2001   Two CPropertySheet/CPropertyPage derived classes to implement resizable property sheets or wizard dialogs with MFC VC6, VS6, Windows, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Paolo Messina	4.62
Hacking the CPropertySheet Updated: 21 Jun 2004   Some tips and tricks to change the default look & feel and behavior of CPropertySheet class. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Mustafa Demirhan	4.58
Conquering Wizard97 Updated: 9 Oct 2002   This article describes the problems one can meet during using Wizard 97 with MFC and the way to resolve them VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Vladimir L.	4.52
SAPrefs - Netscape-like Preferences Dialog Updated: 20 Apr 2002   A base class for a prefereneces dialog, similar to that used in Netscape VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Chris Losinger	4.50
High color icons for CPropertySheet Updated: 26 Feb 2004   Upgrading CPropertySheet tab control to display high color icons. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Yves Tkaczyk	4.48
Enabling context help in a PropertySheet embedded in another PropertySheet Updated: 14 Jun 2005   Context sensitive help does not work for a PropertySheet embedded within the page of another PropertySheet. VC6, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Roger Allen	4.33
Scrollable PropertyPage Updated: 1 Apr 2003   A scrollable property page that resizes the property page instead of the property sheet. VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Jemin	4.32
Using the PSM_QUERYSIBLINGS message Updated: 17 Jul 2004   Explains how to use the PSM_QUERYSIBLINGS message to share data between pages on a property sheet. VC6, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Beginner	PJ Arends	4.21
CMyTabCtrl - Very Simple Dynamic Tab Control for MFC Updated: 31 Jan 2007   A Very Simple to use and expandable CTabCtrl Class C++, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Brooks Y.	4.06
Changing The Active Tab using PageUp/PageDown Updated: 19 Nov 1999   VC6, NT4, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Jeremy Davis	4.00
CXTabCtrl: an easier tab control for dialogs and forms Updated: 26 Jun 2000   An easier tab control VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Beginner	xicoloko	3.95
Setup a Tab Control Easily to Show and Hide Objects With STabCtrl Updated: 13 Mar 2002   Set up a tab control easily to show and hide objects with STabCtrl VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Parko	3.86
Simple wizard property sheet class Updated: 14 Apr 2000   A simply class to turn CPropertySheet into wizard mode without needing to alert the property pages within VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Petr Novotny	3.84
XP Themes Tab Control in any orientation Updated: 6 Mar 2004   How to make XP Themes Tab Control work properly in other than top orientation. VC6, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Adi DEDIC	3.68
Simple Tab Control For Visual C++ Updated: 14 Oct 2004   Using this Tab control the user can manage their dialogs in different Tab panes. VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	venura c.p.w. goonatillake	3.52
Resizeable Wizard97 style Wizards Updated: 28 Jul 2001   Property sheet and page classes for resizeable Wizard97 style Wizards VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Anna-Jayne Metcalfe	3.45
Tabbed ActiveX control Updated: 25 Jan 2004   A simple MFC ActiveX control with tabs. VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Muhammad Ahmed	3.21
JTabbedPane with Closing Tabs Updated: 20 Apr 2007   This article illustrates a simple way to have closing tabs without diving into BasicTabbedPaneUI Javascript, Java, Java, Dev, Intermediate	Haykaz Baghdasaryan	2.93
Creating a Simple Property Wizard Updated: 27 Jun 2003   Property Sheet Wizards can be a rather daunting task for the beginning programmer. This article will attempt to make it a little bit easier for beginners to understand the basic functioning of a property sheet wizard. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Beginner	John Aldrich	2.57
CSDITrueColorTabs Updated: 28 Jun 2003   A tab control with true color icons for an SDI application with multiple views. VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Florin Ochiana	2.09
System Drives on Tab Pages Updated: 7 Aug 2002   System drives on tab pages. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Barretto VN	2.08
Tab Controls - Owner Drawn			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Fully owner drawn tab control Updated: 31 Jan 2000   A better looking tab control VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Oleg Lobach	4.53
Ownerdraw Tab Controls - Borders and All Updated: 30 Jun 2002   A framework for overriding all aspects of a tab control's apprearance, including the borders, the background and of course the tabs themselves. VC6, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	.dan.g.	4.41
TdhTabCtl - Firefox-like subclassed TabControl and TabPage Updated: 11 Aug 2008   This article describes .NET subclassed TabControl and TabPage controls with Firefox-like tab buttons and other enhancements. VS.NET2002, C# 1.0, C#, Windows, Visual Studio, GDI+, Dev, Intermediate	Ilíon	3.79
A simple tab like dialog control Updated: 31 Aug 2003   CTabDialog bundles buttons and dialogs, so users can add their owner draw buttons and dialogs VC6, VC7, VC7.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Wang Yingwu	2.47
C# Controls - Tabs and Property Pages			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Customized display of collection data in a PropertyGrid Updated: 30 Jun 2003   The PropertyGrid is widely used to display an object's properties and values. .NET 1.0, Win2K, VS.NET2002, C#, Dev, Intermediate	Gerd Klevesaat	4.84
Custom Tab Controls, Tabbed Frame and Tabbed MDI Updated: 13 Jul 2005   An extensible framework for creating customized tabs in ATL/WTL, with a VS.NET-like tab control implementation, tabbed frames, tabbed MDI, and more. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, VS6, WTL, Dev, Intermediate	Daniel Bowen	4.77
WTL CPropertySheet as a Resizable View Updated: 31 Mar 2002   How to use WTL's CPropertySheet implementation as a resizable view instead of a modal or modeless dialog VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, WTL, Dev, Intermediate	Ed Gadziemski	4.71
TabStrip Control Updated: 30 May 2006   A flexible TabStrip control with basic design-time support. .NET 2.0, VS2005, C#, Windows, Dev, WinForms, Intermediate	Messir	4.69
Tab Controls And Splitters - Adding Some Dockable And Floating Sugar Updated: 6 Jan 2004   Another implementation of dockable, floating, tabbing and splitting environment. VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, ATL, WTL, Dev, Intermediate	Igor Katrayev	4.63
OptionSheet, Part I - Using COptionSheet and CPropSheet Updated: 31 May 2004   Flexible implementation of PropertyPages for WTL. Handles TreeCtrl or TabCtrl for the selection VC6, VS6, Windows, ATL, WTL, Dev, Intermediate	Pascal Hurni	4.60
TabStrips: A TabControl in the Visual Studio 2005 way! Updated: 5 Dec 2006   A TabControl in the Visual Studio 2005 style, which supports correct Right-To-Left (RTL) and Left-To-Right (LTR) drawing. .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, VS2005, C#, GDI+, Dev, WinForms, Advanced	Hadi Eskandari	4.60
Disable CTabCtrl tab items in WTL - Using the Owner Drawn Method Updated: 17 Jul 2002   A port of Paul Dilascia MFC CTabCtrlWithDisable to WTL VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, ATL, WTL, Dev, Intermediate	Rashid Thadha	4.41
Creating a Custom Collection for Use in a PropertyGrid Updated: 15 Apr 2008   Creating a custom collection for use in a PropertyGrid. C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#, .NET, Dev, Intermediate	bcryner	4.38
Add (Remove) Items to (from) PropertyGrid at Runtime Updated: 12 Jan 2005   Modify PropertyGrid control Items collection, at runtime. .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, VS2005, C#, Dev, Intermediate	Sreejumon	4.37
A .NET Flat TabControl (CustomDraw) Updated: 5 Dec 2005   This is a CustomDraw TabControl that appears flat and supports icons and is filled with the backcolor property. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Oscar Londono	4.33
Dynamic Runtime Property Viewer Updated: 6 Jul 2005   Use the property grid to adjust any control in your application during runtime. .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, C#, Dev, Advanced	Paul Brower	4.28
FireFox-like Tab Control Updated: 24 Jun 2008   An article on Tab Control C# 2.0, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, GDI+, Dev, Intermediate	vijayaprasen	4.27
Magic TabControl - VS.NET Style Updated: 29 Sep 2002   An article on tab controls .NET 1.0, VS.NET2002, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Phil Wright	4.24
Property Sheet Shell Extension in C# Updated: 22 Aug 2004   A managed .NET user-control that implements Win32 (COM) property sheet shell extensions. .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, Win2003, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, C#, Dev, Advanced	Hadi A	4.22
Populating a PropertyGrid using Reflection.Emit Updated: 30 Jan 2004   How to create a class at runtime so you can use its properties in a PropertyGrid. .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, VS.NET2002, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Ben Ratzlaff	4.13
Visual Studio TabStrip Updated: 19 Jan 2008   A TabStrip control as seen in Visual Studio 2008. .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, VB 8.0, VB 9.0, .NET 3.5, VS2008, C#, VB, Windows, .NET, Win32, Visual Studio, GDI, GDI+, Dev, Intermediate	Jared James Sullivan	4.05
Drag and Drop Tab Control Updated: 15 Jun 2002   Reorder TabPages in a TabControl through drag and drop. .NET 1.0, VS.NET2002, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Paul Auger	4.04
Gradient Background Tab Custom Control Updated: 7 Dec 2006   This article describes a quick and simple approach to creating a tabbed custom control with a gradient background. VS2005, C#, Windows, .NET, GDI+, Dev, WinForms, Intermediate	salysle	3.95
Get the real XP look with Tab Pages Updated: 27 Jul 2003   The original implementation of class TabPage provided by Microsoft is broken: it displays a gray background color rather than the shiny smooth shade expected under Windows XP. VC7, .NET 1.0, VS.NET2002, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Pierre Arnaud	3.91
WYSIWYG Runtime Properties Editor Updated: 21 Sep 2004   It is nice to be able to see the effects of colors and other properties in run time rather than design time. .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Mind Experts	3.77
A TabControl with tab page closing capability Updated: 12 Dec 2005   An extension of the tab control that adds a closing 'X' at the left side of the tab page: pressing it will close the tab page. .NET 2.0, WinXP, VS2005, C#, Dev, Intermediate	Yoramo	3.74
Tab controls and Splitters - mixing together Updated: 30 Dec 2003   WTL class that tabs and splits child views in your SDI application VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, ATL, WTL, Dev, Intermediate	Igor Katrayev	3.72
Property Grid - Dynamic List ComboBox, Validation, and More Updated: 27 Jan 2008   A PropertyGrid implementation showing how-to use, best practices, validation, and more. .NET 2.0, VS2005, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, VS2008, C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate, Advanced	Dave Elliott	3.69
Wizard Tab Control Updated: 11 Oct 2002   A wizard control for .NET .NET 1.0, VS.NET2002, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	psdavis	3.65
A WTL Tab Control for Managing Tab Views Updated: 21 Jun 2002   This article describes a tab control that automates the management of tab windows. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, WTL, Dev, Intermediate	Stephen Jones	3.59
Coloring Tab Control Updated: 14 Sep 2004   Coloring Tab Control .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	sreejith ss nair	3.55
Self-centering WTL property sheet Updated: 3 Nov 2002   A small class to automatically center a WTL property sheet. VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, WTL, Dev, Intermediate	Rob Caldecott	3.41
.NET style Side Tab Control Updated: 25 Apr 2002   .NET Side Tab .NET 1.0, VS.NET2002, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	helloravi	3.25
Dynamic Properties in the PropertyGrid Updated: 7 Jan 2005   How to modify the properties shown in a propertygrid at runtime. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Matteo Ermidoro	3.15
Using PropertyGrid Updated: 6 Jan 2008   An article about using PropertyGrid in .NET .NET 2.0, C# 2.0, Windows, GDI+, Dev, Intermediate	witnes	3.03
PropertyGrid Updated: 3 Nov 2006   A control which provides a convenient way to display data in a property grid. .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, WinXP, VS.NET2003, VS2005, C#, Dev, Intermediate	El'Cachubrey	3.00
Reordering TabPages inside TabControl Updated: 12 Sep 2006   Extending Microsoft TabControl to enable reordering of TabPages VS2005, VB, Windows, .NET, Dev, Intermediate	Josip Medved	2.92
SheetView Control Updated: 12 Dec 2003   A Microsoft Visual Interdev Tab Control .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, C#, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	q123456789	2.87
An Outlook-like Control Updated: 17 Sep 2007   Creating a tab control with visual cues like the navigation panel control in Outlook C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	adel s eddin at adrdweb.com	2.60
Custom Tab control - Revised Updated: 3 Oct 2007   A tab control which is drawn while overriding the native style C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	sreejith ss nair	2.54
PropertyGridEx Updated: 16 Nov 2006   A control which extends the functionality of the PropertyGrid. .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, VS.NET2003, VS2005, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	El'Cachubrey	1.50