Tab Controls - Is there a way to highlight the selected tab? (1 Viewer)

[JC10001]

I have a few forms with tab controls on them and I would like to make it easier for users to be able to see which tab they have selected.

I tried adding code to the OnChange event of the tab control so that the caption for a particular tab would use all caps if the corresponding tab was selected (so after selecting the tab the caption goes from "Caption" to "CAPTION"). It works.... but the tab control blinks like crazy because it needs to refresh everything and capitilize the correct tab.

Is there a way to bold the selected tab or somehow make the tab darker/lighter in color when it is chosen without having everything blink like crazy? One blink to refresh the tab is okay but I want to avoid too much blinking because it looks bad in my opinion.

Thanks.

 

[Rich]

Use custom labels instead of the default tabs

 

[JC10001]

Could you provide me with a link that will show me how this is done?

I tried a search on custom labels but the results focused more on custom labels with respect to reports instead of forms.

 

[Meltdown]

Why not you use the Buttons option instead of Tabs?..very easy to see what is selected.

Open the properties box for the Tab control.. go to..Format > Style > Buttons