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Q192187: PRB: TabStrip MultiRow Only True When Placement Not Top

Article: Q192187
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbGrpDSVB
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When setting the Placement property of the TabStrip control to any setting other
then 0-tabPlacmentTop, the MultiRow property will always be True. You can only
set the MultiRow property to False if the Placement property is set to
0-tabPlacmentTop.

STATUS
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This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION
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When you set the TabStrip control's Placement property to any value other then
0-tabPlacmentTop, the MultiRow property will change to True. If you have the
Placement property set to a value other then 0-tabPlacmentTop and you then
change the MultiRow property to False, the Placement property will reset to
0-tabPlacmentTop.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Create a new Standard EXE project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by
  default.

2. From the Project menu, select Components, check "Microsoft Windows Common
  Controls 6.0," and then click OK.

3. Add a TabStrip Control and two CommandButtons to Form1.

4. Add the following to the code window of Form1:

        Private Sub Command1_Click()
          TabStrip1.Placement = tabPlacementLeft
          Debug.Print "Tab placement is", TabStrip1.Placement
          Debug.Print "Tab MultiRow is", TabStrip1.MultiRow
        End Sub

        Private Sub Command2_Click()
          TabStrip1.MultiRow = False
          Debug.Print "Tab placement is", TabStrip1.Placement
          Debug.Print "Tab MultiRow is", TabStrip1.MultiRow
        End Sub

        Private Sub Form_Load()
          Dim i As Integer
          ' add some tabs
          TabStrip1.Tabs.Add
          TabStrip1.Tabs.Add
          ' place some long captions on the tabs
          For i = 1 To TabStrip1.Tabs.Count
            TabStrip1.Tabs(i).Caption = "This is a long caption number " _
              & Str(i)
          Next i
          ' set the tabs to be on top and MultiLine to False
          TabStrip1.Placement = tabPlacementTop
          TabStrip1.MultiRow = False
          Command1.Caption = "Change Placement"
          Command2.Caption = "Change MultiRow"
        End Sub

5. Save and run the Project. Click on the Change Placement button. You will see
  the tab placement on the left but you will see more then one row of tabs.
  Click on Change MultiRow and you will see that the tab placement goes back to
  the top, but you only have one line of tabs.

Additional query words: kbDSupport kbDSD kbVBp kbVBp600 kbCtrl kbCmnCtrls

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Keywords          : kbGrpDSVB 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB600Search kbVBA600 kbVB600
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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