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change color of tabstrip control in vB6

i want to change the color of the tabstip from the default color to red.
how can it be done?
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You might want to use another 3rd party tabbed control or try subclassing/customdrawing the SSTab control to achieve your goals.

http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/VB/Code/Controls/Tab_Controls/vbAccelerator_ComCtl32_Tab_Control/article.asp
http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/VB/Code/Controls/Tab_Controls/Visual_Studio_Style_Tab_Control/article.asp


I hope this helps!

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the following example,
http://megaten.alterlinks.fr/vbtools/code/SubClassing/XColorTabstrip.php

works on tabstrip control (COMCTL32).

i want to color the SSTab control.