You cannot change the BackColor of a tab control, but you can set its
BackStyle to Transparent if you want it to appear the same color as the
detail section.

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"William Stephens" <wsttp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have just created a form that has a standard tab control - how do I
change
> the back ground color of the tabs to make it match the detail area?