Hi, I am not shure, but in VB 6 you have two Tab-controls (I do not remember witch is witch). There is one, that only shows you a tabbed layout on top, and not hide any controls, it you click a tab. Then it has one (in a external ocx, I think) that does what it is supposed to do. Hope this helps. By the way, it is a good idea to change to VB.NET, you need to have some time to learn it properly, but it's worth it. Regards: Didi