Changing look of tab control

[Rorschach451]

Hello,

I'm quite new at this but I'm trying to change the look of a tab control other than the options provided in the control's properties. In short I want to create a large tab that will fit a picture but I don't know how to change the size of the tab. I also want to make the control look somewhat different than what the control provided with VS.NET looks like.

What I need to know is how to create a custom control that operates the same as tabcontrol but looks different than the traditional control provided with VS. I tried looking up how to create a custom control but all I could find was how to create one programatically and I don't know how it would apply to a tab control. Maybe the only way to do it is programmatically but I would rather play with the control in the designer than having it appear only at runtime.

Thanks in advance for your input!

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

You mean like these:
[ame=http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=580655][.NET 3.5+] Visual Studios "My Projects" Tab Control - VBForums[/ame]

[ame=http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=558143]Tabless Tab Control - VBForums[/ame]

[ame=http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=548407][05/08] TabControl with draggable tabs - VBForums[/ame]

[ame=http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=552825][2008] MDI TabControl - Including TabGroups (Now with example!) - VBForums[/ame]

[ame=http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=551973]Veritcle Tab Control - VBForums[/ame] (This one's mine, not very fancy though)