Examine this code example and see how John uses the designer property:

http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/tips/tip76.htm

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"cumchee" <cumchee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I can enter tabs into a tabstrip programmatically with no problem, but

when
> I open the form after closing it, the added tabs are not there. I'm using

XP
> SP2 and Excel 2003. Code as follows:
> Sub AddTabs()
> Dim TestStrip As TabStrip
> Dim TabCounter As Integer
> Dim TestTab As Object
>
> TabCounter = 0
> Do While Worksheets("Stocks").Cells(21 + TabCounter, 11).Value <> ""
> Set TestStrip = Form1.TabStrip1
> Set TestTab = TestStrip.Tabs.Add("MyTab" & TabCounter + 1, "MyTab"

&
> TabCounter + 1, TabCounter)
> TabCounter = TabCounter + 1
> Loop
> End Sub
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Steve