If you use a list or textbox to display columnar data (vbTab), CoolTabs is for you. Now visually set list (or text) tabstops without the usual trial and error required to determine the tabstop positions.
CoolTabs creates a designer listbox with the number of tabstops you select. A header (similar to a listview report-view header) provides the visual drag-to-set interface. Tabstops correspond to the header divisions...reposition a header, and the tabstops are recalculated for the layout. To accommodate the variation in controls you may require, CoolTabs offers these features:
new column alignment in the version 3 utility
full dynamic font support - change or preview (Apply) a font and the tabs are recalculated for that font
set either left or right tabstop alignment on secondary list items
insert or delete new columns at any point
resizing (widening) the CoolTabs window resizes the list and header
use default data, or enter a custom data string for precise alignment
the listbox itself can also be precisely sized by dragging the list edges. To activate/deactivate the sizing mode, use the list box context menu. Resize/reposition as needed, tne click anywhere outside the list or use the menu to toggle the sizing off.
tabstop code always updated on release of the header drag bars
listbox context menu for popular commands
header context menu for popular commands
restart or change the number of columns or text at any time
full ready-to-run code is generated for pasting into your application, with the option to include all required declares and constants, for either list or textbox, as well as declaring either Public, Private or Local (for contants). All you need to change is the name of the control to that in your application.