SftTabs/DLL 6.0 - Tab Control For C/C++

SftTabs/DLL is a DLL-based tab control for the Windows operating system for C and C++ application. Some of SftTabs/DLL's features include the following:

• 75 tab styles
• Tab Design Wizard Application
• Add tabs to any type of window, and of course dialogs too
• Single or multiple tab rows
• Enabled/disabled tabs
• Hidden tabs
• Different color tabs (including gradient fill)
• Themes support for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7
• Built-in scroll buttons, Minimize, Restore and Close buttons
• Transition effects
• Background bitmaps and transparent controls
• Icons or bitmaps on each tab
• Single or multi-line tab labels
• Selectable tab label text alignment (left, right, center)
• Owner-draw tabs
• "Wizard"-style dialogs
• Tabbed dialogs and tabbed windows
• Up to 16 rows of tabs
• Up to 128 tabs per tab control 
• Tab colors can change based on tab status
• ToolTips
• Flyby highlighting - as the mouse cursor moves over a tab, the tab text is underlined and displayed using a different text color
• Tab colors can change based on tab status
• Fixed or variable width tabs
• Tab control with or without client area
• Scrollable tabs
• Conditional scroll buttons
• User-customizable scroll button bitmaps
• All icons/bitmaps fully customizable
• C API
• C++ classes for MFC
• Callable DLL written in C
• Optional static linking eliminating the DLL
• Same API for Windows 98/ME and Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008, Windows 7, 32-bit and 64-bit applications and Windows Mobile applications.
• UNICODE support across all platforms

Here are a few screen shots (from our demo).

SftTabs/DLL is written in C. About 20 MB of disk space are needed to install the developer version of SftTabs/DLL.  The DLL is just 750KB (32-bit) and 1.1MB (x64).  There are no additional run-time DLLs needed (no MFC DLLs). Of course, the DLL files included in SftTabs/DLL can be redistributed royalty-free with your application.

SftTabs/DLL 6.0 supports 32-bit development using Visual C++ (6.0) and Visual Studio 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008 on Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008 and Windows 7.

64-bit application development is also supported using Visual Studio 2005 and 2008.

Full support for Embedded Visual C++ 4.x, Pocket PC 2002/2003, SmartPhone 2002/2003, Windows CE, Windows CE .NET, Windows Mobile 5 on all platforms and processors supported by Embedded Visual C++ 4.x and Visual Studio 2005/2008.  All features of the control are available (with a limited set of control styles, instead of the full 75 styles).

To find out more about this product, download our product demo now. The demo offers a thorough overview of the product and includes source code for the sample applications, along with complete help files.

And, don't forget, the product includes free support and all major updates for one entire year.

Please see our Product Overview page for included options and supported operating systems.