Hi David
I assumed it was not going to be a simple background change selection.....
I just dragged the Tabcontrol, using Firefly onto the form.
I can easily change the different pages of the tab's by changing the background colour of each child form.
The Tabcontrol by itself had this "bar" that runs along the top of the Tabcontrol that uses a system colour for which there is no settings to change.
I assume it uses the system colours for a form and not the background colour of the form its placed upon.
I will play around with what you have me, thank you for the help.
-Peter