Setting the tab stops in a list box

By default tab stops within a list box are placed every 32 Dialog Box Units. Alternative settings can be specified at design time by double clicking on the list box within the forms designer. To set the tab positions within a program the new positions can be set by assigning a string of comma separated positions to the TabStop$ property. For example:

.listControl1.TabStop$ = "50, 100, 150, 200"

This can also be done with the $FMT( function, for example:

Tabs$ = $FMT("###, ###, ###, ###", 40, 80, 140, 200)
.listControl1.TabStop$ = Tabs$

When adding strings to a list box the HEX(09) character is used to signify the position of a Tab, see Adding strings to a list box for more information.

To disable the expansion of the HEX(09) character set the UseTabs property to FALSE.