Below is the list of notes that might be useful for developers who are creating an applications interface with the GridTabControl:

• When first added to the form or containing control, the GridTabControl is empty and does not contain tabs.

• You can drop the first child control anywhere on the GridTabControl's surface. It becomes first tab. To add more tabs, drop all subsequent controls on the tab beam area of the GridTabControl. This limitation is necessary in order to provide the ability to add the child controls to the tab-associated controls.

• At runtime, add or remove the child controls of the GridTabControl by using AddTab and RemoveTab functions.

• At design time, a mouse click on the surface of any tab-associated child control selects this control and displays its properties in the Properties window. To access the properties of GridTabControl itself, click the tab beam area of the control.

• At design time, you can select the active tab either by clicking the tab or by changing the SelectedIndex property. The last selected tab at design-time is the first tab activated at runtime, unless you select another tab programmatically.