Access TreeView-ListView Basics

Ok, this truly is a 'basics' article. I've never been fond of the TreeView & ListView because the library file that exposes these controls, MSComCtl.ocx, always seemed to behave a little quirky. It was as if I could never be sure which version of the controls any given user would have on their computer and while the controls worked fine for me, users constantly experienced issues. So, I gave up on them ... but maybe too soon.

Recently I've been working with the TreeView & ListView controls on some utilities we use in-house, and the problems I remember from my Access 97 days have not manifest themselves. I'm sure I'll get email from developers who never encountered problems with these controls in Access 97 applications, but alas, that was my experience. But all that's water under the bridge, and I am finally, after all these years, embracing this family of controls.