Thanks you so much Malarvizhi. This is exactly what I was looking for.
>Hi Charlie,
To focus the particular tab, you could set the SelectedTab property of the TabControlAdv. Add the below given code snippet in the click event of the bar item to focus the tab3.
"this.tabControlAdv1.SelectedTab = this.tabPageAdv3;"
I attached the sample,please go through that and let me know, if i understood you correctly.
TabControl.zip
Regards,
Malarvizhi.