How to show a tab control on the left side of the form in vb.net 2003

Question

Hi, My problem is that I want to create a tab control exactly behave like solution explorer and properties window which are showing on the right side of the form during the coding phase.I just tried that out with the normal tab control provided on .net ,even though i succeeded to show the tabs on the left side and also changing the size of the panel inside each tab page with the help of timers these are not as smooth as the real ones on the IDE.If any one can please help me to find out a solution. Arun R Sivaram