Re: Tabs: Use Forms 4.5 or upgrade to 5.0?

Tabs in 5.0 are native and very easy to use. They even work while in Design mode.

Implementing tabs in Forms 4.5 is not difficult, if you create them yourself. Oracle includes sample tabs in their demos package. All we use from this is the outline. We then create a text item and place it in the "tab", and attach a When-Mouse-Click trigger to it that shows the proper stacked canvas. You've now implemented tabs.

If all you have is one application started, then I would suggest using 5.0. If you have an entire application system developed, then it would be easier and quicker to continue in 4.5.

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Joe Strano
Dulcian, Inc.

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Todd Owers wrote:



> I understand that Forms 5.0 supports tabbed canvases.  How robust is this


> feature?

>

> Presumably it is easier to implement tabs in 5.0 than in 4.5.  How much

> easier?  Is the effort of converting an existing application from 4.5 to

> 5.0 worth the benefit of easier tab implementation?  In other words, if all

> I want to add to an existing 4.5 application is tabbed canvases, should I

> upgrade to 5.0 to do it, or stay with 4.5?

>

> Thanks in advance for your opinion.

>

> Todd Owers

> toddo_at_gcr1.com