Re: Developer - Tab folder within tab folder

From: Paul Dorsey <pdorsey_at_dulcian.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 01:36:44 GMT
Message-ID: <MqVd3.32086$eF3.12160_at_news.rdc1.nj.home.com>


Hmm, never had that problem.
Wouldn't deferring the validation be enough? If not, then do not make the field required and handle the validation through code.

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Paul Dorsey
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Finn Ellebaek Nielsen wrote in message <7l66r2$1d9$1_at_news.inet.tele.dk>...

>
>
>Plese elaborate, I cannot see how you can handle userfriendly validation
>(where you don't change focus when another tab is selected). Lets say you
>have two tabs (1 and 2) both with two tabs in them (tab 1 has tab 1A and
1B,
>tab 2 has tab 2A and 2B. Let's say focus is in tab 1A in a required field
>that is empty. Now the user clicks on tab 2 and expects the subtabs 2A and
>2B to show. How can you do a HIDE_VIEW on tab 1's subtab? Forms should
throw
>an exception because the current field is empty and it's required. This
>functionality is possible with one-level tabs because it's not required for
>them to change focus when selecting another tab. And it's very helpful in
>the case where the user needs some information from another tab to fill out
>the current field.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Finn
>
Received on Tue Jun 29 1999 - 03:36:44 CEST

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