Master/Detail Form uses tabs instead of tabular?

From: Ramon F Herrera <ramon_at_conexus.net>
Date: 6 Aug 2001 03:36:50 -0700
Message-ID: <c9bc36ff.0108060236.44048a40_at_posting.google.com>


[Quoted] I am designing my first form. I'd like to have a master-detail form but there is an important difference from textbook examples: the detail data block should use tabs instead of tabular style.

This is because the detail records are very few but _variable_ (1 to 8 tabs). The critical part here is that the number of tabs is not known in advance; only when the user executes the query, the form will find out how many tabs are needed.

In the textbook examples, the Layout Wizard gives you 2 radio button options. You select "Form" for the master data block and "Tabular" for the detail data block. What I would need is a 3rd. option: "Tabbed", to be used by the detail data block.

Do I need a trigger or something to generate the tabs at run time? How do I create these tabs dynamically? Do I have to use tabbed canvases or there are other ways to use tabs? Perhaps I should have a set of invisible tabs which become selectively visible at run time?

Thanks for your kind assistance,

                         -Ramon F. Herrera
Received on Mon Aug 06 2001 - 12:36:50 CEST

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