Tab and Slide Control Panels

I have a tabbed layout with Webviewers on some of the tabs. The tabs are named objects and I have a script which uses Go To Object to open the desired tab. If I click on the tab controls, everything displays correctly, but if I use the script move between the tabs, all of the webviewers display on all the tabs. I have checked the obvious, ensuring tab controls are inside the body, webviewers are inside the tabs etc but cannot find the problem. Does anyone have any ideas I should try? Thanks. Jim

I've perused the forums for an answer to this question and there are some great ideas and suggestions but I was wondering if there is a way to lock a specific Tab at the User Privileges level? I have a layout with 5 Tabs but I want to lock users out of viewing the contents of one specific one. Can this be done when setting up account privileges or perhaps this is more complex? The info on the Tab is a portal showing data we would like only certain associates the ability to view. Thanks in advance!!

i have a four tab panel set up placed the web view on tab 3 looks fine in edit layout but when i go to form view the web view is on all 4 tabs how do i correct this please thanks [color:purple] thanks for the help but got it on my own hahaha

Is there a way in FM10 (or 9), windows platform to move between tab panels with a keystroke. Thanks!

Has anyone else had the experience of fields and items you put into a tab showing fine in layout mode, but when you go to browse mode, the items are on all tabs or scattered and mushed about the tab space? I've spent like 20 minutes trying to fix it but no matter where I place it in the tab, it show on every layout. Thanks

Hi, I have a layout with few tabs, when I create a new record I would like it to go to the first tab, how can I do that in script? Thanks in advance. Garu

I have 4 tabs on a layout. Job Details, Schedule, Estimate & PO. The Tab names are displayed from Nav_Tabs table. For some reason, the tabs and the tab names get deleted from time to time. Has anyone else had this happen. Any help or any idea would be highly appreciated. Thankyou

Hi all, I have a 3 tabs in my layout. tab 1, 2, 3. tab 1 being the default. I created a script from a portal in tab 3, and it goes to a related table and performs a few stepts, but once i sent it back to Original layout it goes back to Tab 1. I need it to go back to my working tab, which in this case is tab #3. How can i do this from my script? Thanks

8.5 Advanced. I setup tab order to go to a button. The button highlights but will only execute with RETURN and not ENTER key (the one on the number pad) Is it possible to execute with the ENTER key? TIA !

Hi, Is there a way I could use a key stroke to move to the next tab panel? (Direct key, script, script trigger...) This would be useful for the end user. Thanks for help

I have set up Tabs named by Position, i.e. Attorneys, Managers. The named tabs are part of the Header; the Body includes the lower part of the tab control. Each tab (built like a List) includes pertinent fields based on positon. The FoundSet is different for each tab. When the Attorneys tab is selected, I want only attorneys to display. I put a transparent button on the tab to run a script for each tab. However, the user has to press the Tab twice before the script runs. Is there a better way? Thank you.

Hi all, I have been trying to use the getLayoutObjectAttribute to setup script triggers on a tab. I am obviously missing something because it's not working. I have 3 tabs, with object names as: event_00, event_01 and event_02 I have setup Script triggering onObjectEnter on each tab. Is this correct? Also, my script that runs is as follows: If (getLayoutObjectAttribute("event_00";isFrontTabPannel) show message"it works" else show message "it doesn't work" endif Is this correct? Thanks in advance, Constance

I have a DB for my antique radio shop, and I want to give a copy to others. The problem is this: I have two models of tube tester in the shop, and in this DB I have a table for each tester model. On a particular page I have two tabs, one for each tester table. I can easily create several tables for different models of testers, but what I want to do is have a value list (On a setup page of some sort) with check boxes, and have it only show tabs for what models you have selected. In other words, you click what models of testers you have, and those are the only ones that show up.

I understand that FMP10 enables script triggering when clicking an individual tab on a tab panel. In my experiments assigning a script trigger to what I intended to be to a particular tab resulted in that script being applied to all of the tabs. I've been unable to track down documentation on how to do this. Or else I've been misinformed. Assistance appreciated.

Hi I'm new to Filemaker. Can someone tell me how to organize independent tab sequencing for each tab panel? Each panel contains a portal to a different table and the user chooses which tab they want to work with. There is no relationship between the tables at time of data entry, so it makes no sense for the tab sequence to continue from one panel to the next. I tried to reset it for the second panel, but no luck. Thanks, jl1

I am learning Filemaker 9. I have created a layout with multiple tabs that open each layout in the open database. Can a tab or other control (button) be created to open another filemaker 9 database? I have created 5 separate databases and it would be convenient to be able to "jump" back and forth from one to another directly from any open layout.

I have three panels, each displays a portal, each sorted differently. A script moves to another layout, performs a calc, and returns to the tab panel. Using object name, I can get it to return to the correct panel. But each time it rescrolls to the top of the portal, even though I store the portal row and use go to portal row on return If I do not use go to object name, it goes to the default panel and to the correct portal row. What I want is for the user to return to the panel and row that he starts from. What am I doing wrong?

Have an issue where I have a portal on a tab. I have alternating colors active. When you go to enter in a field in the portal the field changes to the background color of the layout. If you change the field so it doesn't show through, it stays white all the time and the alternate color does not show up. I even tried putting a white square or box behind the tab which didn't help. Any ideas?

Hi, Is it possible to have the Active tab display a differenet colour than the inactive tabs? For example, if tab_1 is selected it is blue whereas the inactive tabs are green. When I select tab_2, it becomes blue and tab_1 becomes green? Thanks in advanced, P

Hi all, I have come across some unindented tab behaviour: In a layout with several tabs I am entering information into a field on tab 5, suddenly the layout switches to tab 1, but still displays the fields from tab 5. This only happens sometimes, not always. I have made sure that all fields are within tab boundaries and that the tabs are embedded in the body only. I do not have an explanation at this stage - can somebody help? Is this a bug? Cheers, Berny

Hi Gang, Is it possible to set the Tab Titles to be the result of a calculation? Basically I would like the tabe name to = one of the fields from the tab. Thanks, Steve

Hi, I have a layout with a tab panel. I have set the tabs to be a fixed width of 1.5 inches and this all works Ok on a Mac. However, when it is viewed on a pc they are all at different sizes. Does anyone know about this and how to get the pc to look the same. Thanks

So, I'm starting to get into tab controls for a potential solution that's needed, and I'm wondering just how dynamic they can be. The solution is a revisions database. When a 'noticeable' change is made to a product, it keeps its unique ID number, but a revision number is incremented. I'd like to have the tab control show information for the most recent revision (that is, the one currently being used), while tabs behind it show previous revisions of the item. Revisions are specified by the month they occurred in, and we're allowing up to 10 revisions per month, though this is more than we'll probably ever need. When the user chooses to view the revision…

So I do wonder if there is a way to have filemaker remember the last visited tab? So if I switch between layouts it stays the same tab once I come back. Thanks

I'm setting up a new database and want to include layouts with tab panels. Some of the layouts will be instant web published. I can't find any warnings/cautions about layout design for tab panels in this environment. Can anyone suggest a resource? Is there any odd behaviors I should be aware of?

I want users to be able to delete records from a portal which is on a tab panel. The delete button also does some checking for certain situations with the related records. When the script is complete and the user is returned to the original layout the 1st tab is always reactivated. I get why it does this, the question is how to ensure the user is brought back to the original layout and tab. Right now I've got a script written to take the user from the 1st tab to the original tab. I know this is a kludge! Suggestions for the RIGHT way to do this. I put up a screen shot of the script as is.

This is the first opportunity I've had to use FMPs tabs. Wow are they cool! I've got a layout with nested tabs. I want to set a global field to equal the name of the active tab on the nested tab. I was hoping Get ( ActiveLayoutObjectName ) would do the job, but no luck. Is there a way to make this work without creating fake tabs (buttons) that script back to 0 point tabs?

Hi I have a layout with three Tab panels. What I would like to achieve is: the cursor entering a field located on the next (second)Tab panel when I Tab out of the previous field, which is on the first Tab panel. For data entry into the fields I have set the Tab order so that after entering data into the tenth field the cursor should enter the next (eleventh) field which is located on the second Tab panel. However the cursor always returns to the first field which is on the first Tab panel. This is I think a similar problem to “jump to a tab” http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/195066/ The advice suggested is to run a script: Go to Field…

If a layout (that serves one table) controles a tab (That serves another table) and the tab controles the portal (That serves another table), Is there any way to create a new document in a tab without creating a new document in the tab controler, but not in the main layout (or main table)? Thanks The Tramp

Based on a drop-down value list selection on the same layout, I would like to select a specific tab. Is that possible? Thanks.

Hello, I am using iwp to serve a database to many users. I am using tabs for navigation. When the user clicks on a tab the window is not active, with the advice of another post I had to create a button attached to the script "open record request". I was wondering instead of the user clicking the button to invoke the script. Do you think when the user selects the tab I could attach the script to the tab itself. This is the post number for the initial advice. Post#280206 Thanks in advance DH

Any one have issues with grouping objects to a tab panel? Whenever I try to group a single object (in this case a near-empty text box with conditional formatting), I end up grouping all objects on the panel to each other. If I group objects to the panel and then add new objects to the panel they become part of the group. Any one else have experience with this?

I have created ten tabs with names such as Bldg, Veh, Supp for an inventory db that I have developed. When the tab is selected, I use a script to set a global variable to the tab name. This variable is then used in a Find routine to sort and find all records associated with that name. For seven of the tabs everything works fine. For the other three, they fail to pass the variable (the variable is blank). The short script which sets the global variable and calls the find routine were all duplicated from the same script. Most of them work but three don't. Any ideas on how to troubleshoot this? I'm very new to FM. It looks like: Set Variable [$$Va…

I have a layout that contains many levels of nested tab panels. The top level of tab panel is set by get object prior to displaying the window. I want to make sure that the user does not click on (or see) any other tab on this panel. to that end I have made the width of the tab panels very small and covered them over with a field that does not allow input. This, however, does not assure that the user cannot click in the tab area and just happen to select another tab, even through the masking field. Is there any better way to protect these tabs?

I have one layout that contains job information. There's one field named Status. The Status can either be 'not approved' or 'approved' . If the status is not approved I need the users to see only a few fields, when the status becomes approved, I'd like them to see more fields. What I did is designing 2 tabs one for not approved and one for approved and using ZippScript I made a script that goes to the right tab when you change the value in the Status field. All works well until you navigate to the next record. At that point the default tab kicks in whether the status is approved or not... Should I change my approach to the problem? Any suggestions? Thanks!

Hello there This is probably a really silly question but I have just started trying to work with tabs I have two tab controls on a layout. Any field I enter on the front tab shows up on the second tab when the layout is put back into entry mode. Can someone tell me why this happens and how I can change it - I want half the fields on one tab and half on the other

I am trying to customize a script to perform differently based on which tab control on the layout is currently active. Any ideas?

As one will soon be able to see I'm a novice at using FM and I need some help trying to figure out how to use data from inactive tabs for a calculation on the main layout. What I have is four tabs in a layout and I would like to add the contents from a field of each tab and show that in the layout where the tabs exist. When I try it I only get the result to be the contents from the "active" tab. Is there help? I can send the file if this explanation fails to make sense. Thank you in advance.

Hy! I'm having some problems in my Filemaker, because i'm trying to introduce some changes in my database, i'm trying to put some filemaker files on tab of an existing table. but i don't want it to open in another window... the same window in a diferent tab.

Hi Guys, I have a filemaker DB that tracks a list of our vendors and have a second table that tracks each of their satellite offices in each region (predominately for accounting and so on). I want to display these office names (based on the name given in the regions settings) in the tab name for each switching between them and then display a final tab (that moves to the end at all times) that says something like "Add New Office" Is this even possible or do I need to use some other way to display these? It is possible for a vendor to have unlimited satellite offices, so I was trying to use something that didn't involve loads of forms. If there are other ideas,…

I want to run scripts when I move between tab panels on a layout (including sub-tab panels). What the simplest way of doing this? When adding buttons over the tab header FP acts as though they are not being seen.

I have created a layout with 3 tabs, personal info, work info and additional info. While entering the data, it would be useful to tab from the last field of the "personal info tab" to the first field of the "work info tab". Possible?

I am using tab control in one of the layouts but when I switch to another layout and back again, the visible tab has changed from the one I had open. Why is this happening? Further to this, is there any way of controlling which tab view shows when using a script? For instance, when running an error-checking script, can it direct the user to a specific tab view in a layout or does it just go the layout and the user has to figure which tab window is to be corrected? I can’t see any options/preferences in the software. Martins

I am trying to find an easy way to use tabs as layouts. Instead of having 10 different layouts (say one for each of my databases tables), I could create just one, have 10 tabs and make them fit the entire screen. The problem seems to be that each tab would have to have a portal as i have to nominate 1 table for the master layout. I then loose the ability to view as form or list. I know I could create fake tabs and create 10 seperate layouts but it seems a wasted oppotunity to use what should be quite a flexable feature in Filemaker. Any suggestions would be welcome Thanks

I think I might be headed down a rabbit hole. Finally I am rebuilding a DB that started in v4 and has grown into 11 different files, combining tables where appropriate and generally cleaning things up. And the tab object seems like a home run. Problem is that tab occurrences all share the same layout parts- right? Is there a way for different tabs to have different layout parts [subsummary needed, for example]? If not, am I stuck with using buttons and making them look like tabs? or am I missing an opportunity here?

I'm having trouble with FM 8.5, I have tabs set up (I hope!) correctly. When they are viewed in layout mode all the correct fields and objects appear in the correct tabs, however, when viewed in browse mode, all the fields from each tab appear in all the tabs, overlapping each other. I have tried starting over, deleting tabs, arrangements etc but nothing seems to work, it's very frustrating as in layout mode they seem fine, it's probably something very simple but I'm new to this!!! Any suggestions? Thanks much in advance

Just downloaded the 2.0 version of the business prod. kit and, unless I'm wrong, it looks like fields and tab control 'resizes' when the screen is adjusted. I'm lost on how they did this...does anyone know? I know of at least one layout I can really use that on!

Hi, Great forum! I have a question I hope someone can answer. I have a layout with a TCO with four panes, each pane representing one of four categories. I have four "new record" buttons, one for each category - and a script that shows the relevant pane accordingly. What I would like is to have FM automatically switch to the relevant panes while browsing records. Is this possible? Oyvind Odegard

Hi guys Does anyone know how I can trigger a script on switching tabs? I would like to trigger different scripts depending on which tab I select. Thanks Joseph

Hi. I have a need to create a tab control with around 20 items (tabs) within it. It doesnt fit on the screen as a single line of tabs. Is it possible to make it run as several lines, like say Windows would with many tabs? Greg

Has FM 9 improved the Tabs or do you still have to use a work around for going to Tabs like "Nested Tabs"?

Hi all I use a faux tab interface in FM 6 with a script that uses the set field command to create a record into another file. I would like to switch to FM 8.5 tab interface to preform the same function. I need to be able to force the user to press a certian tab and run a script before the user can go to the first tab where the menu is position. Is there a way of doing this. Putting related fields in the tab from the other file does not work well with conditions pop-up menus which I relied on heavily. Thanks in advance for the help. Lionel

I had a question that I had been wondering about for a little while now... How does the tab panel load the information for the end user. Obviously if you take a tabbed layout and open it in FM7, it will display all the fields overlayed ontop of each other. So does the data load when the fields on each seperate tab is displayed or does it load when the layout itself is displayed? I started thinking about this and how it would effect performance on lets say something like 20 tab panels with 50 fields on each panel.

I want to be able to have a tabbed control in a layout that when you click on a secondary tab, the controls for things like next record, previous record, etc. will control a different table than the first tab. In my case, I have a layout that handles administrative tasks for "Employees", "Companies", "Customers", "Vendors". The problem is that when I go to say Customers, any record control is based on the "Employees" table (the one designated via the layout setup. Is there a way to have each tab independently control navigation, data? Thanks in advance!

I have a navigational problem !! When I use a script to go back to a layout with multiple tabs, it is not possible to go back to where I was before executing that script. So is there a way to know what Tab is the front most or active ? Xoomaster

Hi, I have a native Filemaker tab set on on of my layouts. Using FM 8.5 and the GotoObjects, I have created a few buttons to go to the tab that I want it to go to. All this works fine. But I want the tab to look hidden so I changed the font size of the tab itself to 1 pixel to shrink the size of the tab. When I put the buttons on the layout, I need them to go over teh tabs. I played with the arrangement of the object layers but still no good because whenever I go to click the button, if I click the button in the spot where whatever part of the tab that it covers is, then it activate to another tab. I thought by putting the button or another object on top of th…

Just working with modifying some layouts using tab control instead of buttons/layouts and I have something weird happening. In layout mode I have created 4 tabs with fields and objects clearly placed on each tab area. When I switch to browse mode, I see all fields and objects for each tab AT THE SAME TIME, stacked on top of each other. This case is true no matter what tab I click on. Strangely, it didn't do it at first but now it is so I have no idea what I did to change things. I know its probably something simple but any ideas? thanks

I have a multi-language application. Every button, field label, and tooltip appears in the logged-in user's language -- English, Spanish, or Portuguese. It is all dictionary driven. The only remaining issue I have is tab labels. Is there a way to change the label of tab panels?

Hello, I would like to have a tab view that displays only a selected few checkboxes from a single value list. Here's the scenario: I have a database that tracks the number and nature of contacts my school has had with students. When we input contacts, we need to select the reason for the contact (Test Taking, Counseling, etc.). There are many options to choose, and the options can be categorized. I would like tabs to display each category so we don't need to hunt through all of the types. But I would also like the information to end up in one field for reporting purposes. By that, I mean that I would like to have just one field in a list view that displays th…

I have a simple layout with 5 tabs and I would like to execute code when a user clicks on the tab. I put a button over the tab but I notice that the user has to click 2 times -- the first time brings the tab to focus and the 2nd click will execute the script. Is there a way to have one click of the tab go to the tab page and execute the script. Am I missing something here? Dom

Hi, I have a tabbed panel with 6 tabs on it - each tab displays different information about the current record. Is there anyway that a script can help me move between tabs? Greg

Is there a way to mask or disable tabs so that clicking onto them will not cause you to move from one tab location to another. I like the elegance of tabs for minimizing layouts but would like to constrain navigation to scripts (that go to objects within a tab). I can make it disappear visually by laying a graphic object over the top of it but if you click onto the graphic object you still activate the new tab. Any ideas? Thanks, Jarvis

i know that all the controls and fields in a tab must be within the tab boundaries, or they overlap on all the tabs, but i'm having trouble figuring out why this layout is not working. wondering if fresh eyes might help? TIA, janaki PEPFAR_QAQI.zip

I have a tab control with tab A and B in a layout. When I click tab A in record one, it shows tab A in record one. When I click tab B in record two, it shows tab B in record two. Then when i go to record one, it shows tab B also. How can I show tab A in record one and tab B in record two without click again? Thanks.

i have filemaker 8 on one computer,networked to 8.5 on another one, It has been working like charm for long time on my EMR in the clinic, now there is a problem, when you are typing inside a field and you hit enter to start a new line it prompts you to save the file and exit the whole think, that happens on both computers, if you restart the main computer it works fine for a while then that behavior happens again, any ideas?

Hi, How do you assign a script to a tab? Lets say I have a five tab panel. The user is in Tab1. Every tab is assigned an object name (TAB1, TAB2, etc). The user clicks TAB3. I need to execute several actions and checks before going to the selected tab. How do you do it? I do have a solution already, but I do not like it (because of aesthetical reasons). Please read bellow. The ideal solution would be to use the tabs itself or to solve the flashing and tab viewing efect of the buttons. Problems of using the tabs itself: - I have seen no way to implement a 2 or 3 line text in the tabs. - I do not know how to directly assign a script to the tabs …

Do Tabs only work on a MAC? Or only with versions fm8 and above? Please clarify exactly what is going on since I just looked at something I did on someone's PC and none of the tabs were there. I would like to get an idea of what my limits are (whether platform or version) before I go and develop/upgrade my solutions and find out that no one can use them properly. thanks

I'm experiencing what seems like a strange bug. I've got a layout that has a tab panel w/ two tabs, and a script that determines which of the tabs to activate, using Go To Object. This works fine. However, the script then continues to manipulate the window somewhat. Through debugging, I've found that the "Show/Hide Text Ruler [Hide]" step is causing the tab panel to revert back to the default tab, in those cases where the other tab had been selected. This happens whether or not the text ruler is actually showing when this script step runs. Is this just an obscure bug? Anyone else seen this?

I want to control access to tabs using scripts. Is there a way to hide the tab controls so a user can't click on them by mistake? I have shrunk the controls down to their minimum size and changed the text color to match the background so they are not visible. I've also tried to put an invisible button or a solid graphics box over the tabs, but the tab controls continue to "come through" and are clickable. The button or graphic is non-transparent and I moved it to the foreground also. I think the real problem is that I don't really know how to hide a field in FileMaker. Thanks

I have a form layout that uses 4 tabs, with some fields common to each tab. I want to use a script that involves copying the content of a field, but whenever I use the Copy script command it changes the tab selected and copies from the version of the field that is on that tab, rather than the tab that is already selected before the script starts. The tab that it goes to is not even the default tab for the layout. I have created a brand new script consisting only of the Copy command, and it still does this. I can't understand why. Can anyone help please?

Hi I want to create 12 tabs on a file for 12 months. I want exactly the same fields in each but obviously being able to enter different values. Is there a way of setting this up so that you don't have to create everything from scratch 12 times? Thanks Trevor

I just upgraded to FM 8.5. I want to know which tab (1 -4) is in front. How can this be done.

I have a database which consists of 3 tabs. Each tab's content is visible to the login assigned to it. ie Person 1 can only see the contents of Tab 1 Person 2 can only see the contents of Tab 2 Person 3 can only see the contents of Tab 3 I have that working fine. The problem I'm having is, that when person 1 or person 2 scrolls through a record, tab 2 is focused. Is there any way that I can set it so that Tab 1 is always focused to Person 1 after they log in?

Coming out of version 6, 8.5 has new features, and tabs are certainly cool. Are there script steps that can control the viewing of these tabs, or is the only way to bring forward a field that is contained in one of the tabs?

I think tabs are pretty nifty. My application already has a bazillion layouts and being able to parse the view from within a layout is outstanding. Until it comes to printing the document. Is there a way to disable the graphic or somehow otherwise make it disappear from the printed document. What I want to print out is the data within each tab, not the tab graphic itself. Any ideas? Thanks, Jarvis

I'am building a multi language solutions and having problems with building dynamic tabs. Is there a option to insert a code like <> ? (Tabel: P1 - Field: F07) What I don't want is to put a text field uppon a tab. The reason is want to able to suffle the tabs without to put the text manualy on the correct tab!

I have 3 Tabs (One, Two, Three) which each contain 64 Unique fields in 8 rows by 8 columns. The first field in each row holds a unique ID number. This unique ID number is currently being input by typing. I have a portal which contains the unique ID number that is currently being typed into the Tab. What I want to do is: Click on the ID field and have the Unique ID number in that field placed inside the Tab ID Number field. Herein lies the rub: I need the current TAB (one, two or three) and an EMPTY Tab ID Field to be selected. So Far: I have made the Portal Field ID Number a button and have extracted the info from there. Having trouble finding an empty…

I have a layout with a 2-tab panel and both are named objects. "TabOne" contains a simple 2-column portal of Table::Field1 and Table::Field2. "TabTwo" is an expanded version showing several additional fields from the same Table. The two portals are sorted the same so they align properly (e.g., the 4th record in Table is the 4th row in both portals) when the user clicks between TabOne and TabTwo. The user clicks a button at the side of either portal that runs a script that calculates a particular record for the user to make changes to. A script parameter (1 or 2) tells the script which panel the request originated from. The script attempts to return to that same …

In my learning process for FileMaker 8.5 I'm using the FM Creative Pro sample databases to fool around. In particular I'm using the Base Builders Praesto Project Manager. For some reason I can't add a tab to one of the layouts. There is only one tab - I am unable to get to the Tab Control Setup. Perhaps it only looks like a tab, but is faking it? Any ideas?

I am working on a relatively complex relational database that logically has different tables for each category of data. I want the user interface to be intuitive and simple so tabbed panels seem like the obvious choice. A tree structure would also be OK but that solution is not built into FMP 8.5. I set up a preliminary tabbed layout with more tabbed panels inside of each outer tabbed panel. I discovered, much to my horror, that I cannot add fields from other tables than the one associated with the tabbed layout and have them accessible in Browse mode. The fields are inaccessible and say " There must be someone here who has done exactly what I am trying to do. Thanks…

I need Help with script. Im trying to print all my containers under different tabs from the same record without having to go one tab at a time. Is there any way to print all at the same time? Thanks

I have a tab control with 6 tabs. 1-sheet 1 2-sheet 2 3-sheet 3 """"" """"" Inside each tab i have a container with a picture so in total i can have up to 6 jpegs. So what im trying to do is have a field populate with something like "1 of 6" depending of how many pictures i have in my tabs. So for example is the sales person put 3 Jpegs in Total (utilizing 3 tabs) i want the field to say "1 of 3" in that case everybody know how many pictures we have to a certain record. THis will help us so we don't have to look at every tab. Any Ideas. THanks

Hi, I love a good tabbed interface, and I'm trying to build one, but I'm having some problems understanding the nature of how they are supposed to work. When creating my tab set, I'm able to enter the tab titles. Then, I have drug the size of the tab window down to fill the body of my layout. My problem is that when I try to add content to Tab 1, that content is showing up on ALL tabs while in browse mode. In Layout mode, the button/content only appears on Tab 1. If I click Tab 2, it shows a blank tab with no content, as I want, at this point. Why won't the tabs work to show only Tab 1 content on Tab 1, and Tab 2 Content on Tab 2? I know this may be basic t…

Is there a way to prevent a user from clicking on a tab if every field associated with that tab is set to "No Access"? I dont want the users to see what fields are on that tab if they dont have access. Thanks!

i have 6 tabs, all with many fields in them. In layout view, when I click on a tab, I see only the fields in the tab I've clicked on. In find or browse mode, in contrast, something very different happens. Regardless of which tab I've clicked on, I see all fields in all tabs, and they all overlap with eachother and jumble on top of eachother. What do I need to change so that, in browse and find modes, when I click on a tab, only the fields in that tab are displayed? thanksw!

To begin with let me explain my situation: I have a tabbed layout that is used for data entry. There are about 20 tabs wich are used for data entry, before i hear some nay sayer comment about how that is stupid and/or rediculous and there are better ways, this is the way we are doing things we have 4 different kinds of change orders and its a much easier navigation situation to have them ordered in tabs for data entry then to use seperate layouts. My issue is this the information populated in theses tabs, has to be printed in a specific manner, we've created a print layout but cannot figure out a way to return to the tabbed layout and the specific tab you were p…

I'm working w/ a database that i didn't create, originally. However, the Tabs don't work w/ IWP. I know that there are some hangups w/ Tab Controls in IWP, but i thought that they were suppose to atleast work as far as navigation from one tab to the next and displaying information. thanks for any help!

I've been away for a while from FM and when I came back it had grown tabs - all in favour. With the techniques from the scripted tab example, they are almost there! ( 24 Scripted Tab Example Link ) I have three tables: quotes, drinks and tab names. Records in the drinks table can have a type value of beer, wine, spirits, softs I have a tabbed interface with the same tabs, beer, wine, spirits, softs taken from tab names table. I am using the scripted tabbed interface example as my starting point and have this working well. What I have tired to do is have a portal on each tab that displays drinks from the drinks db based on the field 'type' related to th…

When I run a script the tab view changes....I might be on the fourth tab when I start but when the script completes it will refresh to the first tab.....can't find any script commands to counteract this... thanks, Paul

Is there a way of Selecting ALL in a TAB view to cut or paste WITHOUT selecting the tab...it seem like once I get all the fields in that the only way to get them all out if a "goof" occurs is to shift click them one by one....dragging multiple moves the tab view..and I can't unselect the tab view with a shift click. Thanks, Paul

Greetings folks! I've got two tabs set up, each containing fields from two separate tables. I've placed a button on each tab and have assigned the new record script to each button. When on "tab a", I want the new record button to enter a new record for the table represented on "tab a". When on "tab b", I want the new record to enter a new record for the table represented on "tab b". However, when clicking the button on "tab b", it starts a new record on "tab a". Any idea how I can fix this? Thanks in advance for your assistance! - - Jeff

HI, I have two tables, 'A' & 'B' Want to copy some records from A to B based on a search . I have touble with the script. Please healp me

Hi, I'd appreciate some advice on how much effort to expend trying to fake a List view using a portal. Perhaps this topic belongs in Portals forum, but the only reason I'm trying to use a portal in this manner is that a tabbed layout doesn't accomodate multiple View types, and other tabs require Form view. The app (I mean, solution) is a simple Contacts db. Two tabs are Edit and Add, for working with an individual contact. Another tab is Find, for searching for contacts. And the last tab is List, which shows a "list" of summary lines for each record in the found set. You click on a summary line and auto-navigate to the Edit tab. I want the niceties that a…

I've run into a situation with one of my applications that I can't find a way out of. FMP locks up solid when I tab off of the last field in a portal WHENEVER only one field in the portal row is editable AND there is no other field on the panel. The layout is a two-tab panel and each panel has a portal displaying specific rows of a table. I've recreated the behavior in the simple attached example. The first tab displays rows 1-3 and the second tab displays rows 4-6. Each panel has one other field displayed above the portal. Using Set Tab Order, I define two tabs on the first panel and two on the second. Everything works fine. When I remove the Current Tot…

Hi, I have a layout which has a tab section...my question is this: Can you place another set of tabs within a tabbed layout without causing any problems? So, what I have is my layout with tabs: 1,2,3,4 and when you click tab one there is a set of tabs nested in the body of tab 1, called a,b,c, etc. . I could not find any mention of it being ok or not ok to do. Thanks, Jim

Please help me, I am a rockie when it comes to filemaker, but have been playing around this weekend and finally started to created my database. I'm stuck now though as I want to work with three tabswhere fill in information to make things easier for the users. When I add fields on a different tab they keep on overlapping when I preview. I want different fields in the different layers. How does it work? Please help me so I can crack on. Thanks Frida

Hi there is no way to land (and highlight) a portal row into a TAB control, that contains more than one portal ? I mean after a GTRR and come back. It is simple to land to the right TAB... but to land to the right ROW ?

If I use the Tab Control and create 4 tabs - Option1, Option2, Option3 and Option4 - is there any way of specfiying which tab (and its contents) to display when users go to the layout that contains the tab control? I find that it defaults to the first tab when you go to a layout which contains a tab control - but I would like to go to a specific tab instead! Possible? Frank

Hi, is there a way to make a Tab Control appear like this ?

I've been toying with this new layout tab control thing with FM8, and I do like what I see. However, I'm trying to make it do something that appears can't be done without some trickery (story of my life) - Is there a way to have a script run (or at least change one field's info) when switching tabs? Or, in other words - how to add a button definition to a particular tab? I thought I would be slick and put an invisible button over the tab(s), but my plans were foiled. I looked at 24U's excellent tab tricks that they have on their site, but it doesn't answer this type of question.