Newbies Nicjh Posted October 10, 2007 Newbies Share Posted October 10, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Zip the file and post it to the forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcooney Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Make sure that the fields are not extending off their tab. They must be within their tab border or FM doesn't know which tab they belong to and they float above the tab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbies Nicjh Posted October 10, 2007 Author Newbies Share Posted October 10, 2007 Hi John, thanks for your reply, I just squeezed everything together and made sure they were inside the tab borders but it didn't work unfortunately. The thing that baffles me is that when I tried a test version just to practice, it worked fine and I can't figure out what I've done differently! Thanks anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbies Nicjh Posted October 10, 2007 Author Newbies Share Posted October 10, 2007 Just realised your name isn't John, so sorry, not paying attention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Smith Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Check out the Edit button that appears in the body of each post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcooney Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Tab panels are FM8 and above. This is a big guess, but you're not opening this in FM7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FestiveEmbalmer Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 I am having this exact problem and I am using FMPro 9 Advanced. I only noticed it because I was playing around with a tab design from Scriptology and it works fine in its home file but when I paste it into a new layout in my file all of the fields on all tabs become visible in browse mode. Tried resizing fields, didn't work. Created new fields/objects on individual tabs and the new objects are subject to the same problem. I am going to do it from scratch now in a new layout and see what happens. If that doesn't work, I will post a sample. ------------ It is the first law of practical courage. To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school." - GK Chesterton, 'Heretics' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FestiveEmbalmer Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 I figured it out! The tab control is affected by the header/footer. It has to be completely enclosed in the body of the layout. I didn't notice because it was juuuuuust barely offending the boundary. Courtesy of the Missing Manual: http://books.google.com/books?id=lRm4uB2CoKMC&pg=PA283&lpg=PA283&dq=filemaker+tab+control+bug&source=web&ots=5vMNA-Jm_B&sig=NebgwDGm9WPdYf-6FG4ifLLz5I8 -------------- “It is not bigotry to be certain we are right; but it is bigotry to be unable to imagine how we might possibly have gone wrong.” -G. K. Chesterton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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