Hiding Tabs

[Tor]

I am trying to create a medical database for my Emergency Department. I have very little experience with FM Pro Adv 11. I have been using Lynda.com and this forum to answer my question, with little success.

I am trying to construct a dynamic form, that changes the questions asked depending on answers given earlier on in the questionnaire.

I have created an example (attached) -nothing related to my database.

How would I get the >Fruit< and >Dairy< tabs to disappear if I answered the first question by ticking both >Meat< and >Vegetables< (multiple checkbox field).

Then, within the >Meat< Tab, if I tick >Beef< in the 'Meat options' checkbox, I would like the tabs under meat >Lamb< and >Chicken< to disappear, allowing me to only choose between the options >Sirloin<, >Rump< and >Filet<.

Would this involve complicated scripting, or is it quite easily addressed?

Thanks so much for your help!

Assoc Prof Tor Ercleve

Test.fp7.zip

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Would this involve complicated scripting, or is it quite easily addressed?

Well, it depends. To begin with, tabs cannot disappear - but tabs CAN be hidden at all times, and other objects can be shown or hidden conditionally. These objects could be buttons that go to a selected tab panel. However, going about this way is "layout programming" - which means that if your data changes, you need to make substantial modifications to your layout.

A better approach would use the data itself to drive the display - see, for example:

http://fmforums.com/forum/showpost.php?post/364244/