I am trying to update our database and create more space. When it was originally developed, the bottom half of the screen was split into two separate tab panels and information has been stored that way for years. I would like to merge all tabs into one large tab panel. Is this possible?

It is possible...manually. You will need to create the additional tabs on one of the panels, and then copy and paste the info from one to the other. You may want to do this from two different layouts to avoid changing any object names, and you will have to look out for any script triggers that might be attached to the panel itself, which would not get copied over.

You could probably do this with one of those xml clipboard plugins, but I suspect you will spend a lot more time trying to parse the xml accurately then you will with the copy and paste route.

Tab panels are only for display and do not affect "storage". Just move the items out of the panel.

Thanks so much!