OnTabSwitch Question

[James Gill]

I am trying to design a security script that will prevent users from switching to a tab that they do not have permission to use.  I am using the OnTabSwitch script trigger to capture the value of the tab that they are on but I am having trouble capturing the value of the tab that the user has switched to.  Other than setting transparent buttons over each tab, what's the best way to capture this value?

[dansmith65]

OnObjectModify trigger fires when a tab becomes active and this calculation can be used to test which tab is active:

GetLayoutObjectAttribute ( "tabName" ; "isFrontTabPanel" )

[jbante]

To clarify, the OnTabSwitch trigger fires when the user initiates a tab switch, before the tab switch is actually performed. Just as the name of the starting tab panel is given by the Get ( TriggerCurrentTabPanel ), the tab the user is trying to switch to is given by Get ( TriggerTargetTabPanel ).

[dansmith65]

Thanks for clarifying Jeremy, my reply was based on pre FileMaker 12 features.

 

I actually haven't used the new OnTabSwitch trigger yet - it sounds handy!

[Lee Smith]

I am using the OnTabSwitch script trigger to capture the value of the tab

 

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There are two or three how-to videos on this, here is one link you might like to view. Matt Petrowsky video

[James Gill]

Is there a way to go to a tab by index rather than by name?