>This is actually what we do - our tabs and and the stuff they show and
>hide are all on one form. It isn't that bad. In constructor you can
>select the widget you need by using the menu option "Show object
>heirarchy" under the Layout menu. You do have to be careful to make some
>changes numerically rather than visually to be certain that everything
>lines up as you expect. You can also hide objects to get them out of the
>way temporarily. It is quite possible to have a form that contains lots
>of overlapping widgets without it becoming unmanageable.
It isn't visual, but working with .r files is one way to handle complex
forms such as that. You can even define constants (for example, base
horizontal and vertical offsets).
Brian
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