You could take the route used by the Palm "Preferences" application and present what would otherwise be tab headings in a drop-down selector in the upper-right corner of the screen (where categories are frequently presented).
-- -Richard M. Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED] 186,000 mi/sec: not just a good idea, it's the LAW! Nesse, Rustin wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > >Hmm...very Windowsish...well, you could do a few graphical buttons that >either update the form objects, or update a window rectangle, etc., by >moving the objects around or loading a different picture, or whatnot. >You'd just have to draw the bitmap, then place the buttons on top of the >window or form. This function really isn't necessary unless you're >emulating a Windows program(and yes, I see the hypocracy here...as I've >been arguing the validity of an "Exit" button in certain situations for >the last day, and getting slammed by generally all kinds of people who >won't ever need or buy my software, unless they become police, bartenders, >warehouse people, bar bouncers, field sales reps, sales support, store >clerks, etc.). > >If you have a really good reason to do this, then great, but why don't you >just use some menu options and save yourself the screen real estate? If >your clients don't want to do the menu thing, then that's understandable, >but most people use the menus anyway. It seems like a fairly major UI >issue, as it would take > 1 graphical button to accomplish, and could >clutter up a good chunk of the screen. >(To everyone else...see, I'm not THAT bad...=)) > >-Rus > >>hello all, >> >>i was wondering if anyone has sample code to support graphical >>'tabs'? if anyone knows where this >>is available and could point in that direction this would be >>great. thank you. >> >>__________________________________________________ >>Do You Yahoo!? >>Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. >>http://im.yahoo.com/ >> >>-- >>For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to >>unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ >> > > -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/
