"I thought the little tabs at the top could be side by side, but the area beneath, where the data fields are, could be on top of each other. I envisioned that when you clicked on the tab, that one would come to the front and all the others would be sent to the back."
That is how they DO work. They are layered one on top of the other. >From my previous missive: "GO TO" or "NEXT / PREV", whatever to select the page relating to the tab. Click on the area BELOW the tab so that it has focus, THEN install components you wish to use on THAT page. Repeat the process for the other pages. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Patti > Jakusz > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 1:35 PM > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: tabs along the top of my form > > I thought the little tabs at the top could be side by side, but the > area beneath, where the data fields are, could be on top of each other. > I envisioned that when you clicked on the tab, that one would come to > the front and all the others would be sent to the back. > > > But now that I have my scroll bar back again, I don't have to deal with > the evil tabs. > > > Thank you for all your help. > > > We are purchasing tech support but the purchase order process here > takes a while. > > > Patti > > ________________________________ > > From: MikeB <[email protected]> > To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 1:20 PM > Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: tabs along the top of my form > > > If you want SCROOL bars on the FORM, open the Form properties icon > again and look immediately to the right of the "Align" drop down box. > See the "AutoScroll" checkbox. Check it and see if all is well then. > > With respect to tabs, they CANNOT hide behind each other. How would > you click on them? They are meant to be side by side, with the > designers ability to size them appropriately for the purpose of use. > > If you wish to hide them completely, that can be done and then you have > to design/write some mechanism to cycle through them programmatically. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Patti > > Jakusz > > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 12:25 PM > > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > > Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: tabs along the top of my form > > > > Form size problem: > > I think the problem is I don't seem to have vertical scroll bars on > the > > forms I'm trying to create in 9.5. When I look at all the forms I > > created in 7.6, they had vertical scroll bars when I was in designer > > and when they were in use. I feel like I'm in the twilight zone > here. > > I don't think I had to manually add them in 7.6 and I don't see a way > > to add them in 9.5. Am I losing my mind? > > > > > > Tab confusion: > > Maybe I don't understand the whole tab thing. I put a 2nd tab on my > > form and right-clicked to Add New page, and it only allows me to > place > > the tab objects side by side. I thought I could create a tab that > > would be the whole size of the form. But if I make my tab object > that > > big, it won't let me add a 2nd one. Right-clicking on a new tab is > the > > only place I've seen to add pages. Is that what you're talking > about? > > > > Patti > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: MikeB <[email protected]> > > To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 11:06 AM > > Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: tabs along the top of my form > > > > > > Form Size can be set by clicking the "Form Properties" icon on the > > toolbar. Set the width and height there, although on my machine with > > display settings set to 1280 x 1024 the maximum height I could set > the > > form to was 1036. > > > > As to tab pages, you can't go to another page until you have added > it. > > The page that is displayed is everything that is below the TAB. > > > > You should click on the area below the TAB, then add your controls to > > that area. When you have added additional pages, you click in the > area > > of the tabs themselves and then select NEXT PAGE, PREV PAGE or GOTO > to > > navigate between them. > > > > It is important to click on the body before adding controls as this > is > > the common mistake made with people wondering where their controls > > disappeared to. It is because whatever area of the form had focus > last > > is where new controls are placed as that is the controls containing > > object. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Patti > > > Jakusz > > > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 10:32 AM > > > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > > > Subject: [RBASE-L] - tabs along the top of my form > > > > > > two new problems. > > > > > > My form is shorter than I need. It stops at 900. I used to just > > move > > > an object down below the bottom of the screen and then the form got > > > longer. But that doesn't seem work anymore. I tried to change the > > > height, but it's stuck at 912. How can I make my form longer. > > > > > > Plus, I'm trying to add tabbed pages. I put my Tab control on the > > > page. I made it Enhanced. Then I right-clicked and selected new > > page > > > and gave it the name "Employment." But I can't figure out how to > get > > > to the new page to place fields on it. I tried right clicking on > the > > > tab control again and hit "Go to" then Employment, but it stays > right > > > on my main page. I tried to look for it under "Window" on the mail > > > menu bar, but it wasn't there either. Where is it? How can I put > > > fields on it? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Patti > > > > > > > > > > > >
