**Tab Control Nuisance*

[John M]

Hi,

I have a form that has various fields and I want to add a tab control for grouping them more logically. So I add a tab control and drag and drop the various fields into the different pages of the tab control. But this does not work and the fields appear in all the pages of the tab control. The problem does not happen in reverse i.e create tab control first and then add a field. Any advise.

 

[Fizzio]

Rather than Drag 'n' Drop, Use Cut and Paste. I had the same problem - Ended up having to cut the field from the mainform, select the tab and paste the field there.

HTH

 

[D B Lawson]

There is a trick to this. Copy and cut the fields you want to move to the new tab page. Click the tab for the page and make sure that the page is selected (with the little square in the corners, etc) then paste. It also selects any fields that on that tab as well. If you don't click the page to make sure it is that page that is selected, it will paste the fields to the background and they will appear on every page. Found that one by accident one day - saved a lot of tears!

 

[John M]

Why didn't I think of that before. It sure saves a lot of tears.

TAL Guys