How may I open a Tabbed Pane from a Dialog Component?

[Fulltimer]

I have a Dialog component that successfully opens other controls/pages etc. by selecting menu choices. I want one of my menu choices to open a Tabbed Pane.

My dialog is already displayed in a pane. I need to somehow open another pane at the parent level. The only way I know how to open a pane is to add another choice to my existing tabbed pane choices. I don't want to place this option "there".

A code snippet would be very helpful and appreciated.

[agillbb]

Re: How may I open a Tabbed Pane from a Dialog Component?

Some options (untested as usual)...
If you add a button to your dialog, you should be able to set the onclick -> "open a grid component" to open in the same TabbedUI.
Or, you could add a new tabbedUI menu button, but hide it. In its onClick, you will see a function call looking like "action_{alias}_3cde98d4_52c1_4d6e_a16d_fc739710fa94(); return false;" which you can copy-and-paste and call directly from your dialog.
Hope these help (and work).

[GGandhi]

Re: How may I open a Tabbed Pane from a Dialog Component?

this is just additional note on andy's reply.
take a look at video #95 version 10 videos.
copy up to but not including the return false. use that in the button in the dialog that should open the said pane.

[Fulltimer]

Re: How may I open a Tabbed Pane from a Dialog Component?

Thanks Andy and Gandhi for your response. With your help I believe I am very close to what I need.

The problem (I believe) with the solution is that my dialog button is already contained within a tabbed pane. In other words, I am not at the same level as the general Tabbed UI. Seems to me I need to account for a "parent" or such. I do have a working button on the upper tabbed ui. Works fine if I click directly. Now the problem is gaining access to that same button from another location, a level below.

I've tried something like the below:

po = {dialog.Object}.getParentObject();

po.action_{alias}_a53a6eb0_e7a7_4299_9b6e_18a9a93f9293();

But that does nothing. I don't think my syntax is correct. No error msg, simply no action at all.

Note: I've tried it with and without the parent reference.

Confused, need help!!!

[GGandhi]

Re: How may I open a Tabbed Pane from a Dialog Component?

i just checked my system.
i have a dialog which i display on my tabbed_ui and to that dialog i added a button to open a grid in a tabbed ui pane and published it. i did not have to do any code at all.
it works just as expected so i am a t a loss why it was so difficult for you to do.
is there something i am missing?

[GGandhi]

Re: How may I open a Tabbed Pane from a Dialog Component?

i just checked my system.
i have a dialog which i display on my tabbed_ui and to that dialog i added a button to open a grid in a tabbed ui pane and published it. i did not have to do any code at all.
it works just as expected.
is there something i am missing?

http://screencast.com/t/YIBp8QFtbY9l
this is what i have.
i am far away from my computer so no voice or perfect. but you see what i have.
if i do not understand what you need to accomplish please explain so i can understand.

[Fulltimer]

Re: How may I open a Tabbed Pane from a Dialog Component?

i just checked my system.
i have a dialog which i display on my tabbed_ui and to that dialog i added a button to open a grid in a tabbed ui pane and published it. i did not have to do any code at all.
it works just as expected.
is there something i am missing?

http://screencast.com/t/YIBp8QFtbY9l
this is what i have.
i am far away from my computer so no voice or perfect. but you see what i have.
if i do not understand what you need to accomplish please explain so i can understand.

Gandhi,

Your screencast was invaluable to me in solving this problem. I was always trying to find some sort of programmatic way in which to achieve what I wanted to do. As your screencast proved, all I needed was the right settings in the array of object settings. I did not know about the Target option which listed a Tabbed Pane as an option. I feel real silly not knowing that. I just never had a need to use it before and if I did I forgot about it. In any case, knowing that option exists is a grand revelation for me at this point.

Thanks again for the screencast which probably saved us a half dozen or more back and forth's in getting us on the same page.

Tom W.