I've got several questions about Conditional Objects that are used with forms. I've been looking for better performing form solutions than tabbed ones and found Steve Workings article on his site. I've built one following his example with a variation or two for an app that has lots of fields and embedded browses.
My test has 4 conditional objects but when I'm in design mode and right click in the cond. obj. area I see 5 -- the extra one is named "default" and when I select it, it is just a blank obj with the same dims. as the other four. When I select Properties from the context menu I see only the four objects I created. So where did default come from? I did try deleting it when I first started designing this new form and that deleted all of the obj's I had created.
Also, when this form is opened, the blank default obj is the active cond. obj. and that part of the form is blank. The user must click the button for one of the four obj's I've created to see any of those. How do I make one of the obj's I've created the "active" one when the form is opened.
Should I quit fussin' about this Default obj? My concern is that a user will open this form and find the blank blank default obj. rather than one of the populated obj's I've created and I don't want that to happen, so I keep thinking I should make sure that this is coded so that the Default never opens but I don't know how to do that.
Again, thanks for the help - the Phorum has been a "job saver!"
Bill
My test has 4 conditional objects but when I'm in design mode and right click in the cond. obj. area I see 5 -- the extra one is named "default" and when I select it, it is just a blank obj with the same dims. as the other four. When I select Properties from the context menu I see only the four objects I created. So where did default come from? I did try deleting it when I first started designing this new form and that deleted all of the obj's I had created.
Also, when this form is opened, the blank default obj is the active cond. obj. and that part of the form is blank. The user must click the button for one of the four obj's I've created to see any of those. How do I make one of the obj's I've created the "active" one when the form is opened.
Should I quit fussin' about this Default obj? My concern is that a user will open this form and find the blank blank default obj. rather than one of the populated obj's I've created and I don't want that to happen, so I keep thinking I should make sure that this is coded so that the Default never opens but I don't know how to do that.
Again, thanks for the help - the Phorum has been a "job saver!"
Bill
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