Tabs | Default Registry entry

Specify which tabs in a module to display / hide for a user / group by default.

The Tabs Registry entry specifies which tabs to display / hide dynamically based on a value selected or entered in a given field (i.e. Tab switching).

Description

The Tabs|Default Registry entry specifies which tabs in a module display for a user / group by default in Search mode and in Display, New, and Edit modes.

The Tabs Registry entry allows for the adjustment of this default set of tabs (hiding tabs and / or displaying other tabs) based on the selection or entering of a value in a field.

Usage

This Registry entry can be assigned to users and groups:

Key User User Group Group Group Group
Key 1 User User Group Group Group Group
Key 2 user user group group Default Default
Key 3 Table Table Table Table Table Table
Key 4 table Default table Default table Default
Key 5 Tabs
Key 6 Default
Value tab;tab;...
User user Table table Tabs Default tab;tab;...
User user Table Default Tabs Default tab;tab;...
Group group Table table Tabs Default tab;tab;...
Group group Table Default Tabs Default tab;tab;...
Group Default Table table Tabs Default tab;tab;...
Group Default Table Default Tabs Default tab;tab;...

where:

tab;tab;...

is a semicolon separated list of tabs to display in Search mode and in Display, New, and Edit modes.

tab is the back-end name of the tab (see Field Level Help for details of how to identify the back-end name of the tab).

Tabs displayed in Display, New and Edit modes have:

  • the prefix All
  • followed by the first three letters of the tab name (e.g. Org for the Organization tab)
  • and the suffix Tab

    e.g. AllOrgTab is the back-end name of the Organization tab in New mode.

    Tabs displayed in Search mode have the prefix Qry, e.g. QryOrgTab.

Note: The keyword All may be used to display all tabs in a module.

A tab name may be preceded by a:

-

to indicate that it should be hidden.

+

to indicate that it should be displayed. This will override a - setting and is useful if a -All is used (to hide all tabs) and then +tab is used to list those to display.

From lowest to highest priority, the possible tab entries are:

  • tab
  • -tab
  • +tab

where tab is the name of a tab.

Thus for the same tab:

  • a -tab entry takes precedence over a tab entry
  • and a +tab entry takes precedence over a -tab entry.

For example:

AllPerTab will display:

Key Setting
Key 1 Group
Key 2 Manager
Key 3 Table
Key 4 eparties
Key 5 Tabs
Key 6 Default
Value AllPerTab

AllPerTab will not display:

Key Setting
Key 1 Group
Key 2 Manager
Key 3 Table
Key 4 eparties
Key 5 Tabs
Key 6 Default
Value AllPerTab
-AllPerTab

However, if the above Registry entry includes +AllPerTab, AllPerTab will display.

There are several ways to specify which tabs to display and which to hide:

  • List all the tabs that are to be displayed and do not include the tabs to be hidden. This is efficient if there are a few tabs to be listed but inefficient if there are many tabs to display and only a few to hide.
  • Use the keyword All to list all available tabs for the module and -tab for each tab to be hidden, e.g.:

    All
    -AllColTab
    -QryColTab

  • Use the keyword -All to hide all available tabs in the module and then +tab to add the tabs to display, e.g.:

    -All
    +AllPerTab
    +QryPerTab
    +AllOrgTab
    +QryOrgTab
    +AllAddTab
    +QryAddTab
    +AllRolTab
    +QryRolTab
    +AllAssTab
    +QryAssTab

This entry specifies that all users can view all tabs in the Field Help module, except for:

  • AllSectab
  • QrySecTab
Key Setting
Key 1 Group
Key 2 Default
Key 3 Table
Key 4 efieldhelp
Key 5 Tabs
Key 6 Default
Value All
-AllSecTab
-QrySecTab

This entry specifies which tabs in the Parties module are available to the Manager group in Search and Display modes:

Key Setting
Key 1 Group
Key 2 Manager
Key 3 Table
Key 4 eparties
Key 5 Tabs
Key 6 Default
Value

AllPerTab

AllOrgTab

AllAddTab

AllRolTab

QryPerTab

QryOrgTab

QryAddTab

QryRolTab

Note: If a group is to have access to all tabs in all modules, enter Default in Key 4 instead of the name of the table. This will reduce the number of Registry entries required for this group. This option can only be used if the value All is in the value field.