POWERBUILDER I PBTabControl

Input

When the name of a tab is specified, this tab is taken to the front.

It is possible to use OCR in order to steer a PBTabControl (see setting "UseOCRTabRecognition"). The"WIN32 I OCR components" offer additional steering settings.

Verify

Verifies which one is the active tab.

Scrolling in the tab

When tabs are steered it can happen that there is not enough space for every tab and that some tabs are thus moved to the area that is not visible. If this is the case, the Powerbuilder application offers a scroll control, which enables to scroll horizontally.

Tab with scroll control (arrow buttons)

This scroll control can not be scanned with theTosca Wizard. The steering is done via the PBTabControl.Prior to the steering process the position for the scroll control must be defined. This setting is described in the Settings dialog (see setting "Scroll control position". Additionally the value Automatic or True must be specified for the setting Scroll control visibility (see chapter "TabControl").

The following Input commands must be entered in the field Value for the PBTabControl :

Command

Description

{ScrollForward}

Scrolls one tab forward (forward means from left to right or from top to bottom)

{ScrollBack}

Scrolls one tab back

{ScrollLast}

Scrolls to the last tab

{ScrollFirst}

Scrolls to the first tab