The Tab Control Constructor Interface

The Tab Control Constructor builds a Tab Control in an existing form.

File Operations:

Save Properties	Saves the current tab control properties.
Load Properties	Loads the saved tab control properties.
Restore System Properties	Restores the system’s tab control properties.
Exit	Closes the Tab Control Constructor interface.

Edit Operations:

Delete	Deletes the tab control in the current form.
Construct	Constructs a tab control in the current form.
Paint Form	Invokes the Screen Painter for the current form.

View Operations:

Labels	Displays the Labels page.
Properties	Displays the Properties page.

Help Operations:

Contents	Displays the Development Center Help.
Display the Tab Control Constructor.	Displays the Tab Control Constructor Help.

Accepts input for the tab control labels.

Page Dimensions:

Top Margin	The margin between the top of the form and the top of the tab pages.
Bottom Margin	The margin between the bottom of the form and the bottom of the tab pages.
Left Hand Margin	The margin between the left hand side of the form and the left hand side of the tab pages.
Right Hand Margin	The margin between the right hand side of the form and the right hand side of the tab pages.

Construction Options:

Add Tab Pages

Selecting ‘Add Tab Pages’ adds tab pages (frames) to the current form in construction mode.

Run-time Options:

Set focus field automatically

Selecting ‘Set focus field automatically’ sets the focus field to a specifically numbered form field automatically.

Tab Style:

Fully Justified	Constructs tabs that are fully justified in relation to the tab page width.
Custom Width	Constructs tabs with a customized width. When selected the custom width field is made available in the Tab Dimensions frame.

Tab Dimensions:

Tab Height	The height of the tabs.
Custom Width	Custom width customizes the width of the tabs. A default width is provided based on the width of the largest label.

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