Ultimate Tabs - FileMaker 8's Tab Panels Enhanced

THIS ARTICLE'S TECHNIQUE FILE REQUIRES FILEMAKER PRO 8

FileMaker is a great application for building a database system quickly. Most of the features found in FileMaker can be dynamically controlled through the Specify Calculation dialog box. However, with the introduction of the new tab panels, it seems that FileMaker didn't take things quite as far as they should have. Activities such as using dynamic tab names, custom tab graphics and the ability to trigger a script when selecting a tab are sorely missing.

Never fear, Ultimate Tabs is here. This video and technique file will walk you through everything you need to know to fully customize and take advantage of the new FileMaker 8 tab panels!

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Comments

Trying to use this technique with portals on the tabs.
I was trying to get this technique to set a global for parsing out the portals on each tab from the same line-item file but the script goes into a loop.
Any suggestions what is going on or how to solve it.
Filemaker 9

Dan Distler

I have tried several techniques along this line. Custom tabs do not appear in find mode so interface looks choppy. Wishing filemaker would just make the tabs more developer friend.