Creating custom tabs

Use custom tabs to adapt forms to your way of working. You can add custom tabs to entry forms and configure the layout of those tabs yourself. To make a custom form layout, do one or more of the following:

• Add all fields available on a particular form that are relevant to you to one or more custom tabs. This way, you will minimize the navigation between tabs and you will be able to see all the fields at a glance.
• Add custom fields to custom tabs
• Position fields on a custom tab and change the field sizes
• Create common tabs for use throughout your company. These tabs are managed by an application administrator on the Custom tabs form. The application administrator also chooses which users have rights to the tabs. It is possible to add fields that originate from tabs that the users are not allowed to open. If these users have the appropriate rights to the custom tab, those fields will still be available to them.
• Create personal tabs. These tabs are the tabs you manage and use yourself. You can add fields from all tabs to which you have the appropriate rights.

Management functions are available in the right-click menu on tabs and in the View menu. Add a tab, or enable the Edit mode for a custom tab, to show a work area in which you can design the tab to suit your needs. With the work area open, you can add tabs, group boxes, fields and more from the Field chooser. The Field chooser shows a structure of all tabs and group boxes existing on a form. The align features and the form position settings on the Properties tab allow you to position the fields exactly where you want them.

An easy method for filling a custom tab is to add the entire contents of an existing tab or group box, and then delete all fields you do not want. You can also add separate custom or regular fields, as well as other form components, such as texts or group boxes with elements of our choice.