I know this wasn´t possible in earlier releases, but is it possible in Notes 7 to change the label of a tabbed table dynamically?
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Subject: Change name of tabbed label?
It is not possible in ND7, so far as I can tell, at least with a formula. As for being possible with LotusScript, it was technically possible in ND6 by using DXL export/change/import or since R5 using a third party product, if the tabbed table was in a rich text field and not on a form.
Subject: RE: Change name of tabbed label?
Ben, thanks for your answer! It is as I suspected then. Could there be a workaround for this?
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Subject: Change name of tabbed label?
I’m intrigued as to why you would want to do this. On the face of it, it sounds like a bad idea, and could frighten your users. It would certainly frighten mine LOL.
You could consider hiding and displaying certain rows of a tabbed table; if all the text in a tabbed table is hidden, then the tab is not displayed, either.
HTH
Simon
Subject: RE: Change name of tabbed label?
Simon, thanks for your answer!I know how to hide/show certain rows in a tabbed table. But, as I said, i would like to change the tabbed label-name (even though you think it´s a bad idea ;-)) It cannot be done prior to release 7, and I have not installed version 7 yet so I cannot test it myself. Does anyone else know?
Regards!
Subject: RE: Change name of tabbed label?
There are lots of good reasons to want to do this. Here is one example from our Report It! sample (which uses our Midas Rich Text LSX to change tabs, but which could be built with DXL as well). In the tabbed table below, we use the tab to show summary information. With the crucial bit in the tab, you don’t ever need to go to that tab unless you need supporting details. I have done this in standard Notes with collapsed sections with computed titles, and it would be nice to be able to do the same with table tabs. Anything that can encapsulate the crucial data can use this. Another related example is time stamping the last change to the data on that tab.
Subject: RE: Change name of tabbed label?
Thanks Ben. A very good design feature that I had never thought of.