How do I use a Tabbed Button???

[Klaus Major]

Hi David,

> Hi,
>
> I have created a "Tabbed Button" and I'm now trying to figure out how 
> to use it!

:-)

> I can't seem to find any information on this anywhere, could someone 
> point me in the right direction please?

It is somewhere in the dox, but i did not find it yet ;-)

> I just want a number of tabs running across the top of the window with 
> a number of controls in each Tab.
> When the user presses a Tab, I want those controls to become active.
>
> Also how can I draw a "Group Box", I would like something like this:

What do you mean with "group box"?
Probably not "the showborder" of groups?!

> +--Group1 Name------------------------------------+
> ...
> All in the same "Tab".

Sorry, don't get this one...


Anyway, the basic message for dealing with tabbed buttons is:

on menuPick newTab,oldTab
     -- do something
   end menuPick

Tabbed buttons receive these 2 arguments with the "menupick" message...
(...and ONLY tabbed buttons!)

So if i understand you right, your TABS are supposed to enable/disable
the appropriate groups?

Then you should name your groups after your tabs (or vice versa :-)
and script your button:

on menupick newTab, oldTAb
    lock screen
    ## just in case you have LOTS of controls in your groups ;-)
    disable group oldTab
    enable grp newTab
    unlock screen
end menupick

That will do the trick...

Drop a line in case i misunderstood you completely ;-)

Hope that helps...

> Thanks in Advance
> Dave

Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
www.major-k.de