Multiple tabs in dct form

How to create multiple tabs in data capture form, so that related stories can be updated at one place.

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How to create multiple tabs in data capture form, so that related stories can be updated at one place.

TS 6.5 SP2

I don't think FormsPublisher supports this --- yet.
Metadata Capture provides this functionality.

Interwoven is currently working on the "next generation" of data capture - for both metadata and "Forms", the initial focus is I believe going to be on metadata capture, but it is likely that Forms will also evolve.

ravio

How to create multiple tabs in data capture form, so that related stories can be updated at one place.

Can't you leverage the use of pagination for this?
If the idea is to club related stuff, then pages sound as good as tabs to me.

Adam Stoller

Can't you leverage the use of pagination for this?
If the idea is to club related stuff, then pages sound as good as tabs to me.

True - you can use the items-per-page directive in the templating.cfg (see pages 70 and 72 in the FormsPublisher Developer's Guide for 6.5 SP2) - but this is based on root-level items and does not provide the same granularity of flexibility and labeled organization that tab's do.

My guess is - and that's all it is - that you won't see tabbed forms in FormsPublisher until 7.0 at the earliest. However, if you feel it impacts your design - you should make sure to file a feature request with IWOV Support (it may not make it happen sooner, but it will probably help it to eventually happen)

ravio

True - you can use the items-per-page directive in the templating.cfg (see pages 70 and 72 in the FormsPublisher Developer's Guide for 6.5 SP2) - but this is based on root-level items and does not provide the same granularity of flexibility and labeled organization that tab's do.

Since it impacts the *top-level items*, all that one has to do is

Set items-per-page=1 in templating.cfg for the DCT
Wrap all the required items from set A in one container labeled pageA, This container becomes one page of the DCT
Again, wrap items in set B in another container labeled pageB and this will appear as another page of the DCT
Set showtree=t in templating.cfg for the DCT
Now one can see pageA and pageB in the left-navigation and navigate between them just like tabs
Whats more, one can even easily reach the depths of very large structures from the navigation pane

Frankly, I don't see how this affords any lesser flexibility than Tabs (-;

getnaren

is there a way to reduce Treeview frame on the left? Left frame is taking lot of space on the form

Since it impacts the *top-level items*, all that one has to do is

Set items-per-page=1 in templating.cfg for the DCT

Wrap all the required items from set A in one container labeled pageA, This container becomes one page of the DCT

Again, wrap items in set B in another container labeled pageB and this will appear as another page of the DCT

Set showtree=t in templating.cfg for the DCT

Now one can see pageA and pageB in the left-navigation and navigate between them just like tabs
Whats more, one can even easily reach the depths of very large structures from the navigation pane
Frankly, I don't see how this affords any lesser flexibility than Tabs (-;

Adam Stoller

is there a way to reduce Treeview frame on the left? Left frame is taking lot of space on the form

What version of TeamSite are you using? If you're in 6.x - the default is not to show the Treeview, and thus far I had only one client explicitly enable it (that was about a year or so ago - no idea if they still have it enabled).

In 5.x there was a hack way to manually reduce the width of the Treeview - which was to very slowly move the mouse to where you believe the dividing line was (if you're lucky, the cursor will change indicating that you're there) and then click and drag the boundary to the left. However, this was a temporary change - the next time you edited the DCR the original settings would be in effect.

getnaren

Ghoti,

I am on TS 6.5, I enabled the showtree="t" , I need the treeview, but dont know how to reduce the frame width. This treeview is making the form to offset.

ISCBorisB

Ghoti,

I am on TS 6.5, I enabled the showtree="t" , I need the treeview, but dont know how to reduce the frame width. This treeview is making the form to offset.

You can to a degree control it from FormAPI. See [thread=12658]here[/thread]