var childForm = solutionModel.newForm('childForm', 'db:/example_data/child_table', null, false, 400, 300);
var anotherChildForm = solutionModel.newForm('anotherChildForm', 'db:/example_data/child_table', null, false, 400, 300);
var firstTab = tabs.newTab('firstTab', 'Child Form', childForm, relation);
firstTab.containsForm = anotherChildForm;

foreground

The foreground color of the tab.

Type String

Sample

var firstTab = tabs.newTab('firstTab', 'Child Form', childForm, relation);
firstTab.foreground = '#FF0000';

imageMedia

The name of the image Media file used.

Type JSMedia

Sample

var bytes = plugins.file.readFile('d:/ball.jpg');
var ballImage = solutionModel.newMedia('ball.jpg', bytes);
var firstTab = tabs.newTab('firstTab', 'Child Form', childForm, relation);
firstTab.imageMedia = ballImage;

mnemonic

Mnemonic used to switch to tab.

Type String

Sample

var childForm = solutionModel.newForm('childForm', 'db:/example_data/child_table', null, false, 400, 300);
var anotherChildForm = solutionModel.newForm('anotherChildForm', 'db:/example_data/child_table', null, false, 400, 300);
var firstTab = tabs.newTab('firstTab', 'Child Form', childForm, relation);
firstTab.mnemonic = 'a';

name

The name of the tab.

Type String

Sample

var firstTab = tabs.newTab('firstTab', 'Child Form', childForm, relation);
firstTab.name = 'firstTabRenamed';

relationName

The name of the relation that links the form which contains the tab with the form displayed in the tab.

Type String

Sample

var firstTab = tabs.newTab('firstTab', 'Child Form', childForm);
firstTab.relationName = 'parent_table_to_child_table';

text

The text on the tab.

Type String

Sample

var firstTab = tabs.newTab('firstTab', 'Child Form', childForm, relation);
firstTab.text = 'Better Title';

toolTipText

The text displayed when hovering over the component with a mouse cursor. NOTE: HTML should be used for multi-line tooltips; you can also use any valid HTML tags to format tooltip text. For example: <html>This includesbolded text and <font color='blue'>BLUE</font> text as well.</html>

Type String

Sample

var firstTab = tabs.newTab('firstTab', 'Child Form', childForm, relation);
firstTab.toolTipText = 'Tooltip';

x

The X coordinate of the tab. This influences the order in which the tabs are displayed. The tabs are displayed in increasing order of the X coordinate. If two tabs have the same X coordinate, then they are displayed in increasing order of the Y coordinate.

Type Number

Sample

// Create two tabs, then make the second one be displayed to the left of the first
// by setting their X coordinates in the needed order.
var firstTab = tabs.newTab('firstTab', 'Child Form', childForm, relation);
firstTab.x = 10;
var secondTab = tabs.newTab('secondTab', 'Another Child Form', anotherChildForm);
secondTab.x = 0;

y

The Y coordinate of the tab. Together with the X coordinate, this influences the order in which the tabs are displayed. The tabs are displayed in increasing order of the X coordinate, and if two tabs have the same X coordinate, then they are displayed in increasing order of the Y coordinate.

Type Number

Sample

// Create two tabs, then make the second one be displayed to the left of the first
// by setting their X to the same value and Y coordinates in the needed order. 
var firstTab = tabs.newTab('firstTab', 'Child Form', childForm, relation);
firstTab.x = 0;
firstTab.y = 10;
var secondTab = tabs.newTab('secondTab', 'Another Child Form', anotherChildForm);
secondTab.x = 0;
secondTab.y = 0;

Methods Detailed

getComment()

Returns the comment of this component.

Returns: String

Sample

var comment = solutionModel.getForm("my_form").getButton("my_button").getComment();
application.output(comment);

getUUID()

Returns the UUID of this component.

Returns: UUID

Sample

var button_uuid = solutionModel.getForm("my_form").getButton("my_button").getUUID();
application.output(button_uuid.toString());

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