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Defining Page Tabs


Page Tabs are child objects of the Application object type. They appear as the first-level navigation in the user interface, allowing users to click the tab to go to the associated screen. Figure 69 shows Page Tabs in the user interface.

Figure 69.  Page Tabs as Rendered in the User Interface
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This task is part of the process Process of Exposing Screens in the UI.

To create Page Tabs in an application

  1. In the Object Explorer, expand the Application object type.
  2. Select the Page Tab object type.
  3. Enter a new record, using the information in the following table:
    Property
    Description

    Screen

    The screen you want to expose through a page tab.

    Sequence

    Specifies the order of the page tabs for an application.

    Text

    Text string that appears screen tabs in the user interface. You can add HTML tags in this property to modify the text style that is rendered in the user interface. For page tabs, this works when running applications in standard interactivity mode. It does not work for applications running in high interactivity mode.

    For an example of using HTML tags to modify text stings, see Changing Styles of Label Text.

    NOTE:  Translatable text string values are entered using symbolic string references or by entering values in a string override field. To add HTML tags to modify text strings, you must either create a new symbolic string that includes the HTML tags or enter the values in the string-override field. To be able to create symbolic strings or string override fields, you must have the EnableToolsConstrain parameter of the tools.cfg file set to FALSE. For more information about working with symbolic strings, see Using Siebel Tools.

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