Page Breaks vs. Tab Control Pages

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Is there any benefit to using page breaks instead of tab control pages? I
have a small tab control page within my form and as I understand I cannot use
tab control pages to navigate through pages of the form. Is it possible to
set up page breaks in the form instead that the user could still navigate to
with a command button instead of using page up or down? If so, what command
would I use for the button?

Thanks in advance!!!
 
smboyd said:
Is there any benefit to using page breaks instead of tab control pages? I
have a small tab control page within my form and as I understand I cannot use
tab control pages to navigate through pages of the form. Is it possible to
set up page breaks in the form instead that the user could still navigate to
with a command button instead of using page up or down? If so, what command
would I use for the button?

Thanks in advance!!!
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Personally I always use tabs - I think multi-page forms are dreadful, very
confusing to use. I have no idea what you mean by "I cannot use
tab control pages to navigate through pages of the form". Off the top of
my head I can't think of anything you can do with pages that you can't do
with tabs.
 
Sorry, should have explained better. I read somewhere that the only control
you CANNOT use on a tab page is another tab control page - which is what I
did. I have a small tab page within that tab page to switch between owner
and supplier. I works great but when I switch to the next page it shows up
there also. I am thinking maybe thats what was meant when I read about not
being able to use another tab control page within a page. I can actually
navigate through the pages, but I cant get the 2nd tab control to show on
just one page.
 
smboyd said:
Sorry, should have explained better. I read somewhere that the only control
you CANNOT use on a tab page is another tab control page - which is what I
did. I have a small tab page within that tab page to switch between owner
and supplier. I works great but when I switch to the next page it shows up
there also. I am thinking maybe thats what was meant when I read about not
being able to use another tab control page within a page. I can actually
navigate through the pages, but I cant get the 2nd tab control to show on
just one page.
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Either use the Change event of the "parent" TabControl to hide and display
the "child" TabControl as desired or use a subform (which can be embedded
on a page) and put the child TabControl on the subform.
 
Thanks!!!! I didnt think of that.

Rick Brandt said:
Either use the Change event of the "parent" TabControl to hide and display
the "child" TabControl as desired or use a subform (which can be embedded
on a page) and put the child TabControl on the subform.
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