Notebook control

Use this control to subdivide the contents of a screen into logical groups or categories. Notebooks provide an aesthetic way of organizing large amounts of data into small spaces.

Click to the right of the last tab on the notebook to open the notebook properties. Click the tab and then the blank area below the tab to open the notebook tab properties.

Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

To place a notebook on a form, click Notebook and then click the form.

Best practice

Do not place notebooks next to other form elements or other notebooks.

Property	Usage
Name	Specify a unique identifier for the object on the screen. (Optional) This name is used by external applications, such as RAD, to dynamically change the properties of the object.
X	Specify the object’s horizontal position based on the left edge of the object.
Y	Specify the object’s vertical position based on the top edge of the object.
Width	Specify the width of the object in alignment grid units.
Height	Specify the height of the object in alignment grid units.
Visible	Select this option to make the object visible on the form. Clear the check box to hide the object from view on the form.
Visible Condition	Specify an expression to override the Visible property when that expression evaluates to true.
Tab Stop	Specify the tab sort order for this field. By default, the TAB key navigates the focus on a form from top to bottom and left to right. Objects that have a non-zero Tab Stop are visited first, in ascending order. For a button, file, radio button or check box, you will almost always use the default of 0.
Group rendering enabled	Causes the notebook to be displayed as a group rather than a tabbed notebook. The contents of each tab are displayed as separate sections of the group. The notebook tabs that were arranged from left to right inside the notebook are displayed from top to bottom in the group.
Lock rendering style	Adds the ability to switch between the Group style and the Tab style for a Notebook control in the web client.
Heading Level	Specify the heading level for this control so that a corresponding HTML heading tag (<h1> to <h6>) is generated. Note This function is only supported by the Web client.

Property

Usage

Name

Specify a unique identifier for the object on the screen. (Optional)

This name is used by external applications, such as RAD, to dynamically change the properties of the object.

Specify the object’s horizontal position based on the left edge of the object.

Specify the object’s vertical position based on the top edge of the object.

Width

Specify the width of the object in alignment grid units.

Height

Specify the height of the object in alignment grid units.

Visible

Select this option to make the object visible on the form. Clear the check box to hide the object from view on the form.

Visible Condition

Specify an expression to override the Visible property when that expression evaluates to true.

Tab Stop

Specify the tab sort order for this field. By default, the TAB key navigates the focus on a form from top to bottom and left to right. Objects that have a non-zero Tab Stop are visited first, in ascending order. For a button, file, radio button or check box, you will almost always use the default of 0.

Group rendering enabled

Causes the notebook to be displayed as a group rather than a tabbed notebook. The contents of each tab are displayed as separate sections of the group. The notebook tabs that were arranged from left to right inside the notebook are displayed from top to bottom in the group.

Lock rendering style

Adds the ability to switch between the Group style and the Tab style for a Notebook control in the web client.

Heading Level

Specify the heading level for this control so that a corresponding HTML heading tag (<h1> to <h6>) is generated.

Note This function is only supported by the Web client.

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