Tutorial: Blocks and tabs

This example covers how to organize a form using blocks and tabs.

Creating a form with many blocks

1. Create a new simple form application based on the table customers.

2. In the application menu open the Layout folder and click in Blocks.

3. Change the Name and Label block attribute to General.

4. Create a new block by click in Create New Block.

5. Enter New Block for the Name and Label attributes..

6. Create another block and call it One More.

7. Enable the General block attribute Title Display.

Organizing the fields on the blocks

8. In the application menu choose Fields Positioning

9. Organize the fields according with the table below:

Blocks	Fields
General	CustomerID
	CompanyName
	ContactName
	ContactTitle
	Adress
	City
New Block	StateID
	PostalCode
	Country
	Phone
	Fax
One More	CreditLimit
	CardType
	CardNumber
	Notes

Use the CTRL key to select more then one field. To move the fields up and down use the buttons by the field list side (see image bellow).