Functions Reference

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to use the system’s settings or the file’s settings. Using the Inspector, you can also format
number fields to display decimals and thousands separators according to the current system
formats.
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Tab control
A layout object made up of one or more tab panels that allows you to organize fields and other
objects within each tab panel's borders.
Tab order
The order in which you move from field to field in a record. In Layout mode, you can define a
custom tab order and include buttons, tab controls, and web viewers in the tab order.
Tab panel
A component of a tab control. The tab panel is the area displayed when a tab in a tab control is
selected. You can place objects such as lines, fields, buttons, portals, imported graphics, blocks
of text, tab controls, slide controls, and web viewers in tab panels.
Table
A collection of data pertaining to a subject, such as customers or stock prices. A database file
contains one or more tables, which consist of fields and records. When you create a new table,
a visual representation, or occurrence, of the table appears in the relationships graph. You can
specify multiple table occurrences (with unique names) of the same table in order to work with
complex relationships in the graph.
Table View
Displays multiple records in a tabular format like a spreadsheet. Each record appears in a row,
and each field appears in a column. To select this view, click Table View in the layout bar.
If you don't see the status toolbar, click the status toolbar control button at the bottom of the
document window.
In Browse mode, you can use Table View to create, modify, and delete fields; choose field types;
add, delete, and sort records; or create a chart or dynamic report.
Target file
The file into which you bring data during importing.
TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)
The basic communication protocol that is the foundation of the internet.
Template
A predefined website that you can select in the Web Viewer Setup dialog box to help you create
a web viewer quickly.
Tab control and tab panels in Browse mode