Deleting tabs from form templates

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Use these instructions to delete tabs from form templates.

Before you begin

Depending on how your system administrator customized your system, you might not have access to this task. To obtain access to this task or to have someone complete it for you, contact your system administrator.

If a tab contains required attributes, you cannot delete the tab.

About this task

The form designer Java™ applet does not automatically close and clear from memory after starting. Complete and save any changes to a form template.

To delete a tab from a form template, complete these steps:

Procedure

  1. From the navigation tree, click Configure System > Design Forms.
  2. Choose either to open a file with the Java Web Start Launcher or save the file. Click OK.
    If you chose to save the file, locate the file and run it in the Java Web Start Launcher.
    The form designer applet is displayed.
  3. In the left pane, double-click the wanted category folder to display the object profiles for the entity type. Double-click the wanted object profile to open the template for that profile.
    The form template associated with the object profile is displayed in the middle pane.
  4. In the middle pane, select the tab that you want to delete.
  5. Click Tab > Delete Tab.
    The tab is removed from the form template.
  6. Click Form > Save Form Template, and then click OK when a message is displayed, indicating that the form template is saved successfully.