Remembering which tab was selected in panelTabbedPane

Question

I need to have a way such that a panelTabbedPane would be dynamic. it has to remember the last selected tab or set which tab would be activated. Ex. i click tab3 of a tabbed page then it goes to a non-tabbed page, if i press CANCEL on the non-tabbed page it should go back to the tab3 - the calling tab, instead of the selectedIndex tab or like the default tab.
Is tabChangeListener an option and how can that be implemented?
Can you help me out? thank you.

Answer 1

Hi Vj
Are you saying that you have multiple parameters and that in each parameter the user can pick a different value and that you then want the system to sort in the order of those items?
With some manipulation of the data you can do it. Here is what I would do and I will assume there are 3 parameters called User1, User2, User3:
1. Create a new calculation called MySort like this:
CASE WHEN "User Name" = :User1 THEN '1'|| "User Name" WHEN "User Name" = :User2 THEN '2'||"User Name" ELSE '3'||"User Name" END
2. Now you create a Group Sort on this new calculation and make it hidden - the items will then appear in the order you entered them in parameters 1, 2 and 3
If you want to use a single parameter and allow your user to enter up to three value then this can be done too but you have to change the parameter to not allow the user to key multiple values. Instead you will be using a single parameter with each individual value separated by something other than a comma, say a /.
What you do next is use the SUBSTR command to split out the individual pieces and use those in your condition such as:
"User Name" = Value1 OR "Use Name" = Value2 OR "User Name" = Value3, where Value1, Value2 and Value3 come by splitting up the single parameter into multiple values.
With this done you do a similar job as I showed you at the beginning for completing the sort:
CASE WHEN "User Name" = Value1 THEN '1'|| Value1 WHEN "User Name" = Value2 THEN '2'|| Value2 ELSE '3'|| Value3 END
Best wishes
Michael