Transparent Container UI Element

Hi
I am new to Web Dynpro for ABAP and have been tasked with the creation of a complex input screen with a tabbed strip of 12 tabs with 7 columns on each tab. Each column also has multiple input fields on it.
My question is in the design of the screen. I am currently equating the Transparent Container as an (X)HTML DIV tag for my screen formatting.
Would this be a fair assumption?
Are there any documents on screen design?
Regards
Ian

Ian,
For HTML client TransparentContainer is in fact rendered as DIV element. Though, it may be changed.
Anyway, this is quite safe analogy.
For your task you may use either:
1. Matrix/Grid layout of Tab content and no Transparent containers at all. You may get columns effect using layout only.
2. Matrix layout with 7 columns (one row) and transparent container in every cell. Use this only if [1] is not suitable, i.e. when layout in every column differs too much.
Valery Silaev
SaM Solutions
http://www.sam-solutions.net

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>
Thomas Jung wrote:
> I can't think of any offical way of doing this.
>
> I have one suggestion - but it is totally not supported by SAP and if anyone asks you didn't get it from me.
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> [http://code.google.com/p/saplink/|http://code.google.com/p/saplink/]
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