How to activate object within a container

[mountaindude]

Let's say we have a QV app with multiple tabs, including one tab with a container on it. The container contains two objects: chart A, and table B.

Let's also assume you'd like to have a clickable button on for example the first (overview) tab, so that when clicked the button takes the user directly to chart A. The reason for having this button is pure convenience for the end user - it would act as a shortcut to a commonly used chart on another tab.

Sending the user to the tab where the container resides is trivial (by means of an "Activate Sheet" action for the button), but how do I make QV understand that it should display chart A? Creating an "Activate object <objectID>" action following the sheet activation action doesn't do anything, it seems (I assume this is because the object resides within the container - just a guess though).

Any ideas?

thx,

Göran

[eiconsulting]

I have exactly the same problem. WITHIN the container I can use the activation to trigger the appearance of a button (i.e. passing from A to B makes the button appear).
As no one has answered I tend to suppose there is no way to address a single object because it is not listed as actionable in Sheet Properties (only the container appears). I have the additional limit not to use the macros as my app is for iPad and the VBscript won't work. Flavio

[flipside]

I was looking into this and think it may be possible using bookmarks (Include Layout State) instead of activating objects.  I can't test on my server at the moment because I have global restriction on server objects but would think it would work.

I'm using QV10 SR4.

flipside

[johnpaul]

On the desktop client, you can use a bookmark and then select it.

A bit of work though, as you need to create a whole lot of bookmarks.

Anyone know of an easier way?