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Control Relationship Tabs in Aras Innovator

According to this article, Relationship tabs are indexed with RelationshipType ID. That means RelationshipType ID is Relationship tab ID. And also, Relatioship tabs are a part of Item window.
Therefore, the first step is to get Item window reference. it could easily get with below code:

var thisWnd = aras.getMostTopWindowWithAras(window);

Enable/Disable

Use below code can enable/disable a tab. The parameter "Enabled" is a Boolean, the tab will be disabled if passing false.

thisWnd.relationships.relTabbar.SetTabEnabled(RelationshipType ID,Enabled)

Visibility

Use below code can control the visibilty of a tab. The parameter "Visible" is a Boolean, the tab will hide if passing false.

thisWnd.relationships.relTabbar.SetTabVisible(RelationshipType ID,Visible)

Remove

Use below code can remove a tab, but this action is irreversible.

thisWnd.relationships.relTabbar.RemoveTab(RelationshipType ID,Item Type)

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