Could you post a sample dialog with tabs to test against nvm. after testing, it seems to be an issue with the init event:
Code:
alias test {
dialog -m test test
}
dialog test {
title "test"
size -1 -1 200 200
option map
tab "a", 1, 0 0 200 200
tab "b", 2
}
on *:DIALOG:test:init:0:{
;; doesn't work
did -fu $dname 2
;; works
.timer 1 0 did -fu $dname 2
}