Forms Personilization FAQs

8/10/2019 Forms Personilization FAQs

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Why was forms personalization introduced by Oracle in 11.5.10?

1. CUSTOM.pll is a programmatic methodology for extending Oracle Forms, even for

trivial tasks.

. M!ltiple developers "orking on same CUSTOM.pll co!ld ca!se version related

headaches

Does Forms Personalization replace !"#O$.pll?

#ot really, ho"ever it does provide an alternative to most common activities for "hich

earlier one "o!ld !se CUSTOM.pll

Forms personali$ation is driven %y the same set of events as that for CUSTOM.pll.

&eep in mind that Oracle Forms 'i%raries first invoke the Forms (ersonali$ation, and

then the CUSTOM.pll too for the same set of events.

%ow do & enable Forms Personalizations?

)na%le the personali$ations !sing the *elp+iagnostics men!.


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What are the 'arious components of Forms Personalizations?

ifferent components of Oracle Forms (ersonali$ations are listed %elo". -o! %egin "ith

recogni$ing "hich Triggers+)vents that yo! "ish to trap and !nder "hat conditions. Thecondition can %e entered !sing the syntax as defined in the pict!re %elo".


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What does the (ction #ab do?

*ere yo! "ill either change form property, or display messages or ena%le men! etc.


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an & modify ")* )uery behind the *O+ usin, Forms Personalizations?

Of co!rse yo! can. n the %elo" example am restricting the 'O/ to less than 0records%y introd!cing "here ro"n!m 0 in record gro!p 2!ery.

Step 1. Create a ne" record gro!p

Step . 3ttach the ne"ly created record gro!p to existing 'O/ in )4S Form.


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an & call a P*-")* "tored procedure passin, it form field 'ariables?

-es, !sing the syntax %elo".

ote/ -o! can also invoke FO5MS6' %!ilt7in to perform '.


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an & call uilt&ns?

ndeed, as sho"n %elo", yo! can pick from all the form %!ilt7in8s as %elo".

2ou can also call a form function and pass it parameters usin, Forms

Personalizations


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Processin, can be aborted if 'alidation were to fail

-o! can invoke e2!ivalent to app6item6property.set6property.

am displaying the 5e2!ired property %elo", ho"ever yo! can !se this option for alls!pporta%le properties of app6item6property

-o! can initiali$e a glo%al varia%le. nitiali$ation code is exec!ted if and only if the

glo%al varia%le does not already exist.

Use glo%al varia%les for passing varia%les %ack and forth %et"een t"o forms.


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(lease do not !se 9lo%al /aria%les if yo!r logic is restricted to a Single form itself.

-o! can assign val!es to form fields !sing glo%al varia%le.


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Using forms personali$ations, yo! can set the efa!lt "here cla!se of the 4'OC& too.

#ote: on8t forget to reset this cla!se after yo!r desired operation has %een finished. This

"ill facilitate the form to r!n in standalone mode too.

itto for Order %y Cla!se on %lock.


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For displaying messages, yo! can either enter a plain text, or yo!r message can %e

displayed from the res!lt of a S;' Statement.

'ocal varia%les can %e defined and they "ill %e active for thro!gho!t the session of thec!rrent form.

Use glo%al varia%les if yo! "ish to share the varia%le %et"een m!ltiple forms.

4elo",


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n the %elo" pict!re, am checking if local varia%le is = then display a message.

-o! can ena%le S()C3'171> or M)#U171>, to create ne" men! entries !nder the Toolmen!.

3s seen %elo", the a%ove t"o set!ps have instantiated the ne" Men! tems

S()C3'1?70= "ill create entries !nder 5eports men!

S()C3'017@> "ill create entries !nder 3ctions men!

-o! can capt!re the click on those ne"ly created men! items %y trapping event M)#U1or S()C3'1 Aor "hatever yo! definedB

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