Module 1.2: Running/Working with Forms Builder Environment and its Components

Prelim Topic

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• To start an Oracle Forms application, the user must enter the specific URL for it.

Default Menu

(Forms Builder Components)

• It is an alternative to keystroke operations. You can replace or customize this to introduce your own functionality into a form module

• Part of all Oracle Forms Developer applications.

Menu Toolbar

(Forms Builder Components)

• It contains buttons corresponding to menu items. At runtime it appears above any user-defined toolbars.

• It executes the same code as menu items, and it is a shortcut to menu commands that does not duplicate code or effort

Console

(Forms Builder Components)

• The generic name for the standard features that provide information at run time.

• Is displayed at the bottom of the window and consists of: The message line that displays both Forms and application-specific messages, and the status line that displays a variety of indicators to reflect the current state of the form module

Java Applet

2 - The actual thin client contained within the browser window that runs the user interface.

Normal Mode

(Forms Builder modes)

• In this mode, you can insert, update, and delete records and commit changes to the database

Enter-Query Mode

(Forms Builder modes)

• In this mode, you it allows you: Unrestricted and restricted queries, Query/Where dialog box, Record count by using Query > Count Hits

• but it does not allow you to: Insert, update, delete. Navigate our of current data block, Exiting run-time session

• The form lets you type search parameters into fields. For example, you can enter %Smith% to find all employees with Smith in their name.

Query Mode / Fetch Processing Mode

(Forms Builder modes)

• This mode occurs while Forms is processing a query; The form actively retrieves the matching records from the database

• The user cannot interact with the form while this query processing is taking place

Select Action > Save

• Is what to do if you want to make changes permanent

Select Action > Clear All

• Is what you do to discard changes/ rollback

Help > Display Error

• Is what you do to view oracle errors; it shows you the Database Error window, which has the SQL statement and error information

Prompts

1 - Text labels indicating what data belongs in a specific field.

Text Items

2 - Standard input fields where users type or modify text strings.

Check Boxes

3 - Used to checkmark an option

Boilerplate Graphics

4 - Non-interactive shapes, lines, or visual decorations built into the canvas.

Boilerplate Text

5 - Structural, static text labels hardcoded directly onto the canvas layout.

Display Items

6 - Non-navigable, read-only data elements used strictly to output information to the user

List Items

7 - Allows you to select an item

Push Buttons

8 - Are buttons that you click

Image Items

9 - Are images displayed

Radio Groups

10 - It serves as a selection component alongside other data elements like check boxes, text items, and list items