oracle forms creation part 3
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Working with Input Items
Objectives
• Identify Different Types Of Items
• Create Input Items such as– Text Items– Checkbox– Radio Group
– List item
Items
Input Items Non-Input ItemsAllows userinput
Does notAllow userinput
• Text item• Check Box• Radio Group• List item Display Items Non Display Items
• Display item• Image item• calculated item• Hierarchical Tree item etc.
• Push Button• Sound Item
Text Items
• Default item type
• Interface object for:
– Querying
– Inserting
– Updating
– Deleting
• Behavior defined in the Property Palette
Text Item -Prompts
• Prompts are label text displayed to identify the item.
• Justification of prompts can be set through properties
• Prompt visual attributes can be assigned.
Prompt
Text Item
Navigational Behavior of Text Items
• Navigation occurs in the same sequence how they are organized in object navigator
• Navigation can be controlled by following properties– Keyboard Navigable– Next Navigation item– Previous Navigation Item
Database properties
Use properties in the Database group to control:
• Item’s data source——base table item or control item
• Query, insert, and update operations on an item
• Maximum query length
• Case Insensitive Query
Synchronize with Item Property
Copy value from Item
Other properties of text items
• Format Mask Ex: L099G999D99.99, DD-MON-YY
• Enabled
• Conceal Data - Used for creating password fields
• Initial Value Assign Default value
• Case Restriction Upper, Lower, Mixed case
• Item Justification Left, Start, Centered
• Multiline To type more than one line of text Used for Remarks, Comments etc.
Checkbox
• Interface Object which represents two states, but not limited to two values
– Checked
– Unchecked
Crating a Checkbox
• Convert an existing item.
• Use the Check Box tool in the Layout Editor.
• Use the Create icon in the Object Navigator• Default text item is created change the item type property to
checkbox..
Properties of Checkbox
• Data Type
• Label
• Access Key
• Value When Checked
• Value When Unchecked
• Check Box Mapping of Other Values
• Mouse Navigate
Radio Group
• Set of radio buttons each represents a value.
• Used to display
– Two or more choices.
– As an alternative to checkbox
and list item.
Creating a Radio Group
• Convert an existing item.
• Use the Radio Button tool in the Layout Editor.
• Use the Create icon in the Object Navigator• Default text item is created change the item type property to
Radio Group.
Radio Group and Radio Button Properties
Radio group
• Data Type
• Mapping of Other Values
• Mouse Navigate
Radio button
• Access Key
• Label
• Radio Button Value
List Items
• Set of mutually exclusive choices, each representing a different value
• Three styles of List items available
• Space-saving alternative to a radio group
• Smaller-scale alternative to an LOV
List Styles
Poplist
T-list
Combo Box
Creating List item
• Convert an existing item.
• Use the List Item tool in the Layout Editor.
• Use the Create icon in the Object Navigator• Default text item is created change the item type property to
List Item.
List Item Properties
• Elements in List:– List elements
– List item value
• List Style• Mapping of Other Values• Mouse Navigate
Assigning List values
Summary
• Types of Items
• Input Items
Creating Text item
Creating Checkbox
Creating Radio Group
Crating List item.
and their properties.