I have already posted in my previous post Running Reports Using Run_Product to run reports in Oracle Forms 6i and in this post I am using the same procedure to run report but I am providing a demo form also.   Below is the screen shot of this form an…

Sharing a form to generate Excel file report from SQL query in Oracle Forms. This form can be used in Oracle Forms 6i and 10g / 11g.   Below is the screen shot of this form and could be download from the following link: Excel_Rep.Fmb     A procedure…

Get_File_Name is built-in function of Oracle Forms 6i, used to get the file name with address by browsing the file. You can browse a specific extension name file or with multiple extensions using wild cards.   In this example I am showing three diffe…

Set Icon_File property in When-Mouse-Enter trigger Suppose you are creating icon based menu system in Oracle Forms 6i and you want to change icon when mouse over on any push button. You can accomplish this task by writing form level trigger when-mous…

Center window automatically  in Oracle Forms 6i, use the following procedure by passing window name as parameter:ExamplePROCEDURE auto_centre (pwn in varchar2) ISvw number := get_window_property(forms_mdi_window, width);vh number := get_window_proper…

I have already posted and provided the required PLSQL Library and the Calendar FMX file in my previous blog post Date Picker Calendar For Oracle Forms but some people were still not able to use this utility in their forms, so I thought to provide a d…

To download Oracle Forms Developer 6i from Oracle click this link http://download.oracle.com/otn/nt/forms/6i_rel2_xp.zipNote.  You must have Oracle username and password to download any software from Oracle site, if not then sign-up its free.…

Giving date picker calendar option to user for date type fields in Oracle Forms. I am providing you the form (FoxCal.Fmx) and two libraries (General.plx and Calendar.pll). You can download these files by clicking below link: Download Form and require…

You want to connect multiple databases in oracle forms to perform certain tasks, for example you need to execute ddl or dml statements against databases but when you try to use dblink it gives you error or suddenly quits from the oracle forms.  Solut…

Suppose you want to give the data backup option in Oracle Forms application to some client users, where you have installed Oracle 11g client or direct from server.The following procedure executes a batch file placed in current working directory of th…

I wrote this trigger around 4 years ago to handle errors in an application based on Oracle Forms 6i. This trigger handles all errors with some custom messages for some specific errors and not only this after giving an appropriate message to the user…

Refresh / Updating a form screen in Oracle D2k Forms 6i ProblemYou want to show number of records processed progress or a progress bar on form through a procedure. SolutionDeclare  nTotalRec Number := 10000;  nCurrRec Number := 1;Begin   For i in 1..…

Run_Product is used to run Oracle Reports (RDF/REP files) in Oracle Forms. It invokes one of the supported Oracle tools products and specifies the name of the module or module to be run. If the called product is unavailable at the time of the call, F…

Sharing an Oracle Form Htoolbar.fmb for Oracle Forms 10g/11g containing Horizontal Toolbar canvas and a control block with basic navigational and operational buttons, which can be customized easily as per your form's requirement.   Just change the da…

Creating Timer in Oracle D2k / Forms 6i and Displaying a Clock This is about timer in D2k An external clock can be constructed using timers. Timers correspond to internal clocks, which have a specific time period. When the specified duration expires,…

A step by step tutorial for Oracle Forms 10g development. This guide is helpful for freshers in Oracle forms 10g. To download this ebook click the below button: Download Oracle Forms 10g eBook See Also:Oracle Forms Recipes - Get it from Google Playht…

Below is the example plsql unit to validate login credentials and after successful validation open a new form by passing some parameters to it, in Oracle forms 10g.Create a form for custom login. Create text items for username and password etc. and a…

Below is the example to write file on client in Oracle Forms 10g with webutil library package.Note:  Webutil library must be attached to the form.DECLAREv_dir VARCHAR2(250) := 'c:\temp';ft_tempfile CLIENT_TEXT_IO.FILE_TYPE;beginft_tempfile := CLIENT_…

SYSTEM.CURSOR_BLOCK Determining current block in Oracle Forms Using SYSTEM.CURSOR_BLOCK system variable. The value that the SYSTEM.CURSOR_BLOCK system variable represents depends on the current navigation unit:If the current navigation unit is the bl…

Suppose you want to handle an error in oracle forms and want to display custom error message for that error, but also you want to customize more for a particular error. For example there are many fields in form with required property is set to TRUE f…

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Suppose you want to populate a non-database data block with records manually in Oracle forms. This task can be done using a cursor.   Below is the example given for hr.job_history table, where user input the employee id in upper block and click on th…

The example given below for writing text file or CSV using Text_IO package from a tabular block in Oracle Forms.   Suppose there is a tabular grid data block "Job_History" in your forms and you want to write a CSV on click of a button by reading…

Pre-Query trigger in Oracle D2k / Oracle Forms DescriptionFires during Execute Query or Count Query processing, just before Form Builder constructs and issuesthe SELECT statement to identify rows that match the query criteria.Definition Level form or…

Example is given for Pre-Query and Post-Query triggers in Oracle Forms, with using Display_Itembuilt-in in Post-Query triggers to highlight fields dynamically.   This is the screen shot below for this example:   You can also download this form from t…

Suppose you want to check the user permissions on inserting or updating the records in Oracle Forms, then you can use Pre-Insert and Pre-Update triggers for that particular data block to check whether user is having proper permission or not.   The ex…

Example is given below to fetch any Oracle objects DDL script using DBMS_Metadata.Get_DDL command in Oracle Forms using Forms_DDL command.   You can download this form for free including source code with following link from Google Drive Dbms_Utility.…

Suppose you have two T-List items in form and you want  to shift element values from one list to another in Oracle Forms, here is the example given below for the same. Create two buttons also between list items as shown in picture in the bottom of th…

In Oracle forms when we have two or more blocks and there is a requirement to join them or make a relation between blocks then there are certain types of relation properties available. You will find below the explanation of Master-Detail relation pro…

Post-Form trigger in Oracle Forms fires during the Leave the Form process, when a form is exited.   You can use Post-Form trigger for the tasks such as: To clean up the form before exiting. For example, use a Post-Form trigger to erase any global var…