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SYSTEM.CURRENT_FORM System Variable

Syntax

SYSTEM.CURRENT_FORM

Description

SYSTEM.CURRENT_FORM represents the name of the form that Oracle Forms is executing. The value is always a character string.

Usage Notes

You can use the GET_APPLICATION_PROPERTY Built-in to obtain the name of the current form.

SYSTEM.CURRENT_FORM Examples

Assume that you want any called form to be able to identify the name of the form that called it. You can invoke the following user-defined procedure before Oracle Forms issues a call. This procedure stores the name of the current form in a global variable named CALLING_FORM.

PROCEDURE STORE_FORMNAME IS
BEGIN
:GLOBAL.Calling_Form := :System.Current_Form;
END;