Each property description includes a Set heading that describes how you can set the property; either declaratively in Oracle Forms (using the Property Palette), programmatically at runtime, or both.
Setting Properties Programmatically
To dynamically modify object properties programmatically, use the following Oracle Forms Built-ins subprograms:
You can programmatically determine the settings of most properties by using the set of corresponding Built-ins to get properties (e.g., GET_ITEM_PROPERTY).