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Creating a Display Item

To create a display item:

  1. In the Object Navigator, click the plus icon icon to add a node beside the desired block node.
    Oracle Forms expands the block node and displays its subnodes.
  2. Click the Items node.
  3. Click the Create button toolbar icon to create an object in the toolbar.
    A new item with a default name is inserted under the Items node.
  4. Double-click the object icon next to the newly created item to display the Property Palette.
  5. Under the General node, set the Item Type property to Display Item.
  6. Under the Physical node, set the Canvas property to the name of the desired canvas.

    Note: To display an item at runtime, you must assign it to a canvas.

You can have an item which acts like a disabled item, but is not greyed out by using the INSERT_ALLOWED and UPDATE_ALLOWED attributes. Items with these attributes set to OFF don't show as disabled items, but do not allow the user to change the values in either new or queried records.


About display items

Assigning a format mask to a display item