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About Windows

A window is a container for all visual objects that make up a Oracle Forms application, including canvases. A single form can include any number of windows. While every new form automatically includes a default window named WINDOW1, you can create additional windows as needed by inserting them under the Windows node in the Object Navigator.

By itself, the window object is an empty frame. The frame provides a title bar and handles for interacting with the window, making it possible for end users to scroll, move, and resize the window.

A windows typically contains a canvas with navigable items, and thus is invoked at runtime in response to navigation to items on that canvas. Windows also can be displayed and closed programmatically, independent of any item navigation events. At runtime, when a window is displayed programmatically, or when navigation occurs to an item on a canvas assigned to that window, Oracle Forms displays the window with the appropriate canvas background.

To define the appearance and functionality of the windows you create, you can specify numerous window properties, including size, display position, and title. You also can get (examine) and set most properties programmatically at runtime. Finally, you can dynamically show and hide windows as required.


About MDI and SDI windows

About window modality

About the root window