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SHOW_VIEW Built-in

Description

Displays the indicated canvas at the coordinates specified by the canvas's X Position and Y Position property settings. If the view is already displayed, SHOW_VIEW raises it in front of any other views in the same window.

Syntax

SHOW_VIEW
(view_id ViewPort);

SHOW_VIEW
(view_name VARCHAR2);

Built-in Type unrestricted procedure

Enter Query Mode yes

Parameters

view_id 
 
Specifies the unique ID that Oracle Forms assigns the view when it creates the object. Use the FIND_VIEW Built-in to return the ID to an appropriately typed variable. The data type of the ID is ViewPort.
 
view_name 
 
Specifies the name that you gave the view when defining it. The data type of the name is VARCHAR2.

SHOW_VIEW Examples

/*

** Built-in: SHOW_VIEW
** Example: Programmatically display a view in the window to
** which it was assigned at design time.
*/
BEGIN
Show_View('My_Stacked_Overlay');
END;