Creating a Data Item
To create a data item:
- Choose Tools | Data Block Wizard to invoke a
wizard that guides you through the process of creating a data item.
Or,
- In the Object Navigator, expand the Data Blocks node. Oracle Forms
expands the Data Blocks node and displays its subnodes.
- Expand the Items node.
- Click Create in the toolbar. A new item with a default name is inserted
under the Items node.
- Double-click the object icon beside the newly created item to display the
Property Palette.
- Under the General node:
- Set the Name property to the name of the desired database column.
- Set the new item's Type property to specify the type of item you want.
The default item type is text item. You can change the default by setting
the Type property to the item type desired (check box, radio group, List
item, and so on).
- 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 each interface item in a form to a canvas.
Related topics
Converting an item to a different type
About creating items
Setting Layout Editor block context
About assigning items to canvases