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Creating a Data Item

To create a data item:

  1. In the Object Navigator, expand the Data Blocks node.  Oracle Forms expands the Data Blocks node and displays its subnodes.
  2. Expand the Items node.
  3. Click Create in the toolbar.  A new item with a default name is inserted under the Items node.
  4. Double-click the object icon beside the newly created item to display the Property Palette.
  5. Under the General node:

  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 each interface item in a form to a canvas.


Converting an item to a different type

About creating items

Setting Layout Editor block context

About assigning items to canvases