Handling Multiple Windows

Handling Multiple Windows 

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     A window is just a container for all logical visual attributes that make up a Form Builder application. A single form may include several windows. You must create at least one content canvas for each window, but only one content canvas can be displayed at run-time, even though more than one content canvas can be assigned to the same window at design time.

Key Problem:

 When clicking the close ('X') ICON of the current window, another existing window is getting opened which is not desirable feature.

Key Reason:

 There is no default behavior in closing Oracle Window Forms; when a user chooses the Close Menu item or the upper right ('X') icon. The window form will not automatically close. You must define a form-level trigger "When-window-closed" with such associated built-ins or system variables.   

Key Solution:

When-Window-Closed trigger:

           In regard to Single Oracle Window  form, you can use the mentioned trigger  to  close a window pro-grammatically when the operator issues a window manager–specific close command. Issuing the close command is just perfect for a single window form.

 EXIT_FORM;

     In regard to multiple Windows form consider "SYSTEM.EVENT_WINDOW" system variable. It keeps the name of the last window for which a window interaction trigger fired. You can also use this system variable to perform different actions for different windows in your window interaction triggers.

You can close a window using built-ins.

HIDE_WINDOW,SET_WINDOW_PROPERTY, and EXIT_FORM 

WHEN-WINDOW-CLOSED trigger example at form-level...

       Suppose you have more than a window (WINDOW1, WINDOW2 ...)

 You can perform closing each window by using the following system variable

" SYSTEM.EVENT_WINDOW".

IF :SYSTEM.EVENT_WINDOW='WINDOW1' THEN

  -- Do something while closing window1/canvas1 

         DO_KEY('exit_form');

ELSIF :SYSTEM.EVENT_WINDOW='WINDOW2' THEN

  -- Do something while closing window2/canvas2 

  HIDE_WINDOW('WINDOW2');

   ... etc.

END IF;

Or you can use the following built-ins in "WHEN-WINDOW-CLOSED" trigger 

  

HIDE_WINDOW('current_window_name');

SHOW_WINDOW('main_window');

GO_BLOCK('block_name');

GO_ITEM('next_window_item');

...This applies on any form window types or forms version

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