Oracle Forms Developer – Form Builder Reference, Volume 1

EXEC_VERB built-in
Description
Causes the OLE server to execute the verb identified by the verb name or the verb index. An OLE verb
specifies the action that you can perform on an OLE object.
Syntax
PROCEDURE EXEC_VERB
(item_id Item,
verb_index VARCHAR2);
PROCEDURE EXEC_VERB
(item_id Item,
verb_name VARCHAR2);
PROCEDURE EXEC_VERB
(item_name VARCHAR2,
verb_index VARCHAR2);
PROCEDURE EXEC_VERB
(item_name VARCHAR2,
verb_name VARCHAR2);
Built-in Type unrestricted procedure
Enter Query Mode no
Parameters
item_id Specifies the unique ID that Form Builder assigns to the item when created.
Use the FIND_ITEM built-in to return the ID to an appropriately typed
variable. The data type of the ID is Item.
item_name Specifies the name of the object created at design time. The data type of
the name is VARCHAR2 string.
verb_index Specifies the numeric index of a verb. Use the
Forms_OLE.Find_OLE_Verb built-in to obtain this value. The data type
of index is VARCHAR2 string.
verb_name Specifies the name of a verb. Use the Forms_OLE.Get_Verb_Name builtin
to obtain this value. The data type of the name is VARCHAR2 char.
EXEC_VERB restrictions
Valid only on Microsoft Windows and Macintosh.
EXEC_VERB examples
/*
** Built-in: EXEC_VERB
** Example: Deactivates the OLE server associated with the
object
** in the OLE container.
** trigger: When-Button-Pressed
*/
DECLARE
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