Oracle Forms Developer – Form Builder Reference, Volume 1

FIND_CANVAS built-in
Description
Searches the list of canvases and returns a canvas ID when it finds a valid canvas with the given name.
You must define an appropriately typed variable to accept the return value. Define the variable with a
type of Canvas.
Syntax
FUNCTION FIND_CANVAS
(canvas_name VARCHAR2);
Built-in Type unrestricted function
Returns Canvas
Enter Query Mode yes
Parameters
canvas_name Specifies the VARCHAR2 canvas name you gave the canvas when defining
it.
FIND_CANVAS examples
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DECLARE
my_canvas Canvas;
BEGIN
my_canvas := Find_Canvas(’my_canvas’);
END;