Oracle Forms Developer – Form Builder Reference, Volume 1

DISPLAY_HEIGHT Returns the height of the display. The size of each
unit depends on how you defined the Coordinate System property for the
form module.
DISPLAY_WIDTH Returns the width of the display. The size of each
unit depends on how you defined the Coordinate System property for the
form module.
ERROR_DATE/DATETIME_FORMAT Returns the current value of the
error date or datetime format mask (which is established in the
FORMSnn_Error_Date/Datetime_Format environment variable).
FLAG_USER_VALUE_TOO_LONG Returns the current value of this
property, either ‘TRUE’ or ‘FALSE’, which controls truncation of userentered
values that exceed an item’s Maximum Length property.
OPERATING_SYSTEM Returns the name of the operating system that is
currently in use. Valid return values are MSWINDOWS,
MSWINDOWS32, WIN32COMMON, UNIX, SunOS, MACINTOSH,
VMS, and HP-UX.
OUTPUT_DATE/DATETIME_FORMAT Returns the current value of the
output date or datetime format mask (which is established in the
FORMSnn_Output_Date/Datetime_Format environment variable).
PASSWORD Returns the password of the current operator.
PLSQL_DATE_FORMAT Returns the current value of the PLSQL date
format mask (which is held in the PLSQL_Date_Format property).
RUNTIME_COMPATIBILITY_MODE Returns the compatibility setting
contained in this property.
SAVEPOINT_NAME Returns the name of the last savepoint Form
Builder has issued. This call is valid only from an On-Savepoint or On-
Rollback trigger. It is included primarily for developers who are using
transactional triggers to access a non-ORACLE data source.
TIMER_NAME Returns the name of the most recently expired timer.
Form Builder returns NULL in response to this constant if there is no timer.
USER_DATE/DATETIME_FORMAT Returns the current value of the
user date or datetime format mask (which is established in the
FORMSnn_User_Date/Datetime_Format environment variable).
USER_INTERFACE Returns the name of the user interface that is
currently in use. Valid return values are MOTIF, MACINTOSH,
MSWINDOWS, MSWINDOWS32, WIN32COMMON, WEB, PM,
CHARMODE, BLOCKMODE, X, and UNKNOWN.
USER_NLS_CHARACTER_SET Returns the current value of the
character set portion only of the USER_NLS_LANG environment variable
defined for the form operator. If USER_NLS_LANG is not explicitly set, it
defaults to the setting of NLS_LANG.
USER_NLS_LANG Returns the complete current value of the
USER_NLS_LANG environment variable defined for the form operator,
for national language support. If USER_NLS_LANG is not explicitly set, it
defaults to the setting of NLS_LANG. USER_NLS_LANG is the
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