Oracle Forms Developer – Form Builder Reference, Volume 1

GET_VERB_NAME built-in
Description
Returns the name of the verb that is associated with the given verb index. An OLE verb specifies the
action that you can perform on an OLE object, and each OLE verb has a corresponding OLE verb index.
You must define an appropriately typed variable to accept the return value.
Syntax
FUNCTION GET_VERB_NAME
(item_id Item,
verb_index VARCHAR2);
FUNCTION GET_VERB_NAME
(item_name VARCHAR2,
verb_index VARCHAR2);
Returns VARCHAR 2
Built-in Type unrestricted function
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.
verb_index Specifies the numeric index of a verb. Use the FIND_OLE_VERB built-in
to obtain this value. The data type of index is VARCHAR2.
GET_VERB_NAME restrictions
Valid only on Microsoft Windows and Macintosh.
GET_VERB_NAME examples
/*
** Built-in: GET_VERB_COUNT
** Example: See EXEC_VERB and GET_VERB_COUNT
*/
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