Oracle Forms Developer – Form Builder Reference, Volume 1

GO_ITEM built-in
Description
GO_ITEM navigates to an indicated item. GO_ITEM succeeds even if the target item has the Keyboard
Navigable property set to No.
Syntax
PROCEDURE GO_ITEM
(item_id Item);
PROCEDURE GO_ITEM
(item_name VARCHAR2);
Built-in Type restricted procedure
Enter Query Mode yes
Parameters
item_id Specifies the unique ID that Form Builder assigns to the item when created.
The data type of the ID is Item.
item_name Specifies the string you defined as the name of the item at design time. The
data type of the name is VARCHAR2.
GO_ITEM restrictions
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GO_ITEM(’emp.ename’);
• In Enter Query mode, GO_ITEM cannot be used to navigate to an item in a different block.
• You cannot use GO_ITEM to navigate to a non-navigable item, such as a VARCHAR2 item or
display item.
GO_ITEM examples
/*
** Built-in: GO_ITEM
** Example: Invoke a dialog window by navigating to
** an item which is on the canvas which the window
** displays.
*/
PROCEDURE Open_Preference_Dialog IS
BEGIN
Go_Item(’pref_dialog.printer_name’);
END;