Oracle Forms Developer – Form Builder Reference, Volume 1

INITIALIZE_CONTAINER built-in
Description
Inserts an OLE object from a server-compatible file into an OLE container.
Syntax
PROCEDURE INITIALIZE_CONTAINER
(item_id Item,
file_name VARCHAR2);
PROCEDURE INITIALIZE_CONTAINER
(item_name VARCHAR2,
file_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.
file_name Specifies the name of the file containing the object for insertion into an
OLE container. Include the path of the file location.
INITIALIZE_CONTAINER restrictions
Valid only on Microsoft Windows and Macintosh.
INITIALIZE_CONTAINER examples
/* Built-in: INITIALIZE_CONTAINER
** Example: Initializes an OLE container by inserting an object
** from a specified file into an OLE container.
** trigger: When-Button-Pressed
*/
DECLARE
item_id ITEM;
item_name VARCHAR(25) := ’OLEITM’;
BEGIN
item_id := Find_Item(item_name);
IF Id_Null(item_id) THEN
message(’No such item: ’||item_name);
ELSE
Initialize_Container(item_id,’c:\OLE\oleobj.xls’);
END IF;
END;
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