Oracle Forms Developer – Form Builder Reference, Volume 1

SHOW_VIEW built-in
Description
Displays the indicated canvas at the coordinates specified by the canvas’s X Position and Y Position
property settings. If the view is already displayed, SHOW_VIEW raises it in front of any other views in
the same window.
Syntax
SHOW_VIEW
(view_id ViewPort);
SHOW_VIEW
(view_name VARCHAR2);
Built-in Type unrestricted procedure
Enter Query Mode yes
Parameters
view_id Specifies the unique ID that Form Builder assigns the view when it creates
the object. Use the FIND_VIEW built-in to return the ID to an
appropriately typed variable. The data type of the ID is ViewPort.
view_name Specifies the name that you gave the view when defining it. The data type
of the name is VARCHAR2.
SHOW_VIEW examples
/*
** Built-in: SHOW_VIEW
** Example: Programmatically display a view in the window to
** which it was assigned at design time.
*/
BEGIN
Show_View(’My_Stacked_Overlay’);
END;
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