Oracle Forms Developer – Form Builder Reference, Volume 1

Flag User Value Too Long property
Description
Specifies how Forms should handle a user-entered value that exceeds the item’s Maximum Length
property.
This property applies only in a 3-tier environment in which the middle tier (the Forms server) specifies a
multi-byte character set other than UTF8.
Applies to application
Set programmatically
Default
Property_False (‘FALSE’)
Refer to Built-in
GET_APPLICATION_PROPERTY
SET_APPLICATION_PROPERTY
Usage Notes
In a 3-tier, non-UTF8 multi-byte character set environment, it is possible for an end user to type more
bytes into an item than the item’s Maximum Length property specifies.
When the Flag User Value Too Long property has been set or defaulted to FALSE and this situation
arises, then the user’s typed-in value is truncated (on a character boundary) so that its size in bytes does
not exceed the item’s Maximum Length. When item-level validation is performed, the truncated value is
validated. If validation (and any navigational triggers) succeeds, then the end user is allowed to navigate
out of the item. No error or warning message is displayed.
When the Flag User Value Too Long property has been set to TRUE and this situation arises, then the
user’s typed-in value is not truncated. When item-level validation is performed, it will fail (with an error
message indicating that truncation would be necessary). This means that the end user is not allowed to
leave the current validation unit (as specified by the current form’s Validation Unit property).
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