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Oracle Forms: Menu
This document discusses how to create and manage menu modules in Oracle Forms. It covers identifying menu components, creating and saving menu modules, modifying menu item properties, creating popup menus, controlling menus programmatically using built-in functions, and managing menu security using roles. Key topics include attaching menu modules to forms, writing PL/SQL code in menu triggers, built-ins for showing, hiding and finding menu items, and defining roles and access for menu modules and menu items.
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Oracle Forms: Menu
- 1. Creating and ManagingMenu Modules http://ebiztechnics.blogspot.com
- 2. Objectives • Identify Menucomponents • Create, save and attach Menu modules • Modifying properties of Menu items • Creating Popup menu and attaching • Controlling Menus Programmatically • Manage Menu Security http://ebiztechnics.blogspot.com
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- 4. Default Menu Action Save Clear All Print Print Setup Exit Edit Cut Copy Paste Edit Display List Block Previous Next Clear Field Previous Next Clear Duplicate Record Previous Next ScrollUp Scroll Down Insert Remove Lock Duplicate Clear Query Enter Execute Cancel Last Criteria Count Hits Fetch Next Set Help Help Keys List Display Error Debug http://ebiztechnics.blogspot.com
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- 6. Creating a MenuModule Object Navigator Menu Editor Select Tools Menu Editor http://ebiztechnics.blogspot.com
- 7. Menu Module Properties MainMenu Menu Directory Menu Filename Startup Code Share Library with Form Use Security Module Roles http://ebiztechnics.blogspot.com
- 8. Menu Item Properties •Enabled • Label • Menu Item Type • Magic Item • Menu Item Radio Group • Command Type • Menu Item Code • Submenu Name • Icon in Menu • Icon Filename http://ebiztechnics.blogspot.com
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- 10. Magic Items • About •Undo • Clear • Copy • Cut • Paste • Help • Quit • Window http://ebiztechnics.blogspot.com
- 11. Menu Item CommandTypes Null Menu PL/SQL Plus Form Macro Does not issue a command Invokes a submenu Executes a PL/SQL command Spawns a process to SQL*Plus Backward compatibility Backward compatibility http://ebiztechnics.blogspot.com
- 12. Menu Module FileTypes Menu module definition: • .mmb (Menu Module Binary) • Stored in files or database tables Menu module executable: • .mmx (Menu Module Executable) • Stored in files Menu module text: • .mmt (Menu Module Text) • Stored in files http://ebiztechnics.blogspot.com
- 13. Attaching Menu Module •Open Form Module Property Pallet. • Modify Menu Module Property. • Specify the name of your menu module. http://ebiztechnics.blogspot.com
- 14. Pop-up Menus Menu thatappears on the screen at the location it was invoked • Enables users to access commonly used functions easily • Is accessed by pressing the right mouse button (Microsoft Windows and Motif) http://ebiztechnics.blogspot.com
- 15. Using Pop-up Menus •Pop-up menus are: – Form module objects in the object navigator, such as alerts or Data Blocks – Built through the Property Palette or Menu Editor – Associated with items and canvases with a pop-up menu property • Pre-Popup-Menu trigger provides dynamic control http://ebiztechnics.blogspot.com
- 16. Writing PL/SQL Codein Menu Triggers • Similar to PL/SQL code in form triggers • You can share code between a form module and a menu module by using the following: – Libraries – User-defined triggers – DO_KEY built-in http://ebiztechnics.blogspot.com
- 17. Writing PL/SQL Codein Menu Triggers • Menu modules generated independently • Restrictions: – Cannot directly reference values of form objects – Must use NAME_IN built-in function – Cannot use direct assignment for form objects – Must use COPY built-in procedure http://ebiztechnics.blogspot.com
- 18. Built-ins Used • FIND_MENU_ITEM •GET_MENU_ITEM_PROPERTY • SET_MENU_ITEM_PROPERTY • ITEM_ENABLED • MENU_SHOW_KEYS http://ebiztechnics.blogspot.com
- 19. Built-ins Showing andHiding REPLACE_MENU Character mode built-ins: • HIDE_MENU • SHOW_MENU • MENU_REDISPLAY http://ebiztechnics.blogspot.com
- 20. Managing Menu Security •Defining security roles • Choosing roles for the menu module • Assigning access to menu items • Setting the Use Security property http://ebiztechnics.blogspot.com
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- 22. Menu Module Roles •Select Menu Module Roles Property from the menu Module properties. • Enter Database Role Names. • Use Security Property Set to Yes. http://ebiztechnics.blogspot.com
- 23. Menu Item Roles •Invoke Property pallet of a Menu item. • Choose Menu Item roles property. • Select Menu Item roles. • Press OK button. http://ebiztechnics.blogspot.com
- 24. Summary • Creating MenuModules • Attaching Menu Modules to Forms • Popup menu items • Pre-Popup menu trigger. • Built-ins for Managing Menu items programmatically. • Menu Module security with Roles. http://ebiztechnics.blogspot.com
Editor's Notes
- #3 Introduction Overview By default, each form module uses the same menu structure, call the Default menu, This lesson teaches you how to customize this menu and how to create your own menu Modules. You will also learn how to enhance your application b including menu toolbars and pop-up menus.
- #4 Components of the Menu Module What is a Menu Module? A menu module is a hierarchically structured object that provides a quick and easy Method for operating you Forms application. Like the form module menu module Is one of the main components of an application. Each menu module displays as a pull-down menu. A pull-down menu comprises a set Of options, displayed horizontally under the application window title. Each option can Represent a submenu or an action. Selecting a submenu displays a vertical list. Selecting an action executes the action.
- #5 What is the Default Menu? The Default menu is not a separate menu module and is built in to every form module. A custom menu is stored in a separate module that has a suffix of .mmb. A custom menu that is Exactly the same as the default menu, menudef.mmb, ships with Oracle Developer Forms.
- #6 Technical Note By default, the Menu Editor displays a pull-down menu, with the top-level menu displayed Horizontally. If you are developing a full-screen menu, you may want to display the top-level Menu vertically, so that the display matches the way your menu will appear at run time. To Change the orientation, click the Switch Orientation button.
- #9 Technical Note Radio menu items must belong to a radio group. All of the radio items for a radio group must be Contiguous on the same menu. Radio group names are internal names that are not displayed at Runtime.
- #12 Note: The command types of Form, Plus and Macro are available for backward compatibility only. Web Design Tip If you invoke the HOST command with web-deployed forms, the required process will run on the Forms Services machine, not on the client. The client will not be able to view or participate in that Process.
- #14 Technical Note If you want to use the Default menu without the associated menu toolbar, replace the Value DEFAULT&SMARTBAR in the Menu Module property with DEFAULT only.
- #20 Technical Note REPLACE_MENU replaces the menu for all windows in the application. If You are using CALL_FORM, REPLACE_MENU replaces the menu for Both the calling form and the called form with the specified menu.
- #23 Technical Note If Use Security is modified by must recompile the menu module.