How to change a item property just for one record

Question

Hi,
My Requirement is, when a new record is inserted i want item1 to be enabled(which is disabled by default) only for this new record. when I implement the following code, entire column is enabled intead of just for one record.
The code I have written in WHEN-NEW-RECORD-INSTANCE trigger is
app_item_property.set_property('block1.item1', ALTERABLE_PLUS, PROPERTY_ON);
app_item_property.set_property('block1.item1', ENTERABLE, PROPERTY_ON);
please help!
Thanks
Sunny

Answer 1

The code I have written in WHEN-NEW-RECORD-INSTANCE trigger is
app_item_property.set_property('block1.item1', ALTERABLE_PLUS, PROPERTY_ON);
app_item_property.set_property('block1.item1', ENTERABLE, PROPERTY_ON);What is APP_ITEM_PROPERTY? This is not a Valid Oracle Forms Built-in. I don't see how your When-New-Record-Instance (WNRI) trigger will compile.
To change the properties of a specific instance of an item you would use the Set_Item_Instance_Property built-in and then there are only a few properties you can change; which are: BORDER_BEVEL, INSERT_ALLOWED, NAVIGABLE, REQUIRED, UPDATE_ALLOWED and VISUAL_ATTRIBUTE. To make a specific instance of "ITEM1" Insertable and Updateable you would use the following:
Set_Item_Instance_Property('YOUR_BLOCK.ITEM1', CURRENT_RECORD, INSERT_ALLOWED, PROPERTY_TRUE);
Set_Item_Instance_Property('YOUR_BLOCK.ITEM1', CURRENT_RECORD, UPDATE_ALLOWED, PROPERTY_TRUE);However, if you have set the ENABLED property of ITEM1 to NO in the Forms Builder, you will not be able to "Enable" the item using Set_Item_Instance_Property. You will need to make the item Enabled and set the INSERT/UPDATE properties to NO.
Hope this helps,
Craig B-)
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