Assigning value to an item

Question

Is there a way to assign value to variable
of data type ITEM? In other words, I need to
assign value to an item, where I just know the
it_id.
In the following procedure p_item is unknown until runtime;
and if it_id is not null then assign some value to the item.
procedure update_item(p_item)
is
it_id item := find_item('block1.'||p_item);
if not id_null(it_id) then
   it_id := 'some_value';  --doesn't work.
end if;
end;

Answer 1

Do you mean you know the name of the item and you want to then assign a value?
If so then use the COPY command which allows you to assign a value to a named variable
e.g.
COPY (12345, 'blocka.number_item1');
To read the value in the same way use the NAME_IN function.
There is plenty in the forms helps about this.
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