Automated regression tests on Oracle*Forms

Hi all,
We're looking for a toolset that allows automated regression tests (record/playback) on an Oracle Forms GUI. Something like QuickTest*Pro (previously Winrunner).
Anybody having experience with this ? Thanks for sharing it.

Check tool called DataLoader
http://www.dbload.com/

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Automated Regression Testing

Apologies for putting a more advanced question in a general forum but there is no Topic for QA/Testing (that I know of).
Okay, I've been tasked with finding a solution for fully automated unit, component, system, and regression testing. I realize that sounds like a tall order and can't truly be done. However, I'd like to get as close as possible to being able to test every aspect of our system and thought I'd post to the community for ideas. We have a typical multi-tiered web app. We have a web interface, business logic on the server-side, Web Services, DAO, etc. Naturally, some combination of testing needs to be performed. So I suppose that first I need to make a list of all the (general) types of testing that can be done. So far I have:
- syntax validation
- link checking
- unit testing
- record and playback (robot user for web UI)
- custom scripting (for anything I can't buy a tool for)
- performance monitoring & stress testing
- security testing
- etc.
So I guess my first question is: What other types of testing am I missing here? I honestly think I'll end up with 2-3 sets of tests that hopefully give me good testing coverage. The end goal is to have a nightly build that includes a series of tests which generate reports. So in the morning someone can open the reports and see if anything's really busted. So basically, after the build finishes, the tests should be kicked off. I'd like to use Ant for this but I suppose a cron job could be written or whatever. I'm not worried about that right now.
Anyway, I don't have very specific requirements yet but I'm thinking of breaking my work up into unit, component, and system level testing. My initial thoughts are that I'd need:
1. Unit Testing - Ant would simply kick off all the JUnit tests we have available. This would do basic class level testing and validation.
2. Component Testing - Custom Java code/scripts that would tests some specific functional area. This is open ended in my mind as I'm not that familir with the codebase yet. But an example would be "register a user" or "make a reservation".
3. System Testing - Needs to simuilate a user hitting the web interface and would invoke all tiers. So I'm guessing I need to buy some software product to fill out forms automatically and whatever else.
Can you all let me know if there's anything major I'm missing? What methodologies or tools do you recommend? Any links on good tech articles regarding this? Anything comments or feedback welcome.
Thanks in advance!

I'd recommend adding automated acceptance testing to the list of things to consider. Example:
http://fitnesse.org/
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JUNIT in Oracle Forms 6i

Hi
We are using Oracle Forms 6i to develop Oracle Applications form extensions.
Wanted to know if we use JUnit in Oracle Forms for testing?
Thanks
Rahul

Hi there
Thanks for the response.
I was thinking of Forms Data Loader to use as an option for unit testing in Oracle Forms since it does capture the events like button submit , but I dont think it does any verification of data like JUnit.
Please let me know what do you think of same.
Thanks
Rahul

Embed Animated Flash Objects (*.swf file) in Oracle Forms.

Hello All,
To Embed Animated Flash Object (Shockwave *.swf File) in Oracle Forms, Please Follow the Steps Below.
1. Draw "ActiveX Control" Item on Canvas with the Name "OCXITM".
2. Select "ActiveX Control" Item & Go to its Properties (By Pressing F4).
3. Select "ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash" in "OLE Class" Property of "ActiveX Control" Item.
4. Come again to the Canvas.
5. Right Click on "ActiveX Control" Item, Select "Insert Object...".
6. In Control Type List, Select "Sockwave Flash Object" and Press "OK".
7. On Canvas, Select "ActiveX Control" Item, Go to "Program" Menu, Select "Import OLE Library Interfaces...".
8. Select All "Method Package(s)" & "Event Package(s)" for "ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.X" & Press "OK".
9. Go to "Object Nevigator" (By Pressing F3) & Expand "Program Unit" to verify that the Packages are Successfully Imported.
10. Compile All the Objects (By Pressing "Ctrl+Shift+K").
11. In "WHEN-NEW-FORM-INSTANCE" Trigger Write the Below Code.
** Author   : Muhammad Waseem Haroon                        *
** Dated    : 07-Apr-2005                                   *
** Purpose : To Call Macromedia Flash Object (*.swf File) *
** Module   : Logo                                          *
DECLARE
     oleitm OLEOBJ;
BEGIN
     oleitm := :item('OCXITM').INTERFACE;
     ShockwaveFlash_IShockwa_0.Movie(oleitm,'d:\movie.swf');--it can be dynamic.
END;12. Compile, Save & Run Your Form.... and... See the Beauty.
Thanks & Regards
Muhammad Waseem Haroon
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

Mark Striekwold did an effort to put flash into forms
http://mark-oradev.blogspot.com/2010/02/flash-inside-oracle-forms.html
http://mark-oradev.blogspot.com/2010/02/flash-test-inside-oracle-forms-part-2.html
http://mark-oradev.blogspot.com/2010/04/flash-test-inside-oracle-forms.html

Regression testing on PDF output files from Reports?

My current client is looking to do more automated regression testing of the output (content) of their reports, most of which are output from Reports6i into Adobe Acrobat PDF file format. Is anyone currently using or aware of a tool (QARun, WinRunner, etc.) that will do this? (Most of the tools can do a binary comparison of the PDF files that were output, but we need something that will look into the PDF files themselves and tell us where any differences are found in the actual content (text) of the report itself.)
Thanks in advance for any info anyone can provide!
- Bill

Dear Nick,
Just ensure a printer is configured. This can be done by typing in echo $PRINTER at the $Prompt.
If it returns null then configurea printer and i fell this should resolve your problem,
Since it did resolve my problem.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Nick Mavrakis:
I am having some trouble getting pdf output in the unix environment from Reports 6i.
If I kick off a defined report file (.rep) from the command line as follows:
rwrun60 testreport.rep destype=file desformat=pdf desname=testreport.pdf userid=connection_details
I get the following errors:
REP-0004: Warning: Unable to open user preference file.
REP-3300: Fatal error in toolkit.
UI-9: This function call is out of context
If I run the command without the file output options (rwrun60 testreport.rep userid=connection_details) then the report opens up on the screen correctly. From here, if I try to generate a pdf file, I get the following error:
REP-1800: Formatter error.
The report is defined as character type, and is a simple listing of approximately 50 records from a database table. There are no graphics or any pl/sql defined in the report.
Has anyone had similar problems in trying to do this?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Nick<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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Deploying an Oracle Form on 10G AS.

Hi
Can I deploy or test an Oracle Form on the 10G Application server which i have installed ? (10g AS 10.1.2)
Any pointers please as to how to deploy this ?

Mona - this is really a question for the Forms forum.
Also Mona, this is clearly described in the Application Server documentations!!! If you don't have the documentation cd you can find them under "PRODUCT CENTERS" (top left on this page). Click on Documentations and Application Server. Select 10g (9.0.4) and there B10464_05 'View Library' ("Oracle Application Server 10g Online Documentation Library 10g (9.0.4)").
The document you're looking for is "Deployment Guide" which is found under "Oracle Application Server Forms Services" under the J2EE tab (second right).
Regards,
Martin Malmstrom

Automation Testing of Oracle BPM

Hi,
I have just two queries-
1. Is automation testing of ORACLE BPM possible? If yes, which Automation Testing tool is suitable for Oracle BPM Automation Testing?
2. What percentage(approx) of the BPM functionalities can be automated?
Thanks,
Ritoban Mukhopadhyay

Hi Jai,
What we are using is Oracle ATS (Application Test Suite) for both functional and load testing (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/oem/app-test/etest-101273.html) .
Of course there are a lot of open source tools that you can also use such as JMeter.
Cheers
Antonis

Encounter problem when running test.fmx in Oracle form 11g

I am new to Oracle form 11g and encounter a problem regarding testing the Form Services.
I have Oracle form 11g (deployment mode) on my app server. I opened 'Run a form on the web' and clicked 'Run form' to conduct a test with default values suggested by the screen. Then I got the below screen showing 'An add-on for the website failed to run'.
Is the problem in relation to IE setting? or is my set up of Oracle form 11g not OK?

Hi ,
This community is to discuss Weblogic Server specific issues, you can post this query Forms in for better response in the below link:-
Oracle Forms (MOSC)
Regards,
Prakash.

How to istall oracle forms service and oracle reports service and testing

How to istall oracle forms service and oracle reports service ?
and we can make test?

How to istall oracle forms service and oracle reports service ?http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19375_07/doc/frs/docs.htm
and we can make test?Once installed, there is a test program both for Forms and Reports... or you mean something else ? if so, please clarify.

"Bad Applet class name" error while recording on Oracle Forms 11g through OpenScript (JRE 1.7.0_17)

Hi,
I am trying to record automation functional test script on Oracle Forms 11g using OpenScript.
Able to open the browser, but after accessing application URL, getting application error as "Bad Applet class name"
Java Plug-in 10.17.2.02
Using JRE version 1.7.0_17-b02 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
c:   clear console window
f:   finalize objects on finalization queue
g:   garbage collect
h:   display this help message
l:   dump classloader list
m:   print memory usage
o:   trigger logging
q:   hide console
r:   reload policy configuration
s:   dump system and deployment properties
t:   dump thread list
v:   dump thread stack
x:   clear classloader cache
0-5: set trace level to <n>
SSV dialog is suppressed........
cracked oracle.forms.engine.Main
Loading cached Forms Jars ...
Is this version (Oracle forms 11g, JRE 1.7.0_17) supported by OATS-OpenScript ?
Please advise if there is any work around here.
Thanks.

From the last OATS release notes available in the C:\OracleATS\docs directory:
4.1 Oracle Functional Testing/OpenScript
Oracle Functional Testing’s OpenScript scripting platform has the following system
requirements:
■ Operating System (32-bit and 64-bit versions): Windows XP, Windows Vista,
Windows 2003, Windows 7, Windows 2008, Windows 2008 R2.
■ Memory: Minimum 1 GB
■ System: x86, 32-bit or 64-bit processor, 2.6 GHz or faster
■ Disk Space: 4 GB minimum
■ Browser: Internet Explorer 7.x, 8.x., 9.x; Firefox 3.5/3.6, 6.x, 10; Chrome 27+
(playback only).
■ Java Runtime Environment: JRE 1.6 minimum (up to build 38), JRE 1.7 (up to build
11) .
So basically, it's not supported... Can you try with another JRE version?
As always don't forget to run OpenScript as administrator on W7/8 or equivalent
JB

How to change image resolution in oracle forms.

Hi Experts,
I am working on oracle forms 10g (Windows7 OS). Can we get the image resolution of an image item in oracle forms? Can we resize the image in terms of resolution?
I have a requirement where user can upload only 1280x720 size images. Either i have to validate the image resolution and give them a message saying 'Only 1280x720 size images are allowed' or simply i have to convert the image to be upload to 1280x720 size and save in the database. If someone could give the solution for the above problem that would be very much appreciated.
Thanks,
Pramod SR

1. You need to resample.
2. You can automate the process.
1.
Open one of the images.
Go to Image > Image Size
Set the units to Percent (100)
Change the resolution to 300 ppi (not cm!)
Make sure Resample is checked
2. automation
Test the above steps to make sure it works.
Record the steps as an action.
Make a droplet from the action.
Drag the folder with the images to the droplet.

Sending E-mail Through Oracle Forms

Hi all
what i want is as the following:
1- i would like to convert the report to the PDF file internally using code.
2- open the outlook.
3- attcah the PDF automatically to the e-mail.
4- finally sending the e-mail though outlook
could i do that in Oracle forms 6i if i could do that can anyone instruct me to do it step by step

Oh...it's now called ["My Oracle Support"|https://metalink.oracle.com/] .
There's a note on "My Oracle Support" on this item.
This is the note:
Subject:      OLE AUTOMATION: Example Sending a Mail From Forms to Outlook
     Doc ID:      119828.1      Type:      BULLETIN
     Modified Date :      02-SEP-2008      Status:      PUBLISHED
PURPOSE
This document contains a sample code how to send an e-mail from Forms to Outlook
(97-2000).
SCOPE & APPLICATION
It can be used in addition of the whitepaper "Cracking Outlook!", which explains
the object model of Outlook in detail.
(Have a look in the Technical Libaries Folder Forms Whitepaper, their you can
find it)
OLE: Forms to Outlook
Object Model
"Cracking outlook!" explains the Object Model, you can find additional
information in the Visual Basic Help of Outlook, which must be installed from
your Office CD-Rom. Once installed, you can access the help
by choosing Tools->Macro->Visual Basic Editor and then go to the Help or
Object Browser (view -> Object Browser)
Now you can retrieve the Objects, their Methods and Properties.
Eg: the 'Application' Object has the Method 'CreateItem'.
Note this information is also available in MSDN library or if you require more
information on this Microsoft has to be contacted.
OLE2, CLIENT_OLE2 Package
Once you know the Objects, Methods and Properties you can access them with the
OLE2 package. This package provides a PL/SQL API for creating, manipulating,
and accessing attributes of OLE2 automation objects. When using OLE2 with
WebForms every call will be executed on the midtier and not on the client.
So alternatively, the CLIENT_OLE2 package can be used, that is delivered by
Webutil, to execute the OLE code on the client.
Examples
Once you know the Outlook Object model and you know the functions of the OLE2
or CLIENT_OLE2 package you can write your own OLE2/CLIENT_OLE2 code to send a
mail via Outlook.
Here below are 2 different ways of sending an email using Outlook.
Sample 1:
OLE2 sample: Here a MailItem is created, then the Recepient is explicitely
added and resolved. The mailItem is saved before being sent.
Declare
/*declaration of the Outlook Object Variables*/
application ole2.OBJ_TYPE;
hMailItem ole2.OBJ_TYPE;
hRecipients ole2.OBJ_TYPE;
recipient ole2.OBJ_TYPE;
nameSpace OLE2.OBJ_TYPE;
/*declaration of the argument list*/
args OLE2.LIST_TYPE;
begin
/*create the Application Instance*/
application:=ole2.create_obj('Outlook.Application');
/* create namespace and login */
args:=ole2.create_arglist;
ole2.add_arg(args,'MAPI');
nameSpace:=ole2.invoke_obj(application,'getNameSpace',args);
ole2.destroy_arglist(args);
ole2.invoke(nameSpace,'Logon');
/*create a Mail Instance by calling CreateItem Method and giving argument 0 with
it,
you can find the item types in the explanation of the CreateItem Method
(0=olMailItem,1=olAppointmentItem, ?)*/
args:=ole2.create_arglist;
ole2.add_arg(args,0);
hMailItem:=ole2.invoke_obj(application,'CreateItem',args);
ole2.destroy_arglist(args);
/*Get the Recipients property of the MailItem object:
Returns a Recipients collection that represents all the Recipients for the
Outlook item*/
args:=ole2.create_arglist;
hRecipients:=ole2.get_obj_property(hMailItem,'Recipients',args);
ole2.destroy_arglist(args);
/*Use the Add method to create a recipients Instance and add it to the
Recipients collection*/
args:=ole2.create_arglist;
ole2.add_arg(args,'[email protected]');
recipient:=ole2.invoke_obj(hRecipients,'Add',args);
/* put the property Type of the recipient Instance to value needed
(0=Originator,1=To,2=CC,3=BCC)*/
ole2.set_property(recipient,'Type',1);
ole2.destroy_arglist(args);
/*Resolve the Recipients collection*/
args:=ole2.create_arglist;
ole2.invoke(hRecipients,'ResolveAll',args);
/*set the Subject and Body properties*/
ole2.set_property(hMailItem,'Subject','Test OLE2 to Outlook');
ole2.set_property(hMailItem,'Body','this is body text');
/*Save the mail*/
ole2.invoke(hMailItem,'Save',args);
ole2.destroy_arglist(args);
/*Send the mail*/
args:=ole2.create_arglist;
ole2.invoke(hMailItem,'Send',args);
ole2.destroy_arglist(args);
/*Release all your Instances*/
release_obj(hMailItem);
release_obj(recipient);
release_obj(hRecipients);
release_obj(nameSpace);
release_obj(application);
end;
Sample 2
CLIENT_OLE2 sample. Here a MailItem is created with an attachment and directly
sent.
Declare
objOutlook CLIENT_OLE2.OBJ_TYPE;
objMail CLIENT_OLE2.OBJ_TYPE;
objArg CLIENT_OLE2.LIST_TYPE;
objAttach CLIENT_OLE2.OBJ_TYPE;
nameSpace CLIENT_OLE2.OBJ_TYPE;
BEGIN
objOutlook := CLIENT_OLE2.CREATE_OBJ('Outlook.Application');
/* create namespace and login */
args:=client_ole2.create_arglist;
client_ole2.add_arg(args,'MAPI');
nameSpace:=ole2.invoke_obj(objOutlook,'getNameSpace',args);
client_ole2.destroy_arglist(args);
client_ole2.invoke(nameSpace,'Logon');
-- Previous example usually used 'mapi.session' but this doesn't work correctly
--anymore.
objarg := CLIENT_OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
CLIENT_OLE2.ADD_ARG(objarg,0);
objMail := CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE_OBJ(objOutlook,'CreateItem', objarg);
CLIENT_OLE2.DESTROY_ARGLIST(objarg);
objAttach := CLIENT_OLE2.GET_OBJ_PROPERTY(objmail, 'Attachments');
objarg := CLIENT_OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
CLIENT_OLE2.ADD_ARG(objarg,'c:\temp\test.txt'); -- filename
CLIENT_OLE2.SET_PROPERTY(objmail,'To','[email protected]');
CLIENT_OLE2.SET_PROPERTY(objmail,'Subject','Email sent from Oracle Forms 9i');
CLIENT_OLE2.SET_PROPERTY(objmail,'Body','This is an email that was sent using
CLIENT_OLE2 from Oracle forms 9i');
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE(objattach, 'Add', objarg);
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE(objmail,'Send');
CLIENT_OLE2.RELEASE_OBJ(objmail);
CLIENT_OLE2.RELEASE_OBJ(nameSpace);
CLIENT_OLE2.RELEASE_OBJ(objOutlook);
CLIENT_OLE2.DESTROY_ARGLIST(objarg);
END;
Notes:
These are just 2 different ways of sending a mail by Outlook and using the
Outlook Object Model.
The first example can also be used with CLIENT_OLE2, and the second example can
also be used with OLE2.
(just replace every OLE2 to CLIENT_OLE2 or every CLIENT_OLE2 call to OLE2).

Getting Logged on User'Information in an Oracle-Form SSO Partner Application

Hi.
I could run Flight-of Fancy Application and capture user's information by calling the
"Parse_cookie " Procedure.(use the Scenario 2 - Access the Portal and then the FOF App)
and defined an Oracle-Form application as Partner application like FOF.
I want to have Logged on user'Information in the "Oracle-Form" . But the Fucntion owa_cookie.get dosen't work correctly.please let me know what can I do ?
Thanks in advanced.

Hi.
I could run Flight-of Fancy Application and capture user's information by calling the
"Parse_cookie " Procedure.(use the Scenario 2 - Access the Portal and then the FOF App)
and defined an Oracle-Form application as Partner application like FOF.
I want to have Logged on user'Information in the "Oracle-Form" . But the Fucntion owa_cookie.get dosen't work correctly.please let me know what can I do ?
Thanks in advanced. If you're writing your own partner application, then you are correct to get the user information from the output variables
from the parse_url_cookie procedure. You should then set the information you want to keep track of in the cookie, or combination
of cookie and persistent storage in the database. Take care of the security implications while doing this.
On subsequent calls to your application, the user info should be obtained from the cookie and the database, if you
are using a combination of the cookie and database storage to keep your info.
The owa_cookie.get routine is used to read the cookie, which is generated with owa_cookie.send.
These routines work fine, when invoked correctly.
If you are having trouble with them, you're probably not using the calls properly.
The following code provides an example of how to use the owa_cookie calls...
create or replace package testcookie
is
    procedure show (p_name IN VARCHAR2);
    procedure send
        p_name    IN VARCHAR2,
        p_value   IN VARCHAR2,
        p_path    IN VARCHAR2 default null,
        p_expires IN VARCHAR2 default null
end testcookie;
show error package testcookie
create or replace package body testcookie is
    procedure show (p_name IN VARCHAR2) is
        v_cookie owa_cookie.cookie;
    begin
        v_cookie := owa_cookie.get(upper(p_name));
        htp.htmlopen;
        htp.bodyopen;
        htp.print(v_cookie.vals(1));
        htp.bodyclose;
        htp.htmlclose;
    exception
        when others then
            htp.htmlopen;
            htp.bodyopen;
            htp.print('NO COOKIE FOUND.');
            htp.print(SQLERRM);
            htp.bodyclose;
            htp.htmlclose;
    end;
    procedure send
        p_name    IN VARCHAR2,
        p_value   IN VARCHAR2,
        p_path    IN VARCHAR2 default null,
        p_expires IN VARCHAR2 default null
    is
        v_cookie owa_cookie.cookie;
        l_agent varchar2(30);
        l_expires varchar2(30);
        l_path varchar2(100);
    begin
        if p_expires is null then
            l_expires := null;
        else
           l_expires := to_date(p_expires, 'MMDDYYYY');
        end if;
        if p_path = 'ALL' then
            l_path := '/';
        else
            l_path := null;
        end if;
        owa_util.mime_header('text/html', FALSE);
        l_agent := owa_util.get_owa_service_path;
        l_agent := substr(l_agent, 1, length(l_agent) - 1 ) ;
        owa_cookie.send(
            name    => upper(p_name),
            value   => p_value,
            expires => l_expires,
            path    => l_path
        owa_util.http_header_close;
        htp.htmlopen;
        htp.headopen;
        htp.headclose;
        htp.bodyopen;
        htp.print ('Cookie set.');
        htp.bodyclose;
        htp.htmlclose;
    end;
end testcookie;
show error package body testcookie;
grant execute on testcookie to public;If you load this into a schema which a DAD can access, then you can invoke the show and send procedures to view and
generate cookies.
To generate a cookie, issue the following from your browser ...
http://server.domain.com/pls/dad/schema.testcookies.send?p_name=test&p_value=hello
To view the cookie:
http://server.domain.com/pls/dad/schema.testcookies.show?p_name=test

Show the print dialog when running a report from an Oracle form.

I would like to be able to print an Oracle report from an Oracle form but
in addition show the print dialog. My PL/SQL code is shown at the bottom of this post.
I have set the 'printjob' system parameter to 'YES' in the
report and I can bring up a print dialog using the reports runtime.
However, as soon as I run it from my form I lose this capability. Setting
'printjob' to 'YES' in the code has no apparent effect.
Many thanks,
Ben
-- Launch a report
DECLARE
v_pl_Id   paramlist; -- parameter list
BEGIN
-- add the parameters to the list.
v_pl_id := CREATE_PARAMETER_LIST ('summary');
ADD_PARAMETER (v_pl_id, 'destype', text_parameter, 'PRINTER');
ADD_PARAMETER (v_pl_id, 'printjob', text_parameter, 'YES');
-- run the report
RUN_PRODUCT (
    reports
, 'C:\Test Reports\Test.rep'
, synchronous
, runtime
, filesystem
, v_pl_id
, NULL
END;

At 10g not 9i using a bean area on my canvas implementing the following class ...
import java.awt.Frame;
import java.awt.JobAttributes;
import java.awt.PrintJob;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import java.io.*;
import oracle.forms.ui.VBean;
public class Select_Printer extends VBean {
public Select_Printer()
     super();
public String getPrinterName()
String PrinterName=null;
          JobAttributes jobAttributes;
          try{
               jobAttributes = new JobAttributes();
               jobAttributes.setDialog(JobAttributes.DialogType.NATIVE);
               Frame dummyFrame = new Frame();
               PrintJob pJobDialog = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getPrintJob(
               dummyFrame, "Printtest", jobAttributes, null);
               PrinterName = jobAttributes.getPrinter();
          } catch (Exception e) {
               System.out.println("Printer error!");
          return PrinterName;
public static void main(String[] args)
Select_Printer select_Printer = new Select_Printer();
System.out.println(select_Printer.getPrinterName() );
}

How to Save a File in Oracle Forms 6 ?

Dear All,
I am using Oracle Forms 6. I need to save a file in .lst format.
I am using,
flnm:=get_file_name('E:\',file_filter=>'Text Files(*.lst|*.lst|');
I f I use this, It prompts me to save the file. I want to save it automatically without asking me to enter the file name. We can get file name too from the above syntax
flnm:=get_file_name('E:\','Test',file_filter=>'Text Files(*.lst|*.lst|');
But i dont want the system to prompt me to save manually. It must be saved in the proper location as mentioned.
Advance thanks for all.
Kindly help me to overcome this issue

Here's an example of a way to write out a file which writes out data from a particular block. The field names are hard coded so need to
be customized:
/* write out data as tab delimited file for import into
excel etc */
function write_file (myfile in varchar2) return varchar2 IS
out_file          text_io.file_type;
item_name varchar2(32);
errnum number := ERROR_CODE;
errtxt varchar2(80) := ERROR_TEXT;
myblock varchar2(32) := 'MY_BLOCK';
addrno integer := 0;
BEGIN
go_block(myblock);
go_record(1);
out_file := text_io.fopen(myfile,'w');
/* output field header for excel or word */
text_io.putf(out_file,'%s\n', 'notes' || chr(9) || 'subR' || chr(9)||'X' || 'someid' || chr(9) ||
    'title' ||chr(9)||
        'first_name'||chr(9)||'last_name'||chr(9)||
      'home_address'||chr(9)||'home_city'||chr(9)||'home_state'||chr(9)||'home_zip');
LOOP
      if (addrno > 0) then
             text_io.putf(out_file,'\n');
      end if;
      addrno := addrno + 1;
      text_io.putf(out_file,'%s',:MY_BLOCK.some_notes || chr(9));
      text_io.putf(out_file,'%s',:MY_BLOCK.sub_ripple || chr(9));
      text_io.putf(out_file,'%s','X' || :MY_BLOCK.someid || chr(9));
      text_io.putf(out_file,'%s',:MY_BLOCK.title || chr(9) || :MY_BLOCK.first_name
                      || chr(9) || :MY_BLOCK.last_name || chr(9));
      text_io.putf(out_file,'%s',:MY_BLOCK.home_address || chr(9));
      text_io.putf(out_file,'%s',:MY_BLOCK.home_city || chr(9) || :MY_BLOCK.home_state ||
         chr(9) || :MY_BLOCK.home_zip);
      IF :SYSTEM.LAST_RECORD = 'TRUE' THEN
         EXIT;
     END IF;
     NEXT_RECORD;
END LOOP;
text_io.fclose (out_file);
return 'Y';
   exception
     when others then
         message ('ERROR write_file '|| myfile || ' ' || :system.cursor_block || ' '
         || :system.cursor_record || ' ' ||:system.cursor_field || ' '
          || errnum || ' ' || errtxt);
         bell;
         synchronize;
         return 'N';
END;

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