Calling a form in a tab from another form in another tab, same page

Question

I've created a page with three tabs and a different form for each tab, then
I've placed a button in each form to call the following form, using this code:
htp.formOpen('PORTALORACLE.wwa_app_module.link?
p_arg_names=_moduleid&p_arg_values=1544154288&
p_arg_names=_show_header&p_arg_values=YES&
p_arg_names=id_dip&p_arg_values='||to_char(v_id_dip)||'&p_arg_names=_id_dip_cond&p_arg_values==', 'post');
htp.formSubmit(NULL,'next form');
It works fine but loads a new page for each form instead of switching the tabs.
How can I get it works as intended?
thanks for the help
Alessio

Answer 1

If I have got your requirement correct, then this is what you are looking for :-
1> you have 3 forms, one in each tab
2> there is a button in a form in tab1 and when you click the button, the information entered in the form in tab1 will be passed to the form in say, tab3, and page with tab3 should be shown.
This is possible. You need to write some pl/sql code to get this done.
Portal provides a placeholder object called wwsto_api_session. The methods of this object will enable you to set and get values.
The general steps would be :-
1> for the form in tab1, write pl/sql button handler code for the button to set the form inputs into the wwsto_api_session object
2> Use form's Call/Go feature to call/go to the URL of the page's 3rd tab;
3> for the form in tab3, write pl/sql code in the additional pl/sql section (...before displaying the page) to get the values from the placeholder object and use it in the form.
The usage of wwsto_api_session placeholder object is available in the following Discussion Forum post :-
Re: session state security