Change log of text items

Question

Is there any way of finding out the change log for text items during text determination. e.g. The sales order is created by a set of users who specify the colour of the item in the sales item text - textid-ZCME. They change the colour after sometime in the text-id and there is no means of finding out who changed and when.

Answer 1

In a non-db block, create an item m_rec_cnt as
Datatype : number
Calculation mode :Summary
Summary function : count
summary blk : your block which you expect to have more than 1 record
summay item :any not null item--------------------------------------------------------
create a procedure in the pgm units to set the visual attributes of that particular rec. in the main canvas
procedure l_set_record_Appear(p_va varchar2) is
Begin
  set_item_instance_property('emp_code', to_number(:system.trigger_record), visual_attribute, p_Va);
  set_item_instance_property('emp_name', to_number(:system.trigger_record), visual_attribute, p_Va);
  set_item_instance_property('emp_sal', to_number(:system.trigger_record), visual_attribute, p_Va);
End;Then create the req. visual attribute 'VA_BLUE'
Then call the procedure in
PRE-RECORD as
If nvl(m_rec_cnt,0) > 1 then
   l_set_record_Appear('VA_BLUE');
else
   l_set_record_Appear(''); /* null attribute ...no space*/
end if;