Clearing Text Item Field

When navigating back and forth between forms (i.e. using “Back” and “Continue” Buttons) if I’ve entered something in one of the fields, any value that I’ve entered, regardless of whether or not it’s been saved to the database will still be there when I go back into it the second time (Text Item).
For example, if I enter John Doe into the "Name" field and press "Back" before submitting, when I return to the "Personal Information" Form, "John Doe" will be already populated in the "Name" field.
How do I insure the field is always blank? Is there a SET_ITEM_PROPERTY I’ve missed in the trigger?

don't know exactly what you mean with "back" and "continue"-buttons, but if you navigate to some block shown on a different canvas and you want to clear the data there are several options:
GO_BLOCK('MYBLOCK');
CLEAR_BLOCK(NO_VALIDATE);clears the whole block without asking for saving.
GO_BLOCK('MYBLOCK');
CLEAR_RECORD;clears the current record and
:BLOCK.ITEM:=NULL;justs clears the value of one item.

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We are developing an application in Oracle 8i & Forms 6i
for a Thailand based company. The users will enter data
in English as well as Thai language.
We have tested the forms that accepts both English
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