Forcing the 'save changes?' dialog

Question

Hello,
I was wondering, Is it possible to force the form status to 'CHANGED' without any interaction with database items?
Thanks.

Answer 1

It is possible to change the Record Status, but not the block or form status programatically.
set_record_property(to_number(name_in('system.trigger_record')),name_in('system.current_block'), status, CHANGED_STATUS);You could also simply prompt the user to save by displaying your own Alert asking if they want to save changes.
DECLARE
  al_id    ALERT;
  n_button_pressed   NUMBER;
BEGIN
   IF ( <some condition occurs that signals the need to save> ) THEN
      al_id := Find_Alert('STOP'); /* Must have an Alert Object created named "STOP" */
      Set_Alert_Button_Property(alert_id, ALERT_BUTTON1, LABEL, 'Yes');
      Set_Alert_Button_Property(alert_id, ALERT_BUTTON2, LABEL, 'No');
      Set_Alert_Button_Property(alert_id, ALERT_BUTTON3, LABEL, 'Cancel');
      n_button_pressed := Show_Alert(Alert_ID);
      IF ( n_button_pressed = ALERT_BUTTON1 ) THEN
         /* Yes */
         <Perform you Save processing here>
      ELSIF ( n_button_pressed = ALERT_BUTTON2 ) THEN
         /* No */
        < Do something here for NO >
      ELSE
         /* Cancel */
         RAISE Form_Trigger_Failure;
      END IF;
   END IF;
END;Hope this helps,
Craig B-)
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