Forms tab canvases

Hi,
Does anyone know how can I set the colour of the background and foreground on the heading of each tab page?
Wright now,I'm setting the tab page visual attribute,but Forms is showing some others colours on the tab pages headings.
I'm using forms 9i.

Hi Frank,
In the layout editor,background and foreground colors are exactly the ones I'm setting.
I'm not having any problems with the lowercase or uppercase of the chars,but with the colors.
But in runtime,these colors are changing to some colors depending on the LAF.
Isn't really some other way to set them?(when I've changed the LAF,they changed too)

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Thanks Craig. You made it happen..!! Below code is working fine for me.
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Lauri
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--pat

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1- create a block blk_1 add items item_1,Item_2 and Item_3.
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Edited by: kingadmin on 20/04/2011 02:15 ص
Edited by: kingadmin on 20/04/2011 02:16 ص

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Mouse Equivalent
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P
Preview/Edit button
Highlight fields
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Document JavaScripts
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Align Left
L
right [ctl]-click > Align, Distribute or Center > Align Left
Align Right
R
right [ctl]-click > Align, Distribute or Center > Align Right
Align Top
T
right [ctl]-click > Align, Distribute or Center > Align Top
Align Bottom
B
right [ctl]-click > Align, Distribute or Center > Align Bottom
Align Vertically
V
right [ctl]-click > Align, Distribute or Center > Align Vertically
Align Horizontally
H
right [ctl]-click > Align, Distribute or Center > Align Horizontally
Center Vertically
Shift + V
right [ctl]-click > Align, Distribute or Center > Center Vertically
Center Horizontally
Shift + H
right [ctl]-click > Align, Distribute or Center > Center Horizontally
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F
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Hi,
Request :
We would like to add a new tab on the table properties of a physical model.
Example
Explanation :
If we have a table with the following form: CREATE TABLE_1 (COL1 CHAR (10), COL2 NUMBER (6) COL3 VARCHAR2 (20));
We would like that the new tab to be similar to the one above.
This tab should have for each vertical column - the table columns names.
This tab should be displayed only if the table has a stereotype "LOV" for "List Of Values"
For each row in the screen above we will write the values of each table records.
Objective :
When we Generate Database the following SQL command must be generated : INSERT INTO TABLE_1 (COL1, COL2, COL3) VALUES ('', '', '');
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and using variables %TABLE% and %TABLDEFN%. But the TABLDEFN variable provides column names and types, "COL1 CHAR (10), COL2 NUMBER (6) COL3 VARCHAR2 (20)." Given that this variable is not very interesting we have achieve our goal with an extension (XEM). In fact we are able to generate an extension that will give us the following SQL command: insert into TABLE_1 (COL1, COL2, COL3) values ('', '', ''); following the creation of the CREATE TABLE statement.
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Hi Benoit,
To get a tab with a list, you need object to fill it. In your case, you need to define (in your xem or xdb) a new extended sub-object SAM (stereotype as metaclass) with several attributes (one per column COL1, COL2, ...) -- It could be dynamically defined but you may enter the dark side of xem enhancement -- let's start with the three extended attributes.
With the new SAM, you can create an extended composition on your table, targeting the new SAM. In the composition definition, set the columns you want to display (COL1, COL2, COL3 + whatever you want)
=> You then will have your new tab with COL1, COL2 and COL3 columns
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How to add it in the generation ?
In the XEM, create the statement in a template ("filldatatable") under Table metaclass that iterate on composition and use
<<
.set_value(TablCode, "%Code%")
.set_value(ColnList, "")
.foreach_item(Columns)
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.next("")
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.next(";\n")
>>
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<<
%.q:COL1%, %.q:COL2%, %.q:COL3%
>>
In order to include it in your sql-generation you have to instruct PowerDesigner to do so. You use the AfterCreate item that would add some sql after the generation:
(.// is a comment)
<<
.// Because the scope is limited to active XDB, we need to instantiate a vbscript to reach the xem definitions.
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>>
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And this in preview
I attached the xem I made for example (change .txt to .xem)
Marc

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