Hierarchical Tree not showing using a record group to populate

Question

Hi, I am trying to set up an hierarchical tree. Can someone please give me the exact steps I need to take to get this right.
I am trying to create a hierarchical tree to behave like a menu on a Main form from where I will call the other forms of my application.
I have done the following
select 1, level, null, form_name, form_name
from iso_forms
connect by prior form_name=action
start with action is null
and get this when I run the statement in pl/sql
1 LEVEL NULL FORM_NAME FORM_NAME
1 1 Edit Edit
1 2 Holder Holder
1 2 Isotopes Isotopes
1 2 Laboratories Laboratories
1 2 Personal Personal
1 2 Incident Incident
1 2 Equipment Equipment
1 2 Over Exposure Over Exposure
1 2 Archive Archive
1 1 Print Print
1 1 Queries Queries
My tree on my main form is still blank, I have checked that the tree is the only item in the block but I am not sure how to confirm that it is a control block. I created the tree in layout editor by clicking on the Hierarchical Tree icon on the left and then dragging out a block, so I am assuming that the block is of the correct type.
Thank you for your assistance
Michael

Answer 1

a control block is one not based on a table/view/procedure . check the block's query data source name. its must be blank.
I suggest you create a procedure where you create the record_group using
CREATE_GROUP_FROM_QUERY,populate_group and ftree.set_tree_property
Here is my code that I i used to populate my tree .it works:
PROCEDURE populate_the_tree IS
grp recordgroup;
error_number number;
grpname varchar2(20) :='rg_group';
tree_id item :=find_item('ctrl.tree');
grp_qry2 varchar2(500) :='select -1,level,ename,null,empno from emp start with mgr is null connect by prior empno=mgr';
begin
     grp := find_group(grpname);
     if not id_null(grp)
          then delete_group(grp);
     end if;
--     grp := create_group_from_query(grpname,grp_qry1||grp_qry2);
     grp := create_group_from_query(grpname,grp_qry2);
     error_number:=populate_group(grpname);
     if error_number <> 0
          then message('Error while populating tree');
          raise form_trigger_failure;
     end if;
     ftree.set_tree_property(tree_id,ftree.record_group,grp);
END;
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lewismak2000