Highlighting item on form

Question

Hi, In forms3.0 when the cursor was on the current item the item
was highlighted. In forms 6i I can highlight the item by using
the "Current Record Visual Attribute Group" property to set the
highlight.
Is there anyway I can replicate the functionality of forms3.0? I
want to highlight the current item only and when I move to the
next item the highlight moves too.
Hope this makes sense.
Eileen

Answer 1

1) Create a parameter to keep track of the current/previous
item. In this example I called my parameter ITEM_NAME
2) create a visual attribute for the highlight
3) create a visual attribute for normal colors
4)Create a Form level WHEN-NEW-ITEM-INSTANCE
code:
set_item_propert(:parameter.item_name,
current_record_attribute, 'normal');
:parameter.item_name := :system.cursor_item;
set_item_propert(:parameter.item_name,
current_record_attribute, 'highlight');
Hope this helps,
Candace Stover
Forms Product Management