I really have problems understanding adf api

Question

HI, please
If some one know about a document explaining in deep adf api, INCLUDING EXAMPLESi, I'll appreciate it, thank you.
The problem is I'm some stupid and really can't get it.
I tried to make what I had done in oracle forms, this is finding equivalents to some of their functions, and I really can't
For the developer team, please don't forget in the jdeveloper 12g to include an extensive group of examples.
if you could relate to the functions and properties on oracle forms, will be great too.
at least only for blocks.
If you want to sell it, I think the best you improve the documentation
the more developers will enjoy using adf api
greeting.

Answer 1

Hi Ronald I can make a simple abm, the point is to create your own personalized abm,
The features that our navigator has are in example:
To control the primary keys to be enabled or disabled when you navigate, and apply visual atributes depending if they are enabled or disabled.
the display of a LOV showing a list of what you queried.
the display of the records you had queried without quering them.
etc.
I can send you and example if you want to see how it works to your mail.
But i can demostrate no body know really how adf api works, i.e. I had asked for example this
Hi how can I execute a getQueryHitCount() on getbindings
and no body could answer it, I was looking for an equivalent of get_block_property('block',CURRENT_RECORD)
My point Ronald is if oracle want to sell adf, the best you have your documentation the more you will sell it.
I'm talking of having the same documentation you had for oracle forms.
if oracle would had done a better documentation of api maybe our customer could be using in this moment adf instead or oracle forms.
like this http://download.oracle.com/otn_hosted_doc/forms/forms/A73074_01.pdf
I don't want full or copmlex example only a simple reference to make understand how to perform basic functionality.
If you could make an equivalent of every property and function in form to adf, showing a simple example will be great specialy for you to, because there will be less need of blogs and questions
I'm showing an example of what I would like about adf features using an "adf block", to demostrate I'm not asking something you didn't do before.
NEXT_BLOCK built-in
Description
Navigates to the first navigable item in the next enterable block in the navigation sequence. By default,
the next block in the navigation sequence is the block with the next higher sequence number, as defined
by the order of blocks in the Object Navigator. However, the Next Navigation Block block property can
be set to specify a different block as the next block for navigation purposes.
If there is no enterable block with a higher sequence, NEXT_BLOCK navigates to the enterable block
with the lowest sequence number.
Syntax
PROCEDURE NEXT_BLOCK;
Built-in Type restricted procedure
Enter Query Mode no
Parameters
none
NEXT_BLOCK examples
** Built-in: NEXT_BLOCK
** Example: If the current item is the last item in the
** block, then skip to the next block instead of
** the default of going back to the first item in
** the same block
** trigger: Key-Next-Item
DECLARE
cur_itm VARCHAR2(80) := :System.Cursor_Item;
cur_blk VARCHAR2(80) := :System.Cursor_Block;
lst_itm VARCHAR2(80);
BEGIN
lst_itm :=
cur_blk||’.’||Get_Block_Property(cur_blk,LAST_ITEM);
IF cur_itm = lst_itm THEN
Next_Block;
ELSE
Next_Item;
END IF;
END;
simple and clear the definition and a very short example.
thank you for your time :)