JDAPI change form reference within menus

Question

Hello selfless helpers of Oracle,
We are trying to migrate our web forms from a windows 2003 server to a linux server.
I posted a similar issue sometime back , but that was with regards to getting the JDAPI to start working. The JDAPI has started working , i was able to successfully convert the form-references to lowercase from uppercase within a form , using the sample code ChangeCase from "Note 403582.1 Sample Code JDAPI: switch Case For FormName in OPEN_FORM /CALL_FORM /NEW_FORM " .
But i also have numerous references to other forms within my Menu files i.e my mmb. I did the basic changes like search and replace all Form with menu etc etc.. i got my code compiled and running.
Problem is :-
If i have the CALL_FORM made within the Menu item code, it doesn't seem to pick it up. However i had another menu file where the CALL_FORM was made within a program unit ( i.e a procedure) and it picked up the reference and even converted it to lower case.
I wanted to know how to manipulate the code , to pick up form-references when made from menu item code as well... I am posting the code i used for changing the case of menus ...
thanks in advance.....
K

Answer 1

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import oracle.forms.jdapi.MenuModule;
import oracle.forms.jdapi.Jdapi;
import oracle.forms.jdapi.JdapiIterator;
import oracle.forms.jdapi.JdapiMetaObject;
import oracle.forms.jdapi.JdapiMetaProperty;
import oracle.forms.jdapi.JdapiObject;
import oracle.forms.jdapi.JdapiTypes;
import oracle.forms.jdapi.ProgramUnit;
import oracle.forms.jdapi.Trigger;
import oracle.forms.jdapi.MenuItem;
public class ChangeCase_Menu {
private static boolean uppercase =
false; /* change this boolean to what is required (for uppercase set true)*/
private static int changed =
0; /*variable indicating if any changes were accepted in the menu*/
public static void setInteger(int value) {
changed = value;
public static int getInteger() {
return changed;
private static int resetIter = 0; /*iterator for looping through objects*/
public ChangeCase_Menu() {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String text;
MenuModule mmd;
// Open the Menu
if (args.length < 1) {
System.out.println("Usage java ChangeCase_Menu Menuname.mmb");
System.exit(0);
else if (!args[0].toUpperCase().endsWith("MMB")) {
System.out.println("Works Only For Menus i.e only MMB ");
System.out.println("Usage java ChangeCase_Menu Menuname.mmb");
System.exit(0);
try {
mmd = MenuModule.open(args[0]); /*open the Menu*/
System.out.println("Open Menu " + mmd.getName());
loopObjects(mmd);
if (getInteger() ==
1) { /*save the menu only if something is changed in the triggers*/
System.out.println("Saving the menu to " +
mmd.getAbsolutePath());
mmd.save(mmd.getAbsolutePath());
System.out.println("Menu saved");
mmd.destroy();
} catch (Exception e) {
if (e.toString().endsWith("not found"))
System.out.println("Menu Does not exist");
Jdapi.shutdown();
private static void loopString(JdapiObject obj, String Text,
String finalText) {
boolean beenthere = false, setX = false, setZ = false;
int x = -1, y = -1, z = -1;
int t = -1;
String tempText = Text;
t = Text.indexOf("CALL_FORM"); /* search in trigger for a call_form **/
if (t == -1) {
x = Text.indexOf("OPEN_FORM");
t = x;
if (x != -1)
setX = true;
/* if call_frm is not found, then search for open_form*/
if (t == -1) {
z = Text.indexOf("NEW_FORM");
t = z;
if (z != -1)
setZ = true;
if (t != -1) {
System.out.println("\nThis is the current code for " +
obj.getName());
System.out.println("-------------------------------------------------------");
System.out.println(Text);
while (t !=
-1) /* loop if there are multiple call_form/open_form/new_form*/
beenthere = true;
finalText = changeText(obj, finalText, t);
y = t + 10;
tempText = finalText.substring(y, Text.length());
if (setX == false && setZ == false) {
t = tempText.indexOf("CALL_FORM");
} /* search in trigger for a call_form **/
if (t == -1 || setX == true || setZ == true) {
if (x == -1 && setZ == false) {
tempText = finalText;
y = 0;
setX = true;
if (setZ == false) {
x = tempText.indexOf("OPEN_FORM");
t = x;
/* if call_form is not found, then search for open_form*/
if (x == -1 || setZ == true) {
if (z == -1) {
tempText = finalText;
y = 0;
setZ = true;
z = tempText.indexOf("NEW_FORM");
t = z;
if (t != -1) {
t = y + t;
setX = false;
setZ = false;
if (beenthere == true) {
System.out.println("\nProposed change of code " + obj.getName() +
" to");
System.out.println("-------------------------------------------------------");
System.out.println(finalText);
System.out.println("\nDo you want to change this Text? (Y/N) ");
/* In this codepart I first question if you would like to make the change
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
     Hard coding for batch process , uncomment if you want user interaction
try {
//String answer = br.readLine();
String answer = "Y";
while (answer.toUpperCase().compareTo("Y") != 0 &
answer.toUpperCase().compareTo("N") != 0) {
//answer = br.readLine();
answer = "Y";
if (answer.toUpperCase().compareTo("Y") == 0) {
System.out.println("changing the code");
if (obj instanceof Trigger) {
Trigger obj3 = (Trigger)obj;
obj3.setTriggerText(finalText);
} else if (obj instanceof ProgramUnit) {
ProgramUnit obj3 = (ProgramUnit)obj;
obj3.setProgramUnitText(finalText);
}else if (obj instanceof MenuItem) {
MenuItem obj3 = (MenuItem)obj;
obj3.setMenuItemCode(finalText);
setInteger(1);
System.out.println("changed the code");
if (answer.toUpperCase().compareTo("N") == 0) {
System.out.println("not changed");
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e);
private static String changeText(JdapiObject obj, String Text, int t) { /*In this code I search first for the substring of CALL_FORM or OPEN_FORM
*When this is found I search first for the first quote, then for the second quote
*This string returned I will put in uppercase, if you need lowercase, then
*change here Text2.substring(firstquote,secondquote).toUpperCase() to
*Text2.substring(firstquote,secondquote).toLowerCase()
String Text1 = Text.substring(0, t);
String Text2 = Text.substring(t, Text.length());
String finalText = Text;
int firstquote = Text2.indexOf("'", 0);
int secondquote = Text2.indexOf("'", firstquote + 1);
if (uppercase == true) {
finalText =
Text1 + Text2.substring(0, firstquote) + Text2.substring(firstquote,
secondquote).toUpperCase() +
Text2.substring(secondquote, Text2.length());
} else {
finalText =
Text1 + Text2.substring(0, firstquote) + Text2.substring(firstquote,
secondquote).toLowerCase() +
Text2.substring(secondquote, Text2.length());
return (finalText);
private static void loopObjects(JdapiObject obj) { /*this function will loop through all objects in the menu*/
JdapiMetaObject meta = obj.getJdapiMetaObject();
JdapiIterator iter = meta.getChildObjectMetaProperties();
while (iter.hasNext()) {
JdapiMetaProperty cprop = (JdapiMetaProperty)iter.next();
JdapiIterator kids =
obj.getChildObjectProperty(cprop.getPropertyId());
while (kids != null && kids.hasNext()) {
if (resetIter > 0) {
kids = obj.getChildObjectProperty(cprop.getPropertyId());
loopObjects((JdapiObject)kids.next());
resetIter = 0;
} else {
loopObjects((JdapiObject)kids.next());
if (obj instanceof Trigger) {
if (!(obj.isSubclassed())) {
// Get the trigger text make sure it exists.
String theText =
obj.getStringProperty(JdapiTypes.TRIGGER_TEXT_PTID);
if (theText != null) {
Trigger obj3 = (Trigger)obj;
String Text = obj3.getTriggerText();
String finalText = Text;
loopString(obj3, Text, finalText);
} else {
System.out.println("Error: This object " + obj.getName() +
"doesn't have any trigger text");
if (obj instanceof ProgramUnit) {
System.out.println("Found PU" + obj.getOwner().getName() + "." +
obj.getName());
if (!(obj.isSubclassed())) {
String theText =
obj.getStringProperty(JdapiTypes.PROGRAMUNIT_TEXT_PTID);
if (theText != null) {
ProgramUnit obj3 = (ProgramUnit)obj;
String Text = obj3.getProgramUnitText();
String finalText = Text;
loopString(obj3, Text, finalText);
} else {
System.out.println("Error: This object " + obj.getName() +
"doesn't have any PU text");
if (obj instanceof MenuItem) {
System.out.println("Found Menu Item Code " + obj.getOwner().getName() + "." +
obj.getName());
if (!(obj.isSubclassed())) {
String theText =
obj.getStringProperty(JdapiTypes.MENU_ITEM_CODE_PTID);
if (theText != null) {
MenuItem obj3 = (MenuItem)obj;
String Text = obj3.getMenuItemCode();
String finalText = Text;
loopString(obj3, Text, finalText);
} else {
System.out.println("Error: This object " + obj.getName() +
"doesn't have any Menu item code text");
}