Master Detail module returns to Master page after Detail record saved

Question

Using Oracle Designer Editor version 10.1.2.0.2 I have generated a Web PL/SQL package
set up as a Master/Detail where the Master and Detail records appear in separate windows.
The Master window contains multi-records each with a link to the related Detail records.
The user clicks on the Detail link and the window that appears will allow the user to insert
a new Detail record. Once the user clicks the Save button I need the Detail window to disappear
and the focus returned to the Master records preferably after a new query is performed.
What are the steps I need to perform to navigate back to the Master page and close the Detail
page?
Thanks,
Mark

Answer 1

The simple answer is that to do exactly what you want would take some fundamental changes to the way the framework works. The actionInsert procedure does what it does - it saves the changes and redisplays the form. You can do post-generation changes to make it do something else, like return to the Master, but I'd advise against it.
But if you want a way to return to the Master window, where the user clicks a button or link on the detail form after saving changes, that we can do. Just make a note of the URL that does the initial display of the Master page - probably my_module_name$.startup. Go into the detail module component, and click the User Text tab. Then at Text Location, "Bottom of View Form" (or Top if you want the link there) add for a link:
htf.anchor('my_module_name$.startup','Return to Master')Or for a button:
htf.formOpen('my_module_name$.startup','GET')||htf.formsubmit('Return to Master')||htf.formCloseYou may need to set the SECECS preference for this module to "No" to get this to work.
An alternative to my method is to define an Action Item in the module that does a navigation. I often am linking directly to the View form for a master table, rather than a record list, as you are, and Action Items don't work well for that, but one might work fine for you.