REFs in Forms 6i

Can anyone clarify a point for me. I know there are certain restrictions in forms 6i on referencing server types etc, but what are the limitations on REF objects.
eg I declare a forms procedure variable REFing an Object type v_address_ref REF address_type;
I have an forms item "block.pers_address_ref" as an Obj REF. I then populate v_address_ref with a valid REF (from say a database procedure).
If I try to assign something to this item it causes an error. eg :block.pers_address_ref := v_address_ref;
I've tried all manner of ways to try and assign a valid Object REF to a form Obj REF item type but with no luck.
Can it be done> If not is there a wotkaround??
Thanks,
Martin

Normally, column objects contain data. REF columns, however, are a special type of object column; instead of containing data, they contain POINTERS to data that resides in other object tables.
1) create an LOV for the REF item--see form's help; Or,
2) thru stored procedure.

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What would such a function do in pure SQL? Or are you asking if you can refer to Forms variables in SQL that you issue from Forms?
The answer to the first question I will delay until you define what it is that you want to do. The answer to the second question is that there is no way to do that. The database has no way of knowing how to resolve references to variables defined in client side PLSQL.

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I created the query using the DBMS_SQL package, did an OPEN_CURSOR and then PARSE.
Can I, and if so how, return the integer from the PARSE as a ref cursor out of my procedure ? According to the docs the integer in the PARSE is the ID number for a cursor.
thanks,
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I suspect that you are a little confused. I doubt that what you are asking for is what you really need. I believe you want the contents of a ref cursor, not an integer that is the cursor id. Since you are using Oracle 8i, as mentioned in your other post, you don't need DBMS_SQL; You just need to open a ref cursor dynmacially. Please see my response to your other post:
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Hi,
Does anyone here have ever installed Oracle Forms & Reports 11g on a VM Server Instance? Can you recommended memory and disk space settings for that VM ?
I've installed Oracle VM server and I have download Oracle Weblogic 10gr3 Template... Up and running. The directory structure is somehow different from what I am used about to do... TAke a look at the disk structure first
root@bizdev:/u01 > df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/xvda2 1.1G 488M 553M 47% /
/dev/xvda1 31M 7.0M 22M 25% /boot
tmpfs 1.0G 0 1.0G 0% /dev/shm
/dev/xvdb1 626M 496M 99M 84% /opt/oracle
/dev/xvdc1 1004M 32M 921M 4% /u01
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root@bizdev:~ > ls /opt/oracle
jrockit logs lost+found modules registry.dat registry.xml utils weblogic
/u01 constains apps and domains dirs...
root@bizdev:/u01 > ls /u01
apps domains lost+found
So by this structure Oracle Forms & Reports home would be /u01/apps/oracle/product/OHFR ??? And the FormsREportsDomain would be installed on /u01/domains... isnt it ?
Anyone can share experience about this?
Regards
Ricardo

Ricardo,
I've done a lot of VM installations of WebLogic 11g w/ Forms but never used these VM "templates" that you use. I've always installed weblogic and Forms on a freshly installed operating system (Solaris,OEL,Redhat,Windows,etc..).
Please refer to forms installation documentation provided by Oracle: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E14571_01/install.1111/e10421/toc.htm
Secondly, the statement "Oracle weblogic 10gR3" concerns me - what exact version of oracle weblogic server is installed?
You need 11g Forms with 11g Oracle WebLogic Server. The versions are a little confusing but you need one of the following setups:
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1.) WebLogic Server 11g (v10.3.3) with Forms 11g (11.1.1.3)
2.) WebLogic Server 11g (v10.3.4) with Forms 11g (11.1.1.4) (Just recently released)
Note: Forms 11.1.1.3 and Forms 11.1.1.4 are patchsets.
Thirdly, for system specs. All minimum requirements are noted in the installation guide link i mentioned above. It depends on what environment this is and how many apps, users, etc. etc. However, for development environments i've done: usually 25GB+ HDD space, 4GB RAM, 1 CPU (1.5 Ghz+) has been sufficient.
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Gavin

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Ricardo,
I've done a lot of VM installations of WebLogic 11g w/ Forms but never used these VM "templates" that you use. I've always installed weblogic and Forms on a freshly installed operating system (Solaris,OEL,Redhat,Windows,etc..).
Please refer to forms installation documentation provided by Oracle: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E14571_01/install.1111/e10421/toc.htm
Secondly, the statement "Oracle weblogic 10gR3" concerns me - what exact version of oracle weblogic server is installed?
You need 11g Forms with 11g Oracle WebLogic Server. The versions are a little confusing but you need one of the following setups:
1.) WebLogic Server 11g (v10.3.2) with Forms 11g (11.1.1.2)
1.) WebLogic Server 11g (v10.3.3) with Forms 11g (11.1.1.3)
2.) WebLogic Server 11g (v10.3.4) with Forms 11g (11.1.1.4) (Just recently released)
Note: Forms 11.1.1.3 and Forms 11.1.1.4 are patchsets.
Thirdly, for system specs. All minimum requirements are noted in the installation guide link i mentioned above. It depends on what environment this is and how many apps, users, etc. etc. However, for development environments i've done: usually 25GB+ HDD space, 4GB RAM, 1 CPU (1.5 Ghz+) has been sufficient.
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Gavin

How to print Page No. in ALV footer.

I am using the follwoing code but when I got print the page numbers are not displaying. I was copy the code from one of group message.
Please tell where I am making mistakes means why page numbers are not displaying at footer.
I want to print 30 rows on each page and display the page no. in footer of each page.
REPORT zift_test_alv.
Report Name: PS Report                                               *
Created by: IALI                                                     *
Tables ( To support selection screen )
TABLES:
       MSEG.
     S E L E C T I O N   S C R E E N        *
*SELECT-OPTIONS: PostDate FOR BSIS-BUDAT.
SELECTION-SCREEN: Begin of block B01 WITH FRAME TITLE TITLE01.
SELECT-OPTIONS: so_plant                              FOR mseg-werks. " Plant
SELECTION-SCREEN: end of block B01.
      D A T A   D E C L A R A T I O N       *
Types
types: begin of slis_print_alv1,
         no_print_selinfos(1) type c, " display no selection infos
         no_coverpage(1) type c,                            "
         no_new_page(1) type c,                             "
         reserve_lines type i,         " lines reserved for end of page
         no_print_listinfos(1) type c, " display no listinfos
         no_change_print_params(1) type c, " don't change linesize
         no_print_hierseq_item(1) type c, "don't expand item
         print_ctrl type ALV_S_Pctl,
       end of slis_print_alv1.
types: begin of slis_print_alv.
include type alv_s_prnt.
include type slis_print_alv1.
types: end of slis_print_alv.
types: begin of slis_alv_event,
        name(30),
        form(30),
      end of slis_alv_event.
types: slis_t_event type slis_alv_event occurs 0.
TYPES: BEGIN OF ty_mseg,
      WBS         type mseg-PS_PSP_PNR,
      MSEG_WERKS TYPE MSEG-WERKS, " Plant
      ABLAD       TYPE MSEG-ABLAD, " Unloading Point
      WEMPF       TYPE MSEG-WEMPF, " Goods Receiptent
      MBLNR       TYPE MSEG-MBLNR, " Material Do Number
    end of ty_mseg.
Internal tables and work areas
DATA:
      IT_MSEG         type table of TY_MSEG,
      GV_TITLE       type LVC_TITLE.
DATA: gt_events type slis_t_event,
gd_prntparams type slis_print_alv.
     r_alv_template type ref to ZCL_BT_ALV_TEMPLATE.
Data declarations for the ALV grid
DATA:      r_grid      TYPE REF TO cl_gui_alv_grid.
DATA:      alv_fieldcat TYPE slis_t_fieldcat_alv,
           wa_alv_fieldcat TYPE slis_fieldcat_alv,
           alv_layout   TYPE slis_layout_alv,
           gd_repid     LIKE sy-repid.
Initialization.
select single max( ddtext ) from dd02t into TITLE01 where tabname    = 'MSEG'
                                                        and ddlanguage = sy-langu."#EC *
      D A T A   S E L E C T I O N           *
START-OF-SELECTION.
SET COUNTRY 'PK'.
" Getting data from MSEG
SELECT APS_PSP_PNR AWERKS AABLAD AWEMPF A~MBLNR
      FROM mseg AS A
      INTO table it_mseg
      WHERE a~werks in so_plant.
      A~PS_PSP_PNR IN SO_WBS.
*BREAK-POINT.
       A L V   P R O C E S S I N G          *
END-OF-SELECTION.
PERFORM alv_setup.
PERFORM display_alv.
FORM alv_setup.
CLEAR wa_alv_fieldcat.
REFRESH alv_fieldcat.
wa_alv_fieldcat-key = ''.
wa_alv_fieldcat-fieldname = 'WBS'.
wa_alv_fieldcat-seltext_s = 'WBS'.
wa_alv_fieldcat-seltext_m = 'WBS Element'.
wa_alv_fieldcat-seltext_l = 'WBS Element'.
APPEND wa_alv_fieldcat TO alv_fieldcat.
wa_alv_fieldcat-key = ''.
wa_alv_fieldcat-fieldname = 'ABLAD'.
wa_alv_fieldcat-seltext_s = 'Un Ld Pnt'.
wa_alv_fieldcat-seltext_m = 'Un Lding Pnt'.
wa_alv_fieldcat-seltext_l = 'Un Loading Point'.
APPEND wa_alv_fieldcat TO alv_fieldcat.
wa_alv_fieldcat-key = ''.
wa_alv_fieldcat-fieldname = 'MSEG_WERKS'.
wa_alv_fieldcat-seltext_s = 'Plant'.
wa_alv_fieldcat-seltext_m = 'Plant'.
wa_alv_fieldcat-seltext_l = 'Plant'.
APPEND wa_alv_fieldcat TO alv_fieldcat.
wa_alv_fieldcat-key = ''.
wa_alv_fieldcat-fieldname = 'WEMPF'.
wa_alv_fieldcat-seltext_s = 'Good Rec'.
wa_alv_fieldcat-seltext_m = 'Good Rec'.
wa_alv_fieldcat-seltext_l = 'Good Receipt'.
APPEND wa_alv_fieldcat TO alv_fieldcat.
wa_alv_fieldcat-key = ''.
wa_alv_fieldcat-fieldname = 'MBLNR'.
wa_alv_fieldcat-seltext_s = 'Mat Doc'.
wa_alv_fieldcat-seltext_m = 'Mat Doc'.
wa_alv_fieldcat-seltext_l = 'Mat. Doc. No.'.
APPEND wa_alv_fieldcat TO alv_fieldcat.
ENDFORM.                    " alv_setup DMBTR
FORM display_alv.
gd_repid = sy-repid.
Configure layout of screen
alv_layout-colwidth_optimize = 'X'.
alv_layout-zebra             = 'X'.
alv_layout-no_min_linesize   = 'X'.
Now call display function
CALL FUNCTION 'REUSE_ALV_GRID_DISPLAY'
      EXPORTING
           i_callback_program       = gd_repid
           i_callback_top_of_page   = 'TOP_OF_PAGE_SETUP' "Ref to form
           is_layout                = alv_layout
           it_fieldcat              = alv_fieldcat
          i_grid_title             = text-005
              it_events = gt_events
              is_print = gd_prntparams
              i_save = 'X'
      TABLES
            t_outtab                = IT_mseg
     EXCEPTIONS
         program_error            = 1
         OTHERS                   = 2.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
    MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
           WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.
perform build_events.
perform build_print_params.
ENDFORM.                    " display_alv
FORM top_of_page_setup.
DATA: t_header TYPE slis_t_listheader,
        wa_header TYPE slis_listheader.
wa_header-typ = 'H'.
wa_header-info = 'Test Report '.
APPEND wa_header TO t_header.
CLEAR wa_header.
CALL FUNCTION 'REUSE_ALV_COMMENTARY_WRITE'
       EXPORTING
            it_list_commentary = t_header.
ENDFORM.                    " top_of_page_setup
*& Form BUILD_EVENTS
Build events table
form build_events.
data: ls_event type slis_alv_event.
call function 'REUSE_ALV_EVENTS_GET'
exporting
i_list_type = 0
importing
et_events = gt_events[].
read table gt_events with key name =
slis_ev_end_of_page
into ls_event.
if sy-subrc = 0.
move 'END_OF_PAGE' to ls_event-form.
append ls_event to gt_events.
endif.
read table gt_events with key name =
slis_ev_end_of_list
into ls_event.
if sy-subrc = 0.
move 'END_OF_LIST' to ls_event-form.
append ls_event to gt_events.
endif.
endform. " BUILD_EVENTS
*& Form BUILD_PRINT_ PARAMS
Setup print parameters
form build_print_params.
gd_prntparams-reserve_lines = '3'. "Lines reserved for footer
gd_prntparams-no_coverpage = 'X'.
endform. " BUILD_PRINT_ PARAMS
*& Form END_OF_PAGE
form END_OF_PAGE.
data: listwidth type i,
ld_pagepos(10) type c,
ld_page(10) type c.
write: sy-uline(50) .
skip.
write:/40 'Page:', sy-pagno .
endform.
*& Form END_OF_LIST
form END_OF_LIST.
data: listwidth type i,
ld_pagepos(10) type c,
ld_page(10) type c.
skip.
write:/40 'Page:', sy-pagno .
endform.
Regards
Iftikhar Ali
Islamabad

Hi,
         just populate ur eventcat like this , may be this can help u
form zf_eventcat using    p_it_eventcat type slis_t_event.
data l_eventcat type slis_alv_event.
clear l_eventcat.
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      i_list_type     = 0
    importing
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    modify p_it_eventcat from l_eventcat index sy-tabix
                                         transporting form.
endif.
PF_STATUS_SET FORM
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if sy-subrc = 0.
    move 'ZF_PF_STATUS_SET' to l_eventcat-form.
    modify p_it_eventcat from l_eventcat index sy-tabix
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endif.
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clear l_eventcat.
read table p_it_eventcat into l_eventcat with key
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if sy-subrc = 0.
    move 'ZF_USER_COMMAND' to l_eventcat-form.
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endif.
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reward if helpful

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