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Hi Folks,
I have a master detail form consisting of one master and two details data blocks. The second data block which is also the detail block consists of a field which is populated via a sequence number. Whenever the user clicks on the insert record button a new sequence number is displayed and then the user navigates to the third data block and inserts records etc. Before navigating to the third data block the user has to manually save the record using the save record button and if he does not save the record then the corresponding third detail data block records are not saved as the primary key record which is the sequence number is not manually saved. I want that the users should not manually save the records and every time they fill the fields the records should be saved automatically whenever the mouse navigates to the next data block. I have tried using the commit form built in at the data block level but it does not work.
Any ideas??
TIA
Hassan

The simplest solution would be to do the following:
Create WHEN NEW-BLOCK-INSTANCE trigger on the 3rd_Block with the following code:
If :system.form_status = 'CHANGED' then
Post;
END IF;
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