Set Window Title in Forms 9i

Question

I am running Forms9i,
I am using "separateFrame=false" to avoid having two windows Open.(explorer & java)
Does anyone know if there is a way to modify the default title of the
web browser(formsweb.cfg => pageTitle) programatically,
I want to update the title with the current database that I am connected to.
Could I somehow make a java call to do this for me ? Does forms store the Calling window object anywhere ?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Answer 1

Tamas,
if you go to otn.oracle.com/products/forms then you find the Oracle9i Demos in the sample section.
(http://download.oracle.com/otn/other/general/forms9iDemos9_0_0_1.zip) It requires Oracle9iDS to be installed and also requires an updated Oracle installer. This one can be obtained from Forms9i patch 1. The cookie demo is in the demos path and has the PJC source code as well.
Following is a simplyfied PJC (untested, so I it may not compile by the first attempt) that should do what you are trying to achieve
package oracle.samples;
import java.applet.Applet;
import netscape.javascript.JSObject;
import oracle.forms.handler.IHandler;
import oracle.forms.properties.ID;
import oracle.forms.ui.CustomEvent;
import oracle.forms.ui.VBean;
public class writeToBrowser extends VBean
public static final ID pWriteToBrowser = ID.registerProperty("SET_BROWSER_TITLE");
/* JSObject variables */
JSObject m_window=null;
JSObject m_document=null;
Applet m_applet;
/*Forms settings*/
IHandler m_handler;
/*Browser type */
boolean isMSIE= false;
public writeToBrowser()
public void init (IHandler handler)
try
super.init(handler);
m_handler = handler;
// get the forms applet handler
m_applet= m_handler.getApplet();
// get a handle to the applet window
m_window = JSObject.getWindow(m_applet);
We need to know the Browsertype. We are looking for MSIE and if this
string isn't found assume Netscape. This is needed because the Javascript
passing is different in Netscape
JSObject navigator = (JSObject) m_window.getMember("navigator");
String thisBrowser = (String) navigator.getMember("appVersion");
if (thisBrowser.indexOf("MSIE")>-1){
isMSIE=true;
else
isMSIE=false;
// For the Javascript we need a handle to the document
m_document = (JSObject) m_window.getMember("document");
catch (Exception e)
System.out.println("Error Initialising Bean");
System.out.println(e.toString());
System.out.println("Stack Trace\n-----------------------");
e.printStackTrace();
public boolean setProperty(ID ID, Object args)
if(_ID== pWriteToBrowser)
// HERE IS WHERE TO PUT THE JAVASCRIPT CODE
if (isMSIE){
m_document.setMember("title",(String) _args);
else{
// Netscape
m_document.eval("document.title=\""+(String) _args+"\"");
return true;
else{
return super.setProperty(_ID, _args);
How to implement
- In Forms you will have to register this PJC (after compiling it) with a Bean Container (can be hidden)
- Add the MAYSCRIPT=true parameter to the Forms start HTML file
- Set the Browser title from Forms by a call to
set_custom_property('Bean Item',1,'SET_BROWSER_TITLE','Hello World');
Important: to compile this sample, the JSObject class is needed. It is contained in Netscape Browsers java40.jar file (just do a search for this file and add it to your project)
Fra