Udf form reference

hello everybody
i wanted to get a reference of the used defined field form which is associated with the active system form
can someone suggest me what the best way to do it???

I wrap a try block around the attempt to retrieve the udf form & if that
fails I activate the UDF form.
try
Form UFForm = B1Connections.theAppl.Forms.GetForm("-" + form.TypeEx, form.TypeCount);
catch
B1App.ActivateMenuItem("6913") 'display udf screen
Form UFForm = B1Connections.theAppl.Forms.GetForm("-" + form.TypeEx, form.TypeCount);
end try
I think I mixed C# & VB code in there, but I'm sure you get the idea.

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Ñ: Hola a todos¿Alguien sabe como averiguar el UID del UDF Form correspondiente a uno dado?
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YECHIEL SCHUSSEIM

Hi Yoav,
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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;
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System.exit(0);
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System.out.println("Usage java ChangeCase_Menu Menuname.mmb");
System.exit(0);
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loopObjects(mmd);
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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;
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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) {
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answer = "Y";
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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);
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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;
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loopObjects((JdapiObject)kids.next());
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if (!(obj.isSubclassed())) {
// Get the trigger text make sure it exists.
String theText =
obj.getStringProperty(JdapiTypes.TRIGGER_TEXT_PTID);
if (theText != null) {
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String Text = obj3.getTriggerText();
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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");
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Message was edited by: Mark Gulyansky

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