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Re: Multi row blocks

From: Julesm <julesm_at_ip242yh.plus.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 12:05:55 +0100
Message-ID: <RH9ec.31958$Y%6.3979033@wards.force9.net>


Many thanks for the pointers Mark; very helpful.

Regards
Jules

"Mark C. Stock" <mcstockX_at_Xenquery .com> wrote in message news:nqGdnb6MMY9Ov-TdRVn-vw_at_comcast.com...
> "Julesm" <julesm_at_ip242yh.plus.com> wrote in message
> news:IJ_dc.29032$h44.4133683_at_stones.force9.net...
> | Hi Mark,
> |
> | Thanks for that comprehensive reply.
> | I'm not a forms programmer, so wont pretend to understand some all of
what
> | you say.
> | I needed to ask the question, as our main forms guru says it simply cant
> be
> | done.
> |
> | In a nut shell, we simply want ot have full (manual) control over the
> | contents of a grid like structure, (presumably made with a MRB), with
some
> | cells empty, and some rows being able to show/hide them selves depending
> on
> | the actions of the user.
> | The best way I can describe that would be similar would be the
interaction
> | with a Treeview, whereby one column of the grid would contain a + or -
> | depending upon the current show/hide state of related (child data).
> |
> | If all this seems like too much work, is there a simple way to get
> active-x
> | grids into 9i forms?
> |
> | Hope this makes sense, I'm writing this very late, and my mind is all
> foggy,
> | although that could be thee wine :)
> |
> | Regards
> | Jules
> |
>
> jules,
>
> your forms guru may need to go back to the mountain for a refresher ;-)
>
> what you want to do is certainly very possible, in a number of ways
>
> my previous post describes the way to do a grid-like structure with
standard
> oracle components
>
> the additional information you provide makes me wonder if using form 9i's
> built-in Hierarchical Tree control might be part of the solution -- it's
not
> an editable grid, but it has the built-in show/hide functionality of a
> typical tree-structure, and can be synchronized with a detail view that is
> editable
>
> active-x is out in 9i, since 9i does not run client-server
>
> however, you can add a javabean to implement a grid -- go to
> http://asktom.oracle.com and search for 'javabean forms' for an example of
> implementing a javabean in forms (you -- or your guru -- can also search
> otn.oracle.com for more info on java in forms 9i)
>
> ;-{ mcs
>
>
Received on Sun Apr 11 2004 - 06:05:55 CDT

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