Re: Persistant variable in Form 6i

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        "Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> writes:
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[Quoted] >> wouldn't want the message to come up every single time.  Is there a
>> way to create a persistance variable - a flag essentially that will
>> last for the execution of the form?

Another way is to use a global variable in the form. These only allow you to store character data up to 255 characters but they are visible across all triggers in your form (in fact they are visible across different modules in your runtime session too). There's no need to declare them, just assign a value:

:GLOBAL.message_displayed := 'TRUE';

You might also find the DEFAULT_VALUE builtin useful for giving global variables a value if they are null, e.g.

DEFAULT_VALUE('FALSE', 'GLOBAL.message_displayed');

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Regards,

Richard Senior
Mill Dam Consulting Ltd, London
Oracle Consulting & Training