developer runtime function keys

I'm developing several text based forms for use on a hand-held computing device. User initiated events, which in a GUI would be generated by button clicks, for example, will need to be generated by use of function-n keys. In my current design these user events are handled by block level key-Fn triggers, which, of course, need to be tested during development.

This user interface approach works well with my prototype running on the hand-held device. However, during development the Oracle Forms Developer (4.5) runtime tool doesn't map the function-n keys on my keyboard as I would hope. As a result the key-Fn triggers never fire, making testing of my triggers quite difficult.

I've read a little about mapping function keys in Developer, it seems that it is possible to map user defined functions to function keys so that F2, for example, will have the same behavior everywhere in an application, but this doesn't work for me. I need to have F2 fire the F2 block level trigger, so that in one view it can mean 'cancel' to the user, and in another view it can mean 'go to the next screen', and so on.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Further, if this is not possible, then can anyone explain why? It seems strange to me to have a development tool that cannot allow the developer to perform tests in a manner consistent with how the end user interface will behave.

Any thoughts on how to accomplish this or where to look for documentation greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Rich Davies Received on Mon Mar 30 1998 - 00:00:00 CEST