Add items on the current canvas at runtime - part II

Purpose

This is the second part of the chapter on "how to create component at runtime".
In this chapter, let's see how to create some titled-framed text items


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On the Forms module displayed on this screenshot, all the components of the left panel are created at runtime.
The right panel allows to change the properties of each selected component.

The Java code

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Implementation Class property

      oracle.forms.fd.AddItem2


Forms configuration

. Copy the additem2.jar file in the /forms/java directory
. Edit the /forms/server/formsweb.cfg file to add the jar file to the archive_jini variable

         archive_jini=f90all_jinit.jar,……,additem2.jar


The properties

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The sample dialog

     . Download the additem2.zip file
     . Unzip the file
     . Edit your /forms/server/formsweb.cfg file
     . Open the FRAMEDTEXT.fmb module (Oracle Forms 9.0.2 and 10.1.2)
     . Compile all and run the module