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This document describes the process of registering new forms in oracle applications.
Registering a Form
Fields
Form : Enter the file name of your form (the name of the .fmx file) without extension.
Your form filename must be all uppercase, and its .fmx file must be located in your
application directory structure.
Application : Enter the name of the application which will own this form.
User Form Name : This is the form name you see when selecting a form using the
Functions window.
Click on the form tab and you will see following screen
Fields
Function : Enter a unique function name for your function. This function name can be
used while calling this program programmatically. This name is not visible to the user
through other forms.
Parameters : Enter the parameters that you want to pass to your form function. E.g.
Query_only.
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Fields
Menu : Enter the descriptive name for the menu. This name is not visible to the user.
User Menu Name : The user menu name is used when a responsibility calls a menu.
Security - for menus that are used to aggregate functions for data security or specific
function security purposes, but would not be used in the Navigator form
Prompt : Enter the prompt that the users will see for the menu.
Submenu : If you want another menu to be called from this menu, then enter this menu name in
this field.
Grant :The Grant check box should usually be checked. Checking this box indicates that this
function is automatically enabled for the user. If this is not checked then the function must be
enabled using additional data security rules.
View Tree :Click on View Tree Button and you will see following screen with the full hierarchy of
the menu.
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Creating Responsibilities
Click on Define button and you will see following screen in front of you.
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Fields
Responsibility Name : Enter the responsibility name for the new responsibility.
Application : Enter the application name you want to associate the new responsibility to.
Effective Dates : Enter the date range in which the responsibility will be active in the
From and To fields.
Available From : In the available from field box, select whether you want this
responsibility to be available from Oracle applications or from Oracle Self Service Web
Applications or from Oracle mobile Applications.
Data Group : The data group defines the database user name that oracle applications use
to connect to the database when you connect to applications using this responsibility.
Menu Name : Enter the menu name that you want to associate with this responsibility.
Web Host Name : If your Web Server resides on a different machine from your database,
you must designate the host name (URL) here. Otherwise, the Web Host Name defaults to
the current database host server.
Web Agent Name : Enter the PL/SQL Agent Name for the database used by this
responsibility. If you do not specify an Agent Name, the responsibility defaults to the
agent name current at log-on.
Request Group : The request group would define which requests the users with this
responsibility can run. If no request group is assigned to this responsibility then the users
with this responsibility will not be able to run requests for which he is not the owner.
Enter the Request group name and Application name for the request group that you
want to assign to this responsibility.