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Programatically press the button [message #203633]

Wed, 15 November 2006 22:01

wency
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Hi all,

Is it possible to press a button programatically?
If so, how should I do that? What will be the code?

Thanks!

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Re: Programatically press the button [message #203641 is a reply to message #203633]

Wed, 15 November 2006 22:50

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Put all the code associated with the button into a procedure and then call that procedure from the When-Button-Pressed trigger and from your other custom code.

David

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Re: Programatically press the button [message #203654 is a reply to message #203633]

Wed, 15 November 2006 23:51

wency
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Thanks for the reply David but I don't want to go that way.
What if I have to create a demo program that must show the button is press without human intervention?
What I need is like save_btn.click on powerbuilder or save_btn.submit is ASP.

Is it possible in oracle 5?

If not then I have do some trick on buttons so it will look like being pressed. Razz

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Re: Programatically press the button [message #203667 is a reply to message #203654]

Thu, 16 November 2006 00:21

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You could make the button navigable, navigate to it, and then perform a "do_key('Enter');". See if that causes the button to fire.

David

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Re: Programatically press the button [message #203698 is a reply to message #203654]

Thu, 16 November 2006 01:29

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wency

What if I have to create a demo program that must show the button is press without human intervention?

Create a (Power Point) presentation instead.

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Re: Programatically press the button [message #203760 is a reply to message #203633]

Thu, 16 November 2006 04:23

wency
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Hi David,

It didn't work.
I tried the code below but I got FRM-41009 error.

go_item('bir_block.download');
do_key('PRESS');

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Re: Programatically press the button [message #203884 is a reply to message #203760]

Thu, 16 November 2006 19:18

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Please reread my post. I said 'enter' not 'press'.

David

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Re: Programatically press the button [message #203886 is a reply to message #203633]

Thu, 16 November 2006 19:21

wency
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'enter' didn't work David

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Re: Programatically press the button [message #203892 is a reply to message #203886]

Thu, 16 November 2006 19:39

djmartin
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When you say "didn't work" do you mean that the message/pause pair you have in the button code to aid in debugging didn't display or that the button didn't changed shape?

David

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