Display Only Fields

Display Only fields are used just to display information in a simple format.  The following is an example of a Display Only field:

Like all items fields, the Display Only fields can be conditional for display.

• Display as Text (does not save state):  The value of the page item will be displayed as text on the screen.  The value of the page item will not be saved to the session state when the page is submitted. 

• Display as Text (does save state):  Same as Display as Text (does not save state) but the value is saved to the session state when the page is submitted.

• Display as Text (escape special characters, does not save state):  The value of the page item will be displayed without any conversions.  Normally if the value contains HTML tags, the tags will be translated and rendered.  With this type of item, the tags will not be translated. 

• Display as Text (based on LOV, does not save state):  This type of display field will be based on the results from a LOV.  Remember, each LOV has a display value and a result.  If the item is equal to the result, the display values will appear on the screen.  For example:  A LOV has the following display values and results:

STATIC:Red;R,Blue;B,Green:G,White;W

• If the value of the page item is W from a SELECT statement, computation, process, etc., the display will be White.  The value of the page item will not be saved to the session state when the page is submitted.

• Display as Text (based on LOV, does save state):  This is the same as the Display as Text (based on LOV, does not save state), but the value is saved to the session state when the page is submitted.

• Display as Text (based on PLSQL, does not save state):  This is the more complicated type of the Display as Text fields.  This field is based on the results of an anonymous PL/SQL block.  When this field is rendered, the PL/SQL block will be evaluated and the result is displayed.  The PL/SQL block must set the page item to the value to be displayed.  The source of the item must be anonymous PL/SQL block.