Re: Dev5.0 & Dev4.5 runtime both on same platform?

Yes, this can be done (assuming, of course, the Forms 5.0 Runtime forms do not have the same names as the Forms 4.5 Runtime forms).

The way I did it where I work:

I installed Forms 4.5 on the machine. Then, exported the registry file so I had it. I also had a registry file from the Forms 5.0 installation done on a clean hard drive.

I COPIED the files from the Forms 5.0 installation over the top of the Forms 4.5 installation, overwriting old files with new files (there were a handful of DLL's (which, btw, cured some of our Forms 4.5 problems...), some files in the dbs directory, and a handful of executables; everything else was a new directory). I then merged the two registry files together, and exported that to subsequently install on other client machines.

Both sets of code ran (I actually separated my app into a Forms 4.5 directory and a Forms 5.0 directory, and tested the same app in both versions), and, I could run them simultaneously. We are in the process of checking this with different applications across a variety of client machines.

HTH
Louise

Hashem wrote in message <01be4fa9$90b682a0$240de5c3_at_safena>...
>Hi all,
>
>How can you install ORACLE Developer/2000 version 5.0 and version 4.5 on
>the same platform, so that you can run FMX files according to their
>version.
>
>For example:
>- Applications written under 5 runs using Forms runtime 5
>- Applications written under 4.5 runs using Forms runtime 4.5
>
>I appreciate any kind of help, thank you...
>
>Hashem
>
Received on Sat Feb 06 1999 - 09:40:38 CST