Re: forms memory requirement/problem

Added ram will NOT increase some resources available on a Windows system...the user and graphic resources are fixed by the OS...

Forms are resource hungry.....close everything else before attempting complex forms building..

"Ta Xiong" <ta_xiong7_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

>hi ppl,
>does anyone know what's the exact memory requirement for forms builder and
>forms runtine? it seems to be extremely resource hungry and gobbles up
>whatever memory you have.
>
>i've noticed that some of my complex/huge forms will not run at all if
>resouce is low. sometimes it runs but some of the items on the
>screen/canvas does not show. if it's just a item label/graphics, that's not
>too bad. but sometimes the actual field values queried from the table does
>not appear. and when user commits this form, table gets updated with null
>values!!!
>
>initially i have 128mb installed. when i open a form in forms builder,
>system resource (according to windows system property|performance info) is
>down to, say 35%. then i upgrade to a total of 256mb ram. i open up same
>form (with same applications opened in other windows/sessions), it still
>says abt 35% ??!!!
>
>anyone who has any idea wats going on?
>
>thanks.
>
  Received on Tue Jan 02 2001 - 10:58:27 CST