Re: Developer 2000 and Character Mode

The fields/boilerplate will line up ok if you design in character cells and not real dimensions.
If you design in anything other than character cells then Forms has to do some rounding to place the items on the screen.

Nick

> I've got good news and bad news.
>
> Good News:
> Yes you can use Forms to develop Character mode applications.
>
> Bad News:
> It's a lot of work!
>
> You have to use the GUI based tool ( oraforms45m or f45desm).
> to design the page
>
> Then you can generate the run time (.fmx ) file for character mode
> my running genform45.
>
> You then run the form with runform45.
>
> The problem is that getting fields to line up is a real challenge.
>
> I hope Oracle will make forms generate a Java applet that will talk
> SQL*NET to the server.
>
>
> --
> Neil Johnson - Motorola - Neil_Johnson-CNJ002_at_email.mot.com
>
Received on Wed Dec 18 1996 - 00:00:00 CET