Re: Forms 4.5

I had a similar problem that I never solved, but did circumvent. I suggest making sure they are in 'real' mode -- with main form node hi-lited in ob nav, go to properties, coodinate info, & I'll bet you'll find that you're running in character mode. When I switched this to real mode, I had to re-arrange my items on the canvass, but then the darn things would stay put at runtime.

Incidently, in my situation I had converted from forms 3 to the first dev/2k forms release (4.5.something early). I upgraded that dev/2k install to forms 4.5.something.later and then my problems started appearing! All the forms that I had converted earlier had shrunk and they suddenly looked like a five-year-old had aligned the items on the page. When I changed the coordinate system to real, they behaved again.

Hope that helps.
-Ian

Oh -- if you reply by e-mail remove the anti-spam thing from my address. -- it's just ian_at_...

Elaine Welsby wrote:

> Hi All,
> I am having a problem with Forms 4.5 and contacting the Oracle
> Response Center has proven unsuccessful.
> Basically, I have a 4.5 form which has been converted from a version
> three form. I have been trying to position various objects, mainly
> data-fields on the screen. At design time everything looks fine but
> when I run the form from the file menu or generate a .FMX the objects
> are re-aligned. Any fields that I have placed more than their own
> depth apart are not re-aligned but those that are only a small
> distance apart (less than their own depth) are re-positioned right
> next to the nearest field. I have tried various methods of positioning
>
> the field including varying the grid/snap points and using align.
> This problem is not arising with new forms created in Developer 2000
> do not suffer from the same problem. It seems to be only those
> converted from version 3.
> Any help / suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> Elaine
Received on Tue Jun 24 1997 - 00:00:00 CEST