Re: Converting Forms3 to 4.5

Thanks toe everyone for their help. Changing to real-mode worked perfectly. This would be useful for anyone converting from 3 to know. Thanks again,
Elaine
>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_...
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>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
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Received on Sat Jun 28 1997 - 00:00:00 CEST