Re: Oracle Forms 4.5 Problem - ignoring code??

In article <33E45DB9.1CD4_at_trw.com>,
  Martin.Bronstein_at_trw.com wrote:
>
> jevdemon_at_perspect.com wrote:
> >
> > This is somewhat of a newbie question, so please accept my apologies
> > in advance.
> >
> > One of my co-workers is using Forms 4.5 and is having a strange
> > problem. He has added code to a form that appears to get ignored
> > when he runs his application.
> >
> > He added code to the WHEN NEW FORM INSTANCE trigger to pop up a
> > messagebox. The messagebox never appears. It seemed that the form being
> > displayed when he ran his app. is not the form he was modifying. We
> > confirmed this by placing an extra button on the form in question and
> > recompiling/rerunnning the app. Sure enough, when the form he had been
> > modifying appeared there was no button (the messagebox still didn't
> > appear either).
> >
> > Obviously the form appearing when he runs his app is an "older"
> > version and is somehow not being "refreshed" when he recompiles or
> > saves the form.
> >
> > There is only one copy of this form (there are not multiple copies in
> > multiple directories).
> >
> > What's going on? We realize that this is probably a very basic
> > question, but we would appreciate any advice anyone can offer.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > John Evdemon
> > Perspective Technology Corp.
> >
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> Don't forget to generate <ctrl-t> or File > Administration > Generate.
> This creates the .fmx executable file for your form.
>
> Martin Bronstein

Thanks to all who offered advice. Tom tried most of the suggestions to no avail. Tom ended up calling Oracle Tech. Support. Oracle's Tech. Support supplied us with a CD-ROM full of patches which corrected the problem.

Thanks again!

John Evdemon
Perspective Technology Corp.

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