Re: Forms 5.0 - "Smart" classes?

Thanks for your input, Joe. My question now is, how do I create a make an object from one of my canvases into a smartclass? If I create the object in the Layout Editor as opposed to the Object Navigator, then the canvas property will automatically be populated with the name of the canvas I draw the object on. Therefore, that property will have been changed. This way, I've got to copy the necessary properties from that object and paste them into a new item that I create in the Object Navigator, where it will be independent of canvas. That seems like a lot of work.
I see what you mean about the changes though. What I'm trying to do is make a standard object set (text and list items) which will appear in the same physical location on several different canvases. What I initially did was draw them how I wanted them to appear, then went into the Object Navigator and nulled out the canvas and tab properties. I see now that the fact that I placed them on a canvas in the first place invalidated them to become the kind of smartclasses I wanted.

Adrian

Joe Strano wrote:

> When creating the smart class, Oracle will store values for the properties
> that HAVE BEEN CHANGED. If you do not want the property to be part of the
> smart class, then do not change it from it's default. This should solve
> your problem.
>
> Joe Strano
> Dulcian, Inc.
>
Received on Tue Mar 24 1998 - 00:00:00 CET