Re: HELP !! This should be easy ! I can't get my Forms 6.0 MDI application to behave !

Jeff Rudnick wrote in message <930236961.567.44_at_news.remarQ.com>...
>I have just recently begun using Forms 6 and I have successfully created
>simple single-window applications. However, my project requirements are a
>bit more demanding.
>
>After signing the user onto the database, I would like to bring up an empty
>application window and allow the user to use the classic menu selections
>File->Open->PickFromMyListOfWindows to open their windows of choice.
>
>Thus far, I have been unable to:
>
> 1) Open just the application - for some reason, one of my windows
ALWAYS
>opens with the application. Is there some property that I need to remove
to
>prevent this?
>
> 2) Open a new window from the menu - when I select any of my
>window-opening options, I get the following error: FRM-10242: Cannot call
>linked in Forms from Form Builder.
>
>The online help really offers no explanation about what I am doing
>incorrectly. It says, "The menu designer specified a call to linked-in
>Forms from within Form Builder. Action: Notify your DBA."
>
>Of course, when I asked my DBA and he said this was an application issue
and
>he could offer no help.
>
>I have set all of my window styles to: document
>and Modal is set to: No
>and Hide on Exit is set to: No
>
>Does anyone know the answers to my two problems? Please help.
>
>Best Regards,
>Jeff Rudnick
>Rudnick & Associates, Inc.
>jeff_at_rudnick.org
>

Chapter 16 of "Oracle Developer/2000 Forms" by Albert Lulushi addresses all the issues you raised in your question.

The chapter deals with Windows, Canvases and Dialog Boxes.

Good luck Received on Sat Jun 26 1999 - 06:54:04 CEST