Re: Dynamic column width with Forms 5.0

Hello Steve!

Thank you for the answer. I tried you demo application, it is a nice tool. But I am looking for a tool with an user interface which is very easy to use for a dummy user. Even Oracle uses such a tool. If you look at the Storage Manager that comes with the Oracle Enterprise Manager ... that's what I'd like to have. But how to do it with Forms????

Roland Schaar
Gosch Consulting GmbH

Steve Cosner wrote:

> In article <37D8E60C.733396D3_at_gosch.com>,
> Roland Schaar <rschaar_at_gosch.com> wrote:
> >I need to build an application with Oracle Forms 5.0 where the user can
> >dynamically change the width of the fields.
> >
> >One idea is to manually programm this functionality with on-key-triggers
> >or the toolbar and set the item properties according to some program
> >logic.
> >But in every form the developper would have to guarantee that this works
> >correctly. I would prefer a tool that can be integrated in Oracle Forms
> >5.0 (maybe an OCX) which provides this functionality.
> >
> >Does anyone one such a tool? Ideally it should look like the grid used
> >in MS-software where you can sort by klicking on the title of a column
> >and change the order of the columns.
>
> I don't think there is any tool to make this feature easy. Forms was
> not designed to be that dynamic.
>
> However, my QA Utility form changes column widths dynamically, but it
> was not easy to develop. It has to re-generate all columns to display
> if you change the width of just one column. If you want to do this in
> multiple forms, I think it would require way too much programming
> time. You can download the QA.fmx from my website to see how it
> works.
>
> Steve Cosner
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Received on Mon Sep 13 1999 - 11:47:51 CEST