Re: Forms 5.0: Changing relations and FRM-15004 Error while parsing join condition.

While I can not offer a solution, I can at least say that I feel your pain with having to work with Oracle Forms. I came from Delphi and I am appalled at what Oracle considers a GUI application builder.

Today I wanted to add some code to all the code units of our form. My eyes got wide with joy when I discovered I could convert the form to text and then back to binary (just why is it that the 'source' file has compile information in it? why does builder ask if I want to save changes if I just open the form?). Silly me, in the 'text' version of the form the text I put into program units is dumped in hex!

GIVE ME/US A BREAK!!!!!!! rolf.unger_at_ctilabs.de (Rolf Unger) wrote in message news:<32fe19ad.0202190209.58736551_at_posting.google.com>...
> Hello,
> I got some problems with a Oracle Forms 5.0 Application:
>
> BTW, I'm using Developer 2000 R2.1, so it should be Forms 5.0.6.8, at
> least that's what the installer tells me.
>
> So that's my practical problem. I appriciate any help on this topic.
>
> It can also be:
> "You have an FMB of 2 Megs? Then your design is
> terribly wrong. Restart from scratch, split it in several parts,
> use some 'call_form()',..."
> or
> "Why are you using forms? It has no useful revision control system.
> What can you do with a 9 MByte FMT ASCII file? You can hardly run
> a diff on it."
> And if you finally through it it will display something like
>
> - 00000031 00000009 00000080 80010509 00002422 0000050f 001f0000 000e4355
> - 53545f50 524f465f 54595045 00000000 000004af 50524f43 45445552 45206375
> + 00000031 00000009 00000080 80010509 00002422 0000050f 001f0000 000e4351
> + 53545f50 524f465f 54595045 00000000 000004af 50524543 45445552 45207175
>
> where you actually expect to see something more readable:
>
> DECLARE
> + v_dummy number;
> v_button number;
>
> These are just some suspicions I carry around with me for the last few
> months. As I said, I'm would also be thankful, if you just confirm
> these, though it would mean that the pain of the last months was in
> vain and that I have to look for another tool.
>
> Another minus is that there is no documentation available how to
> maintain Forms Project.
> Anything, that I've seen (including the online help) is of the type:
> "Let's start with a simple case, you have to tables ... click on ..
> to activate the Data Wizard ..."
> Even in Lulushi's Prentice Hall "Forms Developer's Handbook" I find
> only the remark that the properties of a relation object can be
> changed. Examples for using call_form() are also hard to find.
>
> Maybe I should stop complaining ... ;-\
>
> Well, I did a search on the relation topic with Google, and found
> the similar problem
> "Forms 5.0 and FRM-15004: Error while parsing join condition"
> posted on 10 Sep 1998 by Todd Owers
> (1 article only, no response ... )
> Hm, the world's knowledge is said to be doubled every 2 years in the
> current internet times. So no reason to give up hope.
>
> Thanx in advance for your help,
>
> Rolf.
Received on Fri Mar 08 2002 - 22:18:39 CET