Re: Button disappears when form run...

[Quoted] [Quoted] On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 21:48:27 GMT, in comp.databases.oracle.tools, [Quoted] Karsten Farrell <kfarrell_at_belgariad.com> scribbled:

>pixelmeow wrote:
>> Hello, all.
>>
>> I am trying to learn Forms 4.5 (on win98se) on Oracle 8.1.5 (on
>> winnt4) while I work on an application. At the moment, all I have to
>> do is put two buttons on a form, and make the code that opens another
>> form when either button is pushed.
>>
>> I've got the buttons on the form, and have got some code (that doesn't
>> work correctly yet) in the triggers, and when I run this form itself I
>> can see the buttons. But this form is called from the menu of the
>> main form, and when I run the program that way, I can't see the
>> buttons (or any other changes I make).
>>
>> I don't know what I've done wrong; is there some way to set this up so
>> that when I run the main form from inside Forms I can be certain it
>> runs the form I'm editing? I'm saving between running and coding,
>> have made certain I'm saving to the correct directory on the correct
>> drive, but am so frustrated...
>>
>> TIA...
>Does the main form simply call your form by name (relative path or a
>specific path)? Do you know what FORMS45_PATH is set to? Look in the
>registry (under HKLM\oracle\software\home<n>) or in your local client's
>environment variables.

[Quoted] The main form has one page that is the logon to the database, another page that is just a picture to attach the menu to. The menu is another form, and I'm sorry that I don't know enough about this yet to tell you how the menu is called, but I do know that the trigger for the menu item calls the form I'm editing by name. Not path. Specifically, "NAME_CALL_FORM('FORMNAME');". This procedure reads:

PROCEDURE name_call_form(form_name in varchar2) IS BEGIN
  call_form(form_name,no_hide,Do_replace); END; I tried renaming this and using No_replace, just to see what would happen, and I didn't notice a change.

I also tried cutting the buttons from the block they are on and pasting them to other blocks, but I must just not know how to manipulate this editor the right way. I was not able to paste them anywhere else, the "paste" option was grayed out. I was able to do this the other day, and learned about how the block applies the multiplicity of the objects on it to *all* the objects on it... (why are there suddenly 9 push_buttons???)

I'm also looking around the internet for tutorials, all of which are pretty straightforward, but since I'm not building from scratch, I'm not sure how to find what I need.

As to the registry, it reflects the Oracle_Home that I've searched already for like file names. No luck there, there is no other file with this name and I haven't figured out yet how to point the relative form name to a particular file.

Thanks for your help so far. :-)

-- 
Teresa Redmond
Programmer/Analyst II
Anteon Corporation
tredmond_at_anteon.com