Re: scrollbars in XP

Forms 6i runtime is not certified with XP. Only Forms 6i designer is certified for XP with latest patchset 13. What does this mean? It means you can not get official help from Oracle - if things are not working on XP at runtime you are your own. Good luck.

On Thu, 06 Feb 2003 07:39:36 -0800, Vladimir M. Zakharychev wrote:

> I guess that the problem is that Forms 6 doesn't support XP "themes."
> Don't think you have other way of fixing this but to turn them off in XP
> (that is, use win2k default mode.) You may also try to attach a manifest
> to the forms runner executable and specify MS common controls version
> earlier than 6.0 to force XP using common controls without XP themes
> awareness for this executable. Check with MSDN Library to find out how
> to do it (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library).
>
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> "Robert Flügge" <robert.fluegge_at_bim-consulting.de> wrote in message
> news:run44v0l5dc6q8d0eqtuco6eftbi0mo883_at_4ax.com...

>> Hi there ..
>>
>> .. there is a problem with forms 6.
>> I have an application developed with oracle forms 6.
>>
>> .. with win 2000 in default modus the application runs OK. .. with win
>> xp ther are problems with width and height --> .. scrollbars everywhere
>> !!
>>
>> What can I do ?
>> My tests show the problems:
>> - height of windowtitle
>> - fontsize of widowtitle
>> I have co problems when I configure xp with default of win 2000.
>>
>> How can I solve this problem ?
>>
>> Thanx in advance
>> Robert