Re: forms built-in message dialog window does not show

look at show_alert

"Omid Golban" <ogolban_at_socal.rr.com> wrote in message news:nHz2a.85053$ce4.19941732_at_twister.socal.rr.com...
> Hi,
>
> I seem to have a problem with using dialog windows.
> I created a very simple form: one 'text item' and one 'button'.
>
> Then I created a trigger for the button:
> WHEN-BUTTON-PRESSED
>
> And included the following 2 lines:
> message ('Testing 1 2 3 ...', acknowledge);
> :my_block.my_text_item := 'This works';
>
> When I click on the button, the text box gets the specified text.
> So I know the trigger is firing. But I don't get any dialog window.
> The message does, of course, appear at the bottom of the form in the
console area.
> I seem to have a similar problem calling the built-in 'GET_FILE_NAME'.
> Is there a setting that prohibits dialog windows from coming up?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Omid Golban
>
>
Received on Thu Feb 13 2003 - 00:39:34 CET