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

Scott Mattes wrote:

> Message displays on the status bar (bottom left of the window), UNLESS
> another Message is sent right after the first. Where show_alert isn't needed
> we have a proc that does a message with what is passed to it and then a
> blank message right after to force a dialog to display the first message.
>
> something like this
>
> procedure show_msg( i_text string)
> is
> begin
> message( i_text );
> message( ' ' );
> end;
>
> "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
> >
> >

Depending on version the second line (message ' ') may not be necessary and may cause problems. Be sure to test it before implementation.

Daniel Morgan Received on Thu Feb 13 2003 - 15:37:16 CET