Re: Icons in Forms 6i not showing up

From: Bill Williams <billwilliams_at_qcsoftware.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 15:16:11 -0500
Message-ID: <3E55378B.50506_at_qcsoftware.com>

Jeff wrote:

In article <9abba95.0302180553.5bf37119_at_posting.google.com>, billwilliams_at_qcsoftware.com (Bill Williams) wrote:
  

Karsten Farrell <kfarrell_at_belgariad.com> wrote in message
news:<MPG.18b701f834ba24c19896aa_at_news.la.sbcglobal.net>...
    

billwilliams_at_qcsoftware.com said...
      

I have a batch file I have been using to run forms 4.5 and 6 
applications(on Windows 2000) which sets environment variables such as 
FORMxx_PATH and TK23_ICON(for 4.5) and UI_ICON(for 6) which allows me to 
easily change where files exist without changing the registry.  These 
variables just override what's in the registry.  I just set the 
variables and then execute ifrun60 or ifbld60 in the batch file.

I am now trying to run some 6i forms using the same technique and 
everything is fine except the icons will not show up on the buttons. 
 There are several buttons and only the exit and help icons are filled 
in(that's the name of the file).  Out of curiosity, I changed one of the 
other icon names to "copy" and then suddenly it began to show up, so 
obviously it's pulling icons from somewhere, but I don't have a clue 
from where.  I did find some gif files under the 
forms60\java\oracle\forms\icons directory which might be being used.  I 
just don't know.

Any help?

        

One more thing. According to the Forms 6i "Guidelines for Building 
Applications," Section 5.2.1.5 "Using Icons," they've changed the 
environment variable yet again (TK25_ICON). I think they do that to keep 
us old goats from relying too much on our experience ... and having to 
go back to reading the manuals.

See http://otn.oracle.com/doc.pdf/forms/A73073_01.pdf
      

Thank you for the info.

I haved tried all sorts of variables.  I have now also tried TK25_ICON
and it still does not work.  I have also tried UI_ICON, UI60_ICON(saw
that one somewhere).  Oh, how I love Oracle.
    

Have you considered simply using direct paths in the forms?  What we're doing 
is creating a subdirectory beneath the directory where the forms are run from 
called "images."  Then we simply use "images/iconname" in the button 
properties.  It might be somewhat less flexible and slightly more wasteful in 
space, but it's portable, especially to forms server, and it keeps icons 
neatly with the applications.  No worries about setting environment variables 
or altering the registry.  :-)

Just an idea.
  

Thanks, but that's not possible.  I'm a contractor at a customer's site.  They have literally hundreds of forms.  Paths are not an option.

Received on Thu Feb 20 2003 - 21:16:11 CET