Re: Forms 6i Many non-functional windows opening at start

FYI... latest patchset, AFAIK, takes Forms 6i to 6.0.8.24.1 (Patch 15) and fixed some quirkiness in some of our forms.

In article <40102309$0$134$3a628fcd_at_reader2.nntp.hccnet.nl>, Smiley <anoniemke888getridofthis_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>Daniel Morgan wrote:
>> Michel G. Rainville wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone experienced repeating blank windows opening apparently
>>> without end when starting an Oracle Forms 6i application under Windows
>>> XP. This is a local installation (Forms 6.0.8.23.2)?
>>>
>>> It looks like the outer (MDI) window is opening, with the usual
>>> background, but then repeating indefinitely.
>>>
>>> Has anyone had this experience?
>>>
>>> Mike Rainville
>>> Montreal, Canada
>>
>>
>> I've had it. Forms 6i can be kludged to work with XP but one must
>> remember that XP stands for eXtra Problems. 6i is not certified to run
>> on XP and XP was intended it seems to break products ... even
>> Microsoft's own to force upgrading to their newest versions and thus
>> keep the revenue flowing.
>>
>
>AFAIK 6i (at least 6.0.8.23.2, which is Patch 14 I believe) IS certified
>to run on XP. You just need to download Forms & Reports 6i Release 2 as
>the initial install (June 2003) and then install at least Patch 13.
>
>I installed it (6i + Patch 14) at a clients' site last Monday without
>any problems.
>They disabled all the visual XP settings (rounded window corners and
>such) and it's working OK.
>At another client we installed it on XP too, and they did not disable
>the XP visuals and they haven't had any problems either (so far... ;-) )
>
>Hth,
>
>Ron
Received on Fri Jan 23 2004 - 15:26:59 CET