Re: Forms6i and search path for icons

Rolf Unger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> just trying to migrate from Forms5.0 to Forms6i ... [some curses] ...
>
> Why is it such a pain to get the paths straight?
> The installer doesn't set any "Forms60_path" in the registry (okay, guess
> this is the right place to mention that I'm running on win2k).
> Neither the topics "Forms_path" nor "search_path" are listed as index
> in the online help.
>
> I knew from the previous version, that I need to set FORMS50_PATH, so I can
> only guess that it is FORMS60 this time.
> Somewhere in the docu I found a passus saying that the forms builder (or
> the runtime) would first search in the current working directory and then
> in the directories defined in FORMS60_PATH and ORACLE_PATH.
> Seems that this applies only to library modules.
>
> For Forms50 I had to set a TK25_ICON variable in the registry or in the
> environment. As I see a TK60 my guess is to add a TK60_ICON with the needed
> paths. No success! Neither in the Builder nor in the runtime I can see my
> icons.
>
> I browse through the manual again and find a note that the bitmapped icons
> on MS Windows are searched in UI60_ICON. Well, probably nobody understood
> why the previous variable was labeled "TK25 ...", it did not seem to have
> any relation to the Tcl/Tk toolkit.
>
> But it's still not working! No icons in the menubar, and no icons on my
> user defined push buttons in the forms itself. Again not in the builder
> and not in the runtime!
>
> Why do they have an extra paragraph on new features and upgrading to
> Forms 6i where they proudly state that everyone can use PL/SQL 8 now?
> I did this in the previous version already, of course I had to run it
> on the V.8 database in a stored package. But Oracle seems to be unable
> to provide a upgrade guide, that reaches a minimum of usability!
>
> I'm probably not the first one to bump into this upgrading problems.
> Is there any FAQ or something similar? I guess not from Oracle, but
> maybe from someone independent?
>
> Thanks, Rolf.

Try UI_ICON

Ron Received on Thu Mar 18 2004 - 00:43:34 CET