Re: Upgrading Oracle Forms and Reports

"Frank van Bortel" wrote
> What's in a namespace schreef:
>>
>> The option has always been there. But when you convert a 3.0 form this
>> way, you'll miss a lot (like mouse navigation) and the layout is
>> horrible, but usable. A lot of functionality in key-next-item triggers
>> etc.will be skipped if you navigate with the mouse and skip some fields.
>> When converting from Forms 5.0 c/s mode, you can not use client side OS
>> operations (like list directories etc). They will be perfomed on the
>> server (if at all). But there is a toolbox to translate these functions.
>> I can't remember the name right now, but I'm sure Frank van Bortel knows
>> this!(Frank, come in please!). It's something with 'WIN' in its name.
>> (Wintools?)
>
> I'd say anything with WIN in it would NOT run on *nix... That
> was exactly the OS dependent stuff I was relating to - you
> will have to rework your forms when these are included.
>
> On Windows you would refer to the WIN_API calls, or OLE (standard
> package for 6i and 9.0.2.7 - nothing elder here, sorry).
> Even found a VBX reference...
>
> --
> Regards,
> Frank van Bortel
>
> Top-posting is one way to shut me up...

[Quoted] Looked it up: it's WinUtil. Will only work on Windows clients (even with *nix servers!) Replaces all client WinOS calls with calls on the client side.

Thanks Frank,

Shakespeare
(what's in a *nix?) Received on Sat Dec 23 2006 - 01:49:30 CET