Re: SQL*FORMS ... how to start in query-only mode

In article <fragante.710183247_at_unixg.ubc.ca>, fragante_at_unixg.ubc.ca (Gv Fragante) writes:
|> In <1992Jul3.095616.85_at_va.nkw.ac.uk> k_ahk_at_va.nkw.ac.uk writes:
|>
|> >Have you tried using the KEY-STARTUP trigger. This fires as you enter the form.
|> >Execute CALL_QUERY() in KEY-STARTUP to invoke QUERY MODE.
 

|> >P.S. Let me know if it works.
|>
|> I have tried KEY-STARTUP trigger with a CALL_QUERY() in a dummy parent form.
|> In your suggestion, it seems that the form will call itself recursively. If
|> the form is quite large, will it not take up more memory to load the form again
|> as query-only ?

call the form with callqry not call.

this works for calling forms from forms but not with calling forms from menus (with the menu version i trired) given that menu has a collection of un-usefull features I now wite all my menus using forms the problem is now solved for me.

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