Re: msqlforms30... window size

In article <ByyGy7.6v8_at_watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>, teek_at_flight.uwaterloo.ca (Prateek Dwivedi) writes:

> In creating my first forms application, I was wondering how I could
> force my window size to become large (ie. make the application know it
> has a big window).
>
> The problem is that I have a table with a lot of fields, and I want to
> create a multiple record block for it. But forms tells me that there is
> not enough room. So I thought I could just open a really wide window
> and force it to be wider.

If I understand your problem correctly, the best thing to do is to determine what fields you _really_ want to display on the screen first. Arrange these in whatever order you wish, but pick meaningful ones to display. Then put the rest of the fields for the record on Page 0. This way, all the fields for the table are present in the block, but only the essential ones are shown and less essential ones are hidden from view.

You also have access to the packaged procedures ANCHOR_VIEW and RESIZE_VIEW, but I don't think these will help your current situation as you seem to want to display more than can reasonably fit on the screen. They are very handy though.

Peter Ball
Information Services Section
Dept of Health, Housing and Community Services Brisbane, QLD, Australia Received on Fri Dec 18 1992 - 13:07:47 CET