Re: "generate" command question

In article c8_at_gaia.ucs.orst.edu, mickel_at_sulaco.OES.ORST.EDU (Paul Mickel) writes:
-->Greetings all,
-->
-->I am having a problem using "generate" that SQL*Forms30 says you can use to
-->generate a new form w/o going through SQL*Forms30 interface. When executed,
-->it puts a ':' before each line. On the last line of the INP file, though,
-->the program hangs displaying that ':'. The only way out is to ctl-C the
-->program which causes it exit, but doesn't generate the INP file (I wouldn't
-->expect it to). I have tried all the flags indicated in the SQL*Forms30 Forms
-->Designer's Manual, but nothing seems to help. Any ideas, anyone??
-->
-->I am doing this to batch generate INP files after a sed modification (not
-->recommended/supported by Oracle, I know, but I don't want to recompile 100
-->forms manually if I don't have to). We are running Oracle v6.0.37,
-->SQL*Forms v3.0.
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Paul,
 There are still commands you can use when generating a form by hand.

(It's a throw back from Version 4 of Oracle where generating a form using IAG and an editor was the _only_ way to create applications..... ...I remember whn I was a lad...etc :)

You need to use %end at the end of your generation to complete the form.

There a re quite a few % comands that IAG can use such as

%end
%switch
%page
%text

etc.

If you want to know anything else please don't hesitate to ask.

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