Re: Is Forms 4.5 a stable release?

From: Ashok Kapur <akapur_at_thomtech.com>
Date: 1995/08/18
Message-ID: <412nj2$ddg_at_ttis.thomtech.com>#1/1


kpatel <kpatel_at_gmu.edu> wrote:
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> Marty Bronstein <marty_at_amelia.sp.trw.com> wrote:
> >
> > I am running Forms 4.5.5 for Windows and have found it to be both buggy and unstable
> > in my experience. It frequently crashes Windows with GPF's. Oracle says 4.5.6 (aka
> > Developer/2000) is more stable. Be prepared to spend about $3000 more to upgrade to
> > 2000 depending on your support level (I have Silver), thanks to Oracle's new
> > bundling strategy!
> >
>
> We are using Dev2K (Forms 4.5.6). It still has some bugs but
> much better than 4.5.5.
>
> Kalpesh S. Patel
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We are also using 4.5.6 and it is very stable. I still have to encounter a GPF. (I must be lucky!!). I just encountered a potential bug! It does have some annoyances, which are potential bugs but do not hamper application development or deployment.

Ashok Kapur
Thomson Technology Consulting Group
akapur_at_thomtech.com Received on Fri Aug 18 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST

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