Re: Designer 2000 question

Mikki Hall (mhall_at_thomtech.com) wrote:
: Hi All:
 

: We are trying to identify an attribute with a display datatype of
: combo box. When we generate the form, we are getting an the warning
: message CGEN-01407 indicating the attribute can not be displayed as
: a GUI item. The resulting form changes the attribute to a TEXT item.
 

: What are we doing wrong?
 

: Thanks in advance.
 

: - Mikki

well Mikki - all your problems exists because you are using Destroyer/2000.

Seriously though - we have experienced the same problem, and as far as we have been told (by oracle support) it just is not possible to display a database field as a GUI item. This in spite of the fact that Oracle's Designer/2000 course materials claims the opposite (and that is not the only case (pun intended)).

This pretty much prevents you from genereting true Windows applications from Destroyer/2000 - which was the reason we had to choose not to use the generator in the project we are currently working on.

Oracle support mumbled something about this being possible in a later version (now where have I heard that before)

Take care

/Jacob

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