Re: CALL_FORM Problem

Till Haenisch wrote:
>
> Hi,
> sorry if this is a FAQ, but :
>
> I'm using CALL_FORM to call subsequent forms from menu-modules.
> After some time, the PC (runing Windows 3.11) hangs with an
> out-of-memory-message. So far the problem.
>
> ORACLE-Support told me to use NEW_FORM instead of CALL_FORM,
> but I need the CALL_FORM functionality (I have to built this on my own,
> if i had to use NEW_FORM).
>
> So,
> are there any other workarounds ?
> Does anybody have the same problem ?
> When will this bug (I think it is a bug) be resolved by ORACLE ?
> Please Help :-)
>
> (Please post your answer or mail to till.haenisch_at_rz.uni-ulm.de)
>
> Thanks in advance

Here is the problem, CALL_FORM, does not full remove the form from memory after each time that it is loaded. (Don't ask why, it's Oracle). As for this being "fixed", Oracle first has to think that it is a problem, which as far as I know they don't. So you have to use OPEN_FORM or NEW_FORM. That is what I do. In fact I never use CALL_FORM for this very reason.

Good Luck.

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