Re: ROS ERROR: -200 (Forms 4.5)

Garry Boggan (boggan_at_ssdgwy.mdc.com) wrote:
: Greetings,
 

: Without knowing exactly your configuration [versions (client/server),
: platforms, etc.)], I do know that our org has experienced
: this same "feature". We're using Sun workstations [client side]
: against a Sun server. We're running against Sun OS [not the Solaris
: OS] because of some legacy applications.
 

: Our information from Oracle is that it is an acknowledged problem with
: the 4.5 against the Sun OS. They do not seem to be interested in
: supplying a fix for it however. They suggested that it would go away
: with an upgrade to Solaris.

No need to upgrade. We are using Solaris 2.4 together with Forms 4.5.6.1.0 and are still bothered with this "feature".

: We have developed a set of work-arounds because of the error and we
: are learning to do more as we go. One sympton we have noticed is that
: the system is almost guaranteed to give the error when you attempt to
: copy (or drag-and-drop) a component from one form to another. The
: error also seems to appear when inserting menus components into the
: menu editor.

I agree, cut&paste of items could be the origin of the problem.

: It would appear that the error is somewhat display based because of
: the origin appears most often when making use of the cut-and-paste
: features.
 

: So we save often and avoid some of the more likely problem origins.

Even better is to hold some backups or revisions of the file, since another "feature" is a corrupted fmb-file, which in my case forced Forms to crash everytime when I tried to run it...

: IT SURE COULD BE IMPROVED TO HELP DEVELOPER PRODUCTIVITY.
 
: Anyway, that's been our experience.
: GB

Thanks, so far,
happy to hear that others also have to fight with nasty bugs.

L. Seitter   Received on Mon Jul 15 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST