Re: Reusing Objects in Forms 4.5 - Question

Csin wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Does anyone knows an answer to the following question?
>
> I've created, in the database, a form that works as a template to the
> creation of other forms. It stores the most used property classes,
> object groups, blocks, etc in our application.
>
> The problem is that when a developer has this form opened, nobody else
> can open it. An error occurs when trying to open it and Forms gives
> this message:
>
> "Forms 10067: Unable to lock the module - the module is currently
> opened by other users"
>
> As most of the time this form is only opened to get its objects (not
> to update them), it seems to me that Forms shouldn't lock it.
>
> Can we prevent this in any way?
>
> Thanks,
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Open the reference form from the database, then save it to a temp file on the file system. That should free the row lock that other users are encountering. Received on Fri Aug 30 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST