Re: Forms 4.5 Corruption Problems

In article <32A5F899.49EA_at_ebmud.com>, townsend_at_ebmud.com (Dan Townsend) wrote:

> I am developing applications with Oracle*Forms 4.5.5.6 (version 1.2 of
> Dev2k). In earlier versions, I used a standards form and put all the
> objects I wanted to reference into an Object Group. Whenever I started a
> new form, I simply dragged the Object Group into the new form and
> indicated I wanted to Reference it (as opposed to Copy). This worked
> fine, and even saved a lot of tweaking when upgrading to Dev2k 1.2.
>

Prevention ? Try upgrading to 1.2a or even 1.3 ( if on W95 or NT3.51 )

> In working with Dev2k 1.2, however, I am having a world of trouble with
> the references in the new forms getting screwed up. Some get lost,
> others get the mis-named, etc. Has anyone encountered this and found a
> solution? I would like to know how to prevent the corruption, and also
> how to correct corruption once it has occurred. Dev2k usually GPFs when
> I try to delete the corrupt referenced objects.
>

Use f45gen <form>.fmb chkcons=yes

This should sort out this known bug once it occurs.

Mike Collins - Factograde Computing Ltd
Independent Oracle Consultancy Received on Thu Dec 05 1996 - 00:00:00 CET