Re: Forms 4.5 (saving a .fmb) question

On 29 May 1997 20:10:03 GMT, farnham_at_spot.Colorado.EDU (Jenny Farnham) wrote:

>Scenario
>--------
>
>We are in Forms 4.5 Designer connected
>to the test database. We compile.
>We save the form.
>It creates an updated .fmb
>
>Does anyone know.. does information
>about the test database get saved
>within the .fmb?
>
>We thought the .fmb was a generic
>source code. We have discovered that
>depending on which database we are
>connected through - it saves information
>about that database in the .fmb
>

We have certainly discovered that it stores *some* information about the database. If we have a table defined in a base-table block (or used in the Where caluse of another block) which is actually a View across a DB link, and that link is not on the DB connected to when opening the form, then Forms Designer just 'Hangs'.

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