Forms 4.5 - getting rid of DUMMYWIN window

From: <pclarke_at_mach2.wlu.ca>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 19:14:10 GMT
Message-ID: <782lhp$f01$1_at_nnrp1.dejanews.com>

Hi,

I'm running Forms 4.5 on Windows 95 and have created a blank form which only exists for the purpose of attaching a full-screen menu to it. (The form is completely blank -- no canvas-views, no windows, no blocks, no items, nothing.) When I run the form, the full-screen menu comes up as expected. The problem is that a second, blank window called DUMMYWIN is also appearing. I did not create this window and can only assume that it is being created by default because it doesn't like the fact that my form is totally blank. (This window doesn't appear in Forms Designer -- it only shows up at runtime.)

So, I thought that maybe I needed to create a window in my blank form, to prevent DUMMYWIN from being created. I did that, hoping that my full-screen menu would now use my pre-created window and not need the DUMMYWIN window. Well, now the full-screen menu continues to come up in its own window, and my new pre-created window also comes up, but is blank. i.e. No more DUMMYWIN, but I still have one window too many.

Any ideas on how I can prevent this extra window from being created?

Thank you for any suggestions.

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Patricia Clarke
Systems Analyst - Information Systems
Wilfrid Laurier University

75 University Ave. W.                  Tel: (519) 884-0710 ext. 3913
Waterloo, ON  N2L 3C5               Fax: (519) 746-5790
Canada                                      Email: pclarke_at_mach2.wlu.ca


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