Re: Customization of SQL*Forms.

In article <!-cn0-c.tcox_at_netcom.com>, tcox_at_netcom.com (Thomas Cox) writes:
> sinha_at_watson.bms.com (Anil Sinha) writes:

>>Many sites have written awk scripts ( in unix o/s) or 
>>other utilities to modify the ".inp" file. These utilities help to automate 
>>the customization procedure. 


> 

> 	Ahah!  The reason you're doing that is because... you modify


> 	your form (as above), and then for some reason you change some

> 	aspect of your CASE logical model and thus need to re-gen the

> 	form.  And in CASE Generator v1 (for Forms) the re-gen stomps

> 	all over your customization work.  Ouch.

> 

> 	But using 'awk' should be unneccessary.  Because... CASE

> 	Generator v2 for Forms no longer stomps on your customization

> 	work.  It lets you re-generate nondestructively.  


What does this 'nondestructively' mean? How generator v2 checks which
parts have been hand-modified?

What if the CASE logical model and hand-modifications contradict? Which
change takes presedence? Can I specify that I want to keep this
piece of hand-modification and replace this hand-modification with the
changes implied by the new CASE model?

Is the technique foolproof?

No, I don't have a manual at hand. Neither do I wish to hear any marketing vaporware - I would like to hear a precise technical answer, if possible.

> Tom Cox DoD #1776 '91 CB 750 Nighthawk tcox_at_netcom.netcom.com
> Yeah, I have a day job. They don't believe me any more than you do.

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