SQL*Forms4.0 call form

hi everyone...

we are just now beginning development of a large system using SQL*Forms4.0. We'll have multiple forms that the users will move through - probably using the call_form() function. in older forms (like 2.3 and 3.0 i think), the CALLFRM trigger didn't return return cleanly - ie it didn't deallocate all of the memory that it had allocated. thus, afteer a few hours, you could get a crash of the appilication...

anyone know if forms4.0 has this bug?

we're running FORMS4.0 under windows, and connecting to and
(i weish i could get backspace to work!) ... connecting to a
unix oracle server with sql*net.

questions:
(1) does a return from a call_form() free up all the memory
it took? or most of it?
(2) any idea (ballpark) how many call_forms() and returns
one can do before they get into problems?

we've thought about implimenting a new_form()-like function that would get passed the calling form's name, so it could return, but this seems like WAY too much work.

thanks.

dan macdonald dmacdonald_at_vic.lgs.ca Received on Wed Jan 26 1994 - 01:19:57 CET